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Orchard Creek Skilled Nursing

9731 East Cherry Bend Road, Traverse City, MI 496842319329272Ownership: For profit - CorporationCertified beds: 22Avg. daily residents: 18County: Leelanau
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The complete public record on Orchard Creek Skilled Nursing, a Medicare & Medicaid–certified nursing home in Traverse City, Michigan, 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. Michigan average: 3.1 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.
Orchard Creek Skilled Nursing holds a 4-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. 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

5.75 total nurse staff hours per resident per day
above the state average (3.98)
1.21 RN hours per resident per day
above the state average (0.78)
4.82 weekend nurse staff hours per resident per day
42.9% total nursing staff turnover
about the state average (44.1)
50.0% 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

September 4, 2025 most recent standard health inspection
8 health deficiencies cited in the most recent inspection cycle
below the state average (10.1)
2 health deficiencies in the two prior cycles combined
$0 in federal fines across 0 penalties (last 3 years)
1 payment denial
CMS withholding Medicare/Medicaid payment for new admissions until problems were fixed

Recent Inspection Citations

19 citations on record across recent inspections, 2 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
September 4, 20250600Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.G · Actual harm
September 4, 20250725Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.F · Potential for more than minimal harm
September 4, 20250812Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with…F · Potential for more than minimal harm
September 4, 20250838Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both…F · Potential for more than minimal harm
September 4, 20250552Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.D · Potential for more than minimal harm
September 4, 20250755Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.D · Potential for more than minimal harm
September 4, 20250880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.D · Potential for more than minimal harm
September 4, 20250943Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and…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.