Baton Rouge Health Care Center
5550 Thomas Road, Baton Rouge, LA 708112257742141Ownership: Non profit - CorporationCertified beds: 145Avg. daily residents: 90Chain: Commcare Corporation (14 facilities)County: E. Baton Rouge
The complete public record on Baton Rouge Health Care Center, a Medicare & Medicaid–certified nursing home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 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. Louisiana average: 2.5 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.
Baton Rouge Health Care Center holds a 5-star overall rating, in the top tier 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. Federal regulators have fined this facility $63,663 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.
Rating trajectory: overall rating improved from 2 stars (July 2026) to 5 stars (August 2026) across 2 monthly CMS releases tracked by ClearPath.
Staffing
4.45 total nurse staff hours per resident per day
above the state average (3.73)
0.28 RN hours per resident per day
below the state average (0.30)
3.55 weekend nurse staff hours per resident per day
43.2% total nursing staff turnover
below the state average (47.6)
62.5% RN turnover
0 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
October 1, 2025 most recent standard health inspection
3 health deficiencies cited in the most recent inspection cycle
below the state average (6.7)
9 health deficiencies in the two prior cycles combined
$63,663 in federal fines across 2 penalties (last 3 years)
above the state average ($46,931)
1 payment denial
CMS withholding Medicare/Medicaid payment for new admissions until problems were fixed
Recent Inspection Citations
13 citations on record across recent inspections, 1 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.
| Inspection | Tag | What was cited | Severity |
|---|
| October 1, 2025 | 0656 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | E · Potential for more than minimal harm |
| October 1, 2025 | 0658 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | E · Potential for more than minimal harm |
| October 1, 2025 | 0558 | Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | D · 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.