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HEARTHSTONE is a for profit - corporation facility in SPARKS, NV with 125 certified beds and a 1-star overall CMS rating. The facility has 50 deficiency records on file. Total penalties: $78K.

1950 BARING BLVD, SPARKS, NV 89434

Phone: 7756262224

Overall Rating

1/5

Health Inspection

1/5

Staffing

3/5

Quality Measures

4/5

Long-Stay Quality

5/5

Facility Information

Provider Number
295044
Ownership
For profit - Corporation
Provider Type
Medicare and Medicaid
Beds
125
Residents
102
In Hospital
No
County
Washoe
Last Inspection
Mar 3, 2025
Special Focus
SFF Candidate

Staffing Data

RN Hours
0.59 (nat'l avg: 0.68)
LPN Hours
1.10
CNA Hours
1.97
Total Nursing Hours
3.67 (nat'l avg: 3.89)
PT Hours
0.08
Nursing Turnover
32.3%
RN Turnover
15.4%

What the CMS Record Reveals About HEARTHSTONE

HEARTHSTONE operates 125 certified beds in SPARKS, NV with approximately 102 residents currently in care, and carries a CMS overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars. The overall score is a composite of three weighted sub-ratings published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: health inspection results (1★), staffing levels (3★), and quality measures (4★). Because CMS caps the overall score at the health-inspection tier and then adjusts up or down based on staffing and quality, the sub-scores often tell a sharper story than the headline star count alone — a 3-star facility with weak inspection history reads differently from one held back by thin staffing.

The inspection file contains 50 deficiency records from recent surveys, of which 1 reached the actual-harm or immediate-jeopardy threshold on the CMS scope-and-severity grid. On the enforcement side, CMS has assessed 2 penalties totaling $78K against this provider, a tangible indicator that regulators moved beyond citation into financial consequence. Staffing is reported at 3.67 total nursing hours per resident day (national average 3.89), with RN coverage at 0.59 per resident day — the single staffing metric most strongly tied to resident outcomes in peer-reviewed literature. This facility is currently designated "SFF Candidate" under the CMS Special Focus Facility program, reserved for providers with a persistent pattern of serious quality problems.

Classified as "For profit - Corporation" ownership and operating as a "Medicare and Medicaid" provider, HEARTHSTONE falls into a category where comparative context matters. National research consistently shows that ownership structure, staffing hours, and turnover are the three operational levers that correlate most strongly with resident outcomes — ratings and fines are lagging indicators of those upstream choices. Reported nursing turnover at this facility is 32.3%, within a range generally associated with stable care teams. For families evaluating this facility, the CMS record should be read alongside a site visit, direct conversation with current residents and their families, and review of the state health department's most recent inspection report — the star rating is a starting point, not a verdict. All data on this page is sourced from CMS Provider Data and the Nursing Home Compare program; always verify details directly with the facility or your state survey agency before making placement decisions.

Deficiency History (50 most recent)

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 3, 2025 Tag: 0550

Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

Category: Resident Rights Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 5, 2025

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 3, 2025 Tag: 0946

Provide training in compliance and ethics.

Category: Administration Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 5, 2025

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 3, 2025 Tag: 0944

Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program.

Category: Administration Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 5, 2025

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 3, 2025 Tag: 0942

Ensure that staff members are educated on resident rights and facility responsibilities to properly care for its residents.

Category: Resident Rights Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 5, 2025

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 3, 2025 Tag: 0865

Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.

Category: Administration Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 5, 2025

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 3, 2025 Tag: 0842

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

Category: Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 5, 2025

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 3, 2025 Tag: 0835

Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.

Category: Administration Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 5, 2025

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 3, 2025 Tag: 0740

Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.

Category: Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 5, 2025

C — Widespread - No harm Mar 3, 2025 Tag: 0732

Post nurse staffing information every day.

Category: Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 5, 2025

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 3, 2025 Tag: 0730

Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.

Category: Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 5, 2025

F — Widespread - Minimal harm Mar 3, 2025 Tag: 0698

Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.

Category: Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 5, 2025

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 3, 2025 Tag: 0697

Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.

Category: Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 5, 2025

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 3, 2025 Tag: 0684

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

Category: Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 5, 2025

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 3, 2025 Tag: 0656

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Category: Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 5, 2025

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 3, 2025 Tag: 0641

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

Category: Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 5, 2025

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 25, 2024 Tag: 0600

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

Category: Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 30, 2024

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 25, 2024 Tag: 0940

Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program for all new and existing staff members.

Category: Administration Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 30, 2024

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 25, 2024 Tag: 0883

Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.

Category: Infection Control Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 30, 2024

F — Widespread - Minimal harm Mar 25, 2024 Tag: 0880

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Category: Infection Control Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 30, 2024

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 25, 2024 Tag: 0842

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

Category: Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 30, 2024

F — Widespread - Minimal harm Mar 25, 2024 Tag: 0835

Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.

Category: Administration Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 30, 2024

F — Widespread - Minimal harm Mar 25, 2024 Tag: 0814

Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.

Category: Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 30, 2024

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 25, 2024 Tag: 0806

Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.

Category: Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 30, 2024

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 25, 2024 Tag: 0761

Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.

Category: Pharmacy Service Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 30, 2024

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 25, 2024 Tag: 0757

Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.

Category: Pharmacy Service Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 30, 2024

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 25, 2024 Tag: 0755

Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

Category: Pharmacy Service Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 30, 2024

F — Widespread - Minimal harm Mar 25, 2024 Tag: 0726

Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.

Category: Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 30, 2024

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 25, 2024 Tag: 0698

Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.

Category: Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 30, 2024

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 25, 2024 Tag: 0697

Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.

Category: Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 30, 2024

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 25, 2024 Tag: 0688

Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.

Category: Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 30, 2024

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 25, 2024 Tag: 0684

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

Category: Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 30, 2024

E — Pattern - Minimal harm Mar 25, 2024 Tag: 0658

Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

Category: Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 30, 2024

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 25, 2024 Tag: 0657

Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

Category: Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 30, 2024

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 25, 2024 Tag: 0655

Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted

Category: Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 30, 2024

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 25, 2024 Tag: 0625

Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.

Category: Resident Rights Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 30, 2024

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 25, 2024 Tag: 0623

Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.

Category: Resident Rights Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 30, 2024

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Mar 25, 2024 Tag: 0583

Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.

Category: Resident Rights Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 30, 2024

F — Widespread - Minimal harm Mar 25, 2024 Tag: 0561

Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.

Category: Resident Rights Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 30, 2024

F — Widespread - Minimal harm Mar 25, 2024 Tag: 0552

Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.

Category: Resident Rights Deficiencies

Corrected: Apr 30, 2024

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Jan 24, 2024 Tag: 0550

Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

Category: Resident Rights Deficiencies

Corrected: Feb 5, 2024

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Nov 16, 2023 Tag: 0842

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

Category: Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected: Dec 22, 2023

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Nov 16, 2023 Tag: 0812

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Category: Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies

Corrected: Dec 22, 2023

C — Widespread - No harm Nov 16, 2023 Tag: 0712

Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.

Category: Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies

Corrected: Dec 22, 2023

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Nov 16, 2023 Tag: 0689

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Category: Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

Corrected: Dec 22, 2023

J — Isolated - Jeopardy Nov 16, 2023 Tag: 0684

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

Category: Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

Corrected: Jan 8, 2024

E — Pattern - Minimal harm Nov 16, 2023 Tag: 0675

Honor each resident's preferences, choices, values and beliefs.

Category: Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

Corrected: Dec 22, 2023

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Nov 16, 2023 Tag: 0657

Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

Category: Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Corrected: Dec 22, 2023

D — Isolated - Minimal harm Nov 16, 2023 Tag: 0602

Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.

Category: Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies

Corrected: Dec 22, 2023

D — Isolated - Minimal harm May 4, 2023 Tag: 0943

Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

Category: Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies

Corrected: Jun 9, 2023

D — Isolated - Minimal harm May 4, 2023 Tag: 0888

Ensure staff are vaccinated for COVID-19

Category: Infection Control Deficiencies

Corrected: Jun 9, 2023

Quality Measures

Measure Type Score Used in Rating
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased Long Stay 8.2% Yes
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight Long Stay 8.5% No
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder Long Stay 0.0% Yes
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection Long Stay 1.0% Yes
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms Long Stay 6.8% No
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained Long Stay 0.0% No
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury Long Stay 3.2% Yes
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine Long Stay 98.1% No
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine Short Stay 74.7% No
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication Short Stay 0.4% Yes
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened Long Stay 11.8% Yes
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication Long Stay 29.2% No
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine Long Stay 90.7% No
Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine Short Stay 72.1% No
Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers Long Stay 2.4% Yes
Percentage of long-stay residents with new or worsened bowel or bladder incontinence Long Stay 16.7% No
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication Long Stay 7.6% Yes

Penalty History 2 penalties totaling $78K

Date Type Amount
Nov 16, 2023 Fine $49K
May 4, 2023 Fine $30K

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the overall CMS rating for HEARTHSTONE?
HEARTHSTONE has an overall CMS rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This rating combines health inspection results (1★), staffing levels (3★), and quality measures (4★).
What are the staffing levels at HEARTHSTONE?
HEARTHSTONE reports 3.67 total nursing hours per resident day (national average: 3.89). RN hours are 0.59 per resident day (national average: 0.68). Nursing staff turnover is 32.3%.
How many beds does HEARTHSTONE have?
HEARTHSTONE has 125 certified beds with approximately 102 residents. The facility is located at 1950 BARING BLVD, SPARKS, NV 89434.
Does HEARTHSTONE have any deficiencies on record?
Yes, HEARTHSTONE has 50 deficiencies on record from recent inspections. Of these, 1 are classified as causing actual harm or jeopardy.
Has HEARTHSTONE received any fines or penalties?
Yes, HEARTHSTONE has received 2 penalties totaling $78K.
Who owns HEARTHSTONE?
HEARTHSTONE is classified as "For profit - Corporation" ownership. The facility type is "Medicare and Medicaid".
When was HEARTHSTONE last inspected?
The most recent health inspection for HEARTHSTONE was on Mar 3, 2025. The facility received a health inspection rating of 1 out of 5 stars.
What quality measures are tracked for HEARTHSTONE?
HEARTHSTONE is evaluated on 17 quality measures, of which 8 are used in the CMS star rating calculation. These include measures for both long-stay and short-stay residents covering areas like infections, falls, pressure ulcers, and medication use.

Data Sources

Data source: CMS Nursing Home Compare. Ratings, staffing, deficiency, quality measure, and penalty data are from CMS Provider Data. For informational purposes only. Always verify information directly with the facility or your state health department.

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Data sourced from official U.S. government datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainNursing Editorial