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North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center

  • Date Updated:  March 01, 2025
  • CMS Overall 5-Star Rating:  
  • Address:  4680 CORDATA PARKWAY
    BELLINGHAM WA 98226 Map
  • Phone:  360-398-1966
  • Website:   Click Here
  • Medicare Provider Number:  505393
  • Participating in Medicare Since:  September 01, 1991
  • No. of Certified Beds:  122
  • No. of Residents:   N/A
  • Occupancy:   N/A
  • Amount Fined:  $459,930.25
  • Complaints Filed:   37
  • Accepts:  Medicare and Medicaid

  About North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center

North Cascades Health And Rehabilitation Center, located in BELLINGHAM, WA, is a for-profit organization that accepts Medicare and Medicaid. It is not part of a continuing care retirement community. It is not located in a hospital. North Cascades Health And Rehabilitation Center offers a range of services including skilled nursing, long-term care, short-term rehabilitation, and specialized memory care. The center is equipped with modern amenities and a supportive environment designed to enhance the quality of life for its residents. With a focus on personalized care plans and community engagement.

  • North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center is ranked #6 out of 6 facilities within a 10 mile radius and #10 out of 10 facilities within a 25 mile radius. See Ranking Report
  • Review Specific City Measures
  • CMS 5-Star Overall Rating is (1 out of 5):
  • Current Trend:   Improving
  • Total Nursing Hours Spent Per Resident Per Day: 3.75
    (The national average is 3.85 )
  • The percentage of short-stay residents who were re-hospitalized after a nursing home admission is 24.08% .
  •    CMS has identified this facility as either having actual cases of abuse or has decided that abuse is possible.
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  North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center Owner & Operator Information

Business Entity Name:

NORTH CASCADES SNF OPERATIONS, LLC

Owners:

Managers and Directors:

  North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center Ratings and Inspection Scores

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) regularly inspects every skilled nursing facility. The results of the multi-day inspection is a series of star ratings. The health inspection scores are an absolute value, so you can compare one facility's score directly to another.

Ratings

Overall Rating 1:
Health Inspection Rating 1:
Quality Rating 4:
Staffing Rating 4:

Inspection Scores

Cycle 1 Score (as of March 08, 2024) 184
Cycle 2 Score (as of June 09, 2023) 340
Cycle 3 Score (as of June 23, 2021) 188
Weighted All Cycles Score 237

  Complaints by Residents

This table shows complaints filed by residents in North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center:

Provide or obtain dental services for each resident. 01/13/2025
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. 10/04/2024
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. 10/04/2024
Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data. 09/03/2024
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. 07/25/2024
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. 07/15/2024
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited. 07/15/2024
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. 05/06/2024
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. 05/06/2024
Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. 04/18/2024
Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data. 04/18/2024
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention. 04/18/2024
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. 01/19/2024
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. 01/19/2024
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed. 01/19/2024
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. 01/19/2024
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. 01/19/2024
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. 01/19/2024
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. 01/19/2024
Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors. 01/19/2024
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. 01/19/2024
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. 12/21/2023
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. 12/21/2023
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. 12/07/2023
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. 12/07/2023
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. 12/07/2023
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. 10/13/2023
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. 10/13/2023
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. 05/09/2023
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. 05/02/2023
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. 05/02/2023
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. 05/02/2023
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. 05/02/2023
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. 02/03/2023
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. 01/13/2023
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident?s preferences and goals. 09/30/2022
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. 09/30/2022

  Nursing Hours Spent Per Patient

CMS provides detailed information about how long nursing staff spends with residents. This data includes nursing subcategories of Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, and non-nursing Certified Nursing Assistants. More hours spend per patient should can indicate a better facility or it could indicate more complicated situations.

The nursing staff of North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center spends LESS time on average with its residents than the state average and LESS time than the national average for total nursing hours spent per resident.

Type Facility State / National Avg
Registered Nurse (RN)
Hours 1.20 0.88 / 0.67
Case Mix 0.63 0.71 / 0.66
Adjusted 1.27 NA / NA
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Hours 0.44 0.84 / 0.87
Case Mix 0.82 NA / NA
Adjusted 0.46 NA / NA
Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA)
Hours 2.11 2.66 / 2.32
Case Mix 2.18 NA / NA
Adjusted 2.23 NA / NA
Total Licensed Staff
Hours 1.64 1.72 / 1.53
Physical Therapist (PT)
Hours 0.00 0.09 / 0.07
Total Nursing Hours Spent per Resident on Average
Hours 3.75 4.38 / 3.85
Case Mix 3.62 4.10 / 3.83
Adjusted 3.96 NA / NA

  Quality Measures

Quality measures are based both on patient survey information and on the results of actual claims that are filed with CMS. It is not clear what period is covered in the measures.

Desc. Perc./ State Avg. / Comparison
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission (qm521)
This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating
24.1% / 19.8%
Worse
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit (qm522)
This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating
12.0% / 13.4%
Better
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days (qm551)
This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating
1.5% / 1.2%
Worse
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days (qm552)
This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating
1.5% / 1.5%
Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased (qm401) 16.4% / 19.2%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight (qm404) 2.9% / 5.8%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder (qm406) 0.4% / 2.0%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection (qm407) 0.8% / 2.1%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms (qm408) 7.4% / 14.4%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained (qm409) 0.0% / 0.1%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury (qm410) 2.3% / 2.7%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine (qm415) 100.0% / 96.1%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication (qm419) 13.1% / 14.7%
Better
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine (qm430) 96.2% / 87.1%
Better
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication (qm434) 0.9% / 1.3%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened (qm451) 20.8% / NA
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication (qm452) 10.7% / 12.1%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine (qm454) 96.5% / 93.9%
Better
Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine (qm472) 84.7% / 79.6%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers (qm479) 2.6% / NA
Percentage of long-stay residents with new or worsened bowel or bladder incontinence (qm480) 21.6% / NA

  Hospitals Near North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center

Quite often skilled nursing facilities and hospitals work closely together to help patients recover or manage a terminal illness. Hospitals deals with acute care while nursing homes treat patients for a longer period of time. New residents at skilled nursing homes typically come from a hospital and nursing home residents may be readmitted to a hospital if their recovery does not proceed well. (Hospital readmission rates are closely monitored by CMS.) Consequently it is important that you consider which hospitals are near a nursing home which choosing one. Below is a list of hospitals near North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center.

North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center is near several hospitals, each with its own rating based on overall performance:

Hospital 5-Star Overall Rating
PEACEHEALTH UNITED GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER
2000 HOSPITAL DRIVE
SEDRO WOOLLEY, WA 98284
3
ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL
2901 SQUALICUM PARKWAY
BELLINGHAM, WA 98225
4
ISLAND HOSPITAL
1211 24TH STREET
ANACORTES, WA 98221
5
PEACEHEALTH PEACE ISLAND MEDICAL CENTER
1117 SPRING STREET
FRIDAY HARBOR, WA 98250
Not Available

Ratings History for North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center

  Medical Professionals Associated with North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center

These are the doctors who are affiliated with North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.

  • MARCUS DUBROW ( EMERGENCY MEDICINE - EMERGENCY MEDICINE SERVICES OF TX PC )

  Local Nursing Homes

When evaluating nursing homes, it's important to consider other nearby facilities to understand the available options and make comparisons. Below is a list of nursing homes near Brookline Healthcare and Rehabilitation, including Brookline itself. This list is ranked based on each home's health inspection scores, also known as the "weighted all cycles score." Additionally, we provide the facility's 5-star overall rating for a more complete view of its performance. If a nursing home has been flagged by CMS for abuse, you'll see a special icon () next to its name.

The data is based on the dataset as of March 01, 2025.

Name Health Inspection Score / Overall Rating
Christian Health Care Center
(LYNDEN, WA)
21.333 / 5:
Mt Baker Care Center
(BELLINGHAM, WA)
46 / 5:
Highland Health and Rehabilitation of Cascadia
(BELLINGHAM, WA)
97.667 / 2:
St Francis of Bellingham
(BELLINGHAM, WA)
110.333 / 3:
Shuksan Healthcare Center
(BELLINGHAM, WA)
124.667 / 2:
Alderwood Park Health and Rehab of Cascadia
(BELLINGHAM, WA)
149.667 / 3:
Stafholt Health and Rehabilitation of Cascadia
(BLAINE, WA)
171.333 / 2:
Soundview Rehabilitation and Health Care Inc
(ANACORTES, WA)
180 / 1:
Life Care Center of Skagit Valley
(SEDRO WOOLLEY, WA)
181.333 / 1:
North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center
(BELLINGHAM, WA)
236.667 / 1:

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Ownership Details for North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center

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Noted Deficiencies for North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center

A list of all of the deficiencies for the facility. This includes a description, type of deficiency, incident date and when the facility reports that the incident was corrected.

Nursing Hours Analysis for North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation Center

How long a nurse spends with a resident can be an important factor in their recovery. This page shows the average nursing hours spent per resident for RNs, LPNs, CNAs, PTs and all licensed staff.

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