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Highlands Rehabilitation And Wellness Center

733 Mary Vann Lane, Birmingham, AL 352152058541361Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability companyCertified beds: 132Avg. daily residents: 117County: Jefferson
Health inspection overdue — CMS reports the most recent standard inspection is older than its normal cycle.

The complete public record on Highlands Rehabilitation And Wellness Center, a Medicare & Medicaid–certified nursing home in Birmingham, Alabama, from the CMS Care Compare database (August 2026 release). Every figure below is published by federal regulators; ClearPath adds the state comparisons and the plain-English reading.

CMS Star Ratings

Overall rating
★★☆☆☆
CMS’s composite of the three ratings below. Alabama average: 3.0 stars.
Health inspection
★☆☆☆☆
Based on the last three years of on-site inspections and complaint investigations — the rating CMS weights most heavily.
Staffing
★★☆☆☆
Nurse and aide hours per resident per day, adjusted for how much care residents need, plus staff turnover.
Quality measures
★★★★★
Clinical outcomes CMS tracks, such as falls with injury, pressure ulcers and hospital readmissions.
Highlands Rehabilitation And Wellness Center holds a 2-star overall rating, in the bottom two tiers CMS assigns. Its health-inspection rating is lower than its overall rating — the overall score is being lifted by staffing or quality-measure ratings, which draw partly on facility-reported data. Nursing staff turnover of 56% is well above the Alabama average of 47%; high turnover is one of the strongest predictors of inconsistent care. Federal regulators have fined this facility $24,834 in the last three years. None of this tells you whether a bed is open, whether your insurance is in network, or whether the facility will accept a given level of care — confirm those three directly with the facility before you commit.

Staffing

2.87 total nurse staff hours per resident per day
below the state average (3.88)
0.37 RN hours per resident per day
below the state average (0.65)
2.28 weekend nurse staff hours per resident per day
55.7% total nursing staff turnover
above the state average (46.9)
54.5% RN turnover
2 administrators left in the reporting period

Hours are per resident per day, from payroll-based journal data facilities submit to CMS. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over the past year.

Inspections & Penalties

May 13, 2024 most recent standard health inspection
7 health deficiencies cited in the most recent inspection cycle
above the state average (3.9)
4 health deficiencies in the two prior cycles combined
$24,834 in federal fines across 5 penalties (last 3 years)
above the state average ($13,658)
1 payment denial
CMS withholding Medicare/Medicaid payment for new admissions until problems were fixed

Recent Inspection Citations

14 citations on record across recent inspections, 5 at the actual-harm or immediate-jeopardy level. Showing the most recent inspection. Severity uses CMS’s A–L scope-and-severity scale; G and above means residents were actually harmed.

InspectionTagWhat was citedSeverity
May 13, 20240867Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. ComplaintL · Immediate jeopardy
May 13, 20240578Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental… ComplaintJ · Immediate jeopardy
May 13, 20240678Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the… ComplaintJ · Immediate jeopardy
May 13, 20240725Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. ComplaintJ · Immediate jeopardy
May 13, 20240726Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's… ComplaintJ · Immediate jeopardy
May 13, 20240554Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
May 13, 20240851Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable… ComplaintC · Minimal harm potential
May 13, 20240602Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
May 13, 20240755Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm

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Source: CMS Care Compare (data.cms.gov), August 2026 monthly release. Figures are as published by CMS and change monthly; ClearPath refreshes automatically. ClearPath Senior Guide is an independent information service, accepts no referral fees or placement incentives from any facility, and does not recommend facilities. Verify current details with the facility.