Okeechobee Health Care Facility
1646 Highway 441 N, Okeechobee, FL 34972 · Okeechobee County · 210 certified beds · avg 192 residents/day · certified since Dec 13, 1984 · Medicare and Medicaid certified
Certified for both programmes. Certification means the facility can bill Medicaid — it does not mean a Medicaid-funded bed is free right now, so ask directly. Who pays for nursing home care →
Part of chain: VENTURA SERVICES (14 facilities, chain avg rating 3.2★)
What health inspectors found (on-site government inspections — the most independent evidence available)
Health inspection rating: ★★★☆☆3/5 · CMS overall rating: 5/5
⚠ The most recent standard health inspection was more than 2 years ago — conditions may have changed.
The health inspection star above is graded on a curve within each state — a set share of each state's facilities gets each star level — so a facility can have few citations and still rate 2–3 stars if others in its state did even better. The overall rating combines that inspection score with staffing and self-reported quality measures.
All citations in the current public record (8)
CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed.
| Date | Severity | What the facility was cited for |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2024 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not have enough support staff to safely and effectively run its food and nutrition service. |
| Apr 25, 2024 | F · Potential for harm, facility-wide | The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. |
| Apr 25, 2024 | E · Potential for harm, repeated | The facility did not serve food and drinks that were appetizing, attractive, and at a safe and pleasant temperature. |
| Apr 25, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide treatment and care that follows the doctor's orders and matches the resident's own preferences and goals. |
| Apr 25, 2024 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not arrange hospice services for a resident who needed them, or help the resident move to a facility that could arrange hospice. Hospice provides comfort-focused care for people nearing the end of life. |
| Apr 25, 2024 | C · Minimal risk, facility-wide | The facility did not post its nurse staffing information every day. Nursing homes must publicly display how many nurses and aides are on duty each day. |
| Feb 9, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide treatment and care that follows the doctor's orders and matches the resident's own preferences and goals. |
| Feb 9, 2023 | D · Potential for harm, one-off | The facility did not provide appropriate care related to bladder and bowel needs — including care for residents who use catheters and steps to prevent urinary tract infections. |
Inspection trend by year
Citations from standard inspections increased between the last two inspection cycles (2 → 6).
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | D |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | F |
Counts reflect the current CMS public record (~3 inspection cycles plus complaint investigations); years with no surveys show no row. Inspection frequency varies, so compare severity as well as counts.
Fines and enforcement (last 3 years)
No fines or payment denials in the published 3-year window.
Nurse staffing (from payroll records, adjusted for how much care residents need)
| Measure | This facility | Florida avg | U.S. avg | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day) | 4.46 | 4.03 | 3.95 | top 17% in Florida; top 24% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.84 | 0.76 | 0.69 | top 31% in Florida; top 24% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 4.05 | 3.68 | 3.50 | top 16% in Florida; top 21% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.60 | 0.53 | 0.48 | top 30% in Florida; top 23% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 23.0 | 41.4 | 45.8 | top 9% in Florida; top 5% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 17.2 | 46.0 | 42.9 | top 7% in Florida; top 11% in the U.S. |
Hours are per resident per day, case-mix adjusted by CMS so facilities caring for sicker residents can be compared fairly (same basis as the CMS staffing star). "Top X%" means better than most facilities: more staffing hours, or lower turnover. Raw (unadjusted) reported hours: total 4.25, RN 0.80, weekend 3.86. Staffing rating: 5/5.
Self-reported quality measures
Note: these ratings are based on data the facility reports about itself to CMS. They are not independently verified by inspectors, and can look better than inspection findings. Give more weight to the inspection results above.
Quality measures rating: 5/5 · long-stay residents: 5/5 · short-stay residents: 5/5
Who owns this facility
For profit - Limited Liability company
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agrp 2011 Trust | Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/01/2022 |
| Deborah Philipson 2011 Family Trust | Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/01/2022 |
| Okeechobee Opco Holdings LLC | Organization | 5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 09/30/2021 |
| Paritzky, Jeremie | Individual | Indirect Ownership Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/01/2022 |
| Philipson Family Limited Liability Company, LLC | Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/01/2022 |
| Agrp 2011 Trust | Organization | Trustee of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/01/2022 |
| Agrp 2011 Trust | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/01/2022 |
| Bengio, Jacob | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/01/2022 |
| Deborah Philipson 2011 Family Trust | Organization | Trustee of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/01/2022 |
| Deborah Philipson 2011 Family Trust | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/01/2022 |
| Ebanks, Patricia | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/31/2022 |
| Ebanks, Patricia | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/31/2022 |
| Naeem, Tahir | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/01/2022 |
| Paritzky, Jeremie | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/01/2022 |
| Paritzky, Jeremie | Individual | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/01/2022 |
| Philipson Family Limited Liability Company, LLC | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/01/2022 |
| Philipson, Bent | Individual | Individual Is an Owner, Partner or Trustee of Any ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/13/2025 |
| Philipson, Gabrielle | Individual | Individual Is an Owner, Partner or Trustee of Any ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/13/2025 |
| Philipson, Raquel | Individual | Individual Is an Owner, Partner or Trustee of Any ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 07/13/2025 |
| Richards Mitchell & Cross Pa | Organization | ADP of the SNF | NOT APPLICABLE | 03/01/2022 |
Questions to ask on your visit
Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.
- "How is your kitchen staffed, and have meals ever been delayed because of staffing?"
- "What did your most recent kitchen inspection find, and can I see how food is stored and prepared?"
- "Could I join residents for a meal to see the food quality and temperature for myself?"
- "How do you make sure each resident's care follows the doctor's orders, and what changed after this citation?"
- "How do you coordinate hospice care, and can residents stay here while receiving it?"
- "Where do you post your daily staffing numbers, and can I see today's?"
- "How do you care for residents with incontinence or catheters, and what do you do to prevent urinary tract infections?"
- "What is your current ratio of nursing staff to residents on day, evening, and weekend shifts?"
- "Can I see the results and plan of correction from your most recent state inspection?"
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 105484.