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Berks County Home- Berks Heim

  • Date Updated: May 01, 2024
  • Address: 1011 BERKS ROAD, LEESPORT
    PA 19533
  • Phone: 610-376-4841
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  • Medicare Provider Number: 395094
  • Participating in Medicare Since: January 01, 1967
  • No. of Certified Beds: 420
  • No. of Residents: 310
  • Occupancy: 73.81% ( as of 05/12/2024 )
  • Amount Fined: $10,058.75
  • Complaints Filed: 2

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About Berks County Home- Berks Heim

Berks County Home- Berks Heim, located in LEESPORT, PA, is a government owned organization that accepts Medicare and Medicaid. It is not part of a continuing care retirement community. It is located not in a hospital. Berks County Home- Berks Heim 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.

  • Berks County Home- Berks Heim is ranked #10 out of 13 facilities within a 10 mile radius and #48 out of 62 facilities within a 25 mile radius. See Ranking Report
  • CMS 5-Star Overall Rating is (3 out of 5):
  • Current Trend: Improving
  • Total Nursing Hours Spent Per Resident Per Day: 3.36
    (The national average is 3.78 )
  • The percentage of short-stay residents who were re-hospitalized after a nursing home admission is 13.23% .
  • There is no indication of abuse occuring at Berks County Home- Berks Heim. (CMS flags facilities where abuse has either happened or is very likely.)

Berks County Home- Berks Heim Owner & Operator Information

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COUNTY OF BERKS OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER

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Berks County Home- Berks Heim 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 3:
Health Inspection Rating 3:
Quality Rating 4:
Staffing Rating 3:

Inspection Scores

Cycle 1 Score (as of October 20, 2023) 16
Cycle 2 Score (as of November 04, 2022) 68
Cycle 3 Score (as of December 03, 2021) 48
Weighted All Cycles Score 39

Berks County Home- Berks Heim Ratings History

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 Berks County Home- Berks Heim spends LESS time on average with its residents than the state average and LESS time than the national average for total nursing homes spent per resident.

Type Facility State / National Avg
Registered Nurse (RN)
Hours 0.68 0.77 / 0.65
Case Mix 0.38 0.42 / 0.38
Adjusted 0.67 NA / NA
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Hours 0.67 0.92 / 0.87
Case Mix 0.76 NA / NA
Adjusted 0.65 NA / NA
Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA)
Hours 2.01 2.09 / 2.26
Case Mix 2.19 NA / NA
Adjusted 1.87 NA / NA
Total Licensed Staff
Hours 1.35 1.69 / 1.53
Physical Therapist (PT)
Hours 0.04 0.09 / 0.07
Total Nursing Homes Spent per Resident on Average
Hours 3.36 3.78 / 3.78
Case Mix 3.33 3.33 / 3.15
Adjusted 3.18 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
13.2% / 22.5%
Better
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit (qm522)
This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating
5.8% / 10.6%
Better
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days (qm551)
This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating
1.0% / 1.7%
Better
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days (qm552)
This measure is considered when computing the 5-Star Overall Rating
0.3% / 0.8%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased (qm401) 13.3% / 14.6%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight (qm404) 7.3% / 6.6%
Worse
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder (qm405) 75.7% / 56.5%
Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder (qm406) 1.1% / 1.1%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection (qm407) 1.0% / 2.0%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms (qm408) 2.4% / 3.7%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained (qm409) 0.1% / 0.2%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury (qm410) 3.4% / 3.4%
Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine (qm415) 99.6% / 87.4%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication (qm419) 27.1% / 16.3%
Worse
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine (qm430) 92.0% / 70.4%
Better
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication (qm434) 6.0% / 1.5%
Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsened (qm451) 19.1% / 18.7%
Worse
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication (qm452) 35.0% / 19.5%
Worse
Percentage of high risk long-stay residents with pressure ulcers (qm453) 3.2% / 7.6%
Better
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine (qm454) 97.8% / 93.8%
Better
Percentage of short-stay residents who made improvements in function (qm471) 75.2% / 73.9%
Better
Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine (qm472) 51.1% / 70.5%
Worse

Hospitals Near Berks County Home- Berks Heim

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 Berks County Home- Berks Heim.

This information is based on the most recent Hospital data. Historical data is not available.

Hospital 5-Star Overall Rating
SCHUYLKILL MEDICAL CENTER - SOUTH JACKSON STREET
420 SOUTH JACKSON STREET
POTTSVILLE, PA 17901
2
POTTSTOWN HOSPITAL
1600 EAST HIGH STREET
POTTSTOWN, PA 19464
2
PHOENIXVILLE HOSPITAL
140 NUTT ROAD
PHOENIXVILLE, PA 19460
2
READING HOSPITAL
420 S 5TH AVENUE
WEST READING, PA 19611
3
PENN STATE HEALTH ST. JOSEPH
2500 BERNVILLE ROAD
READING, PA 19605
3
LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL
1200 SOUTH CEDAR CREST BOULEVARD
ALLENTOWN, PA 18103
3
UPMC LITITZ
1500 HIGHLANDS DRIVE
LITITZ, PA 17543
4
LEBANON VA MEDICAL CENTER
1700 SOUTH LINCOLN AVENUE
LEBANON, PA 17042
4
WELLSPAN EPHRATA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
169 MARTIN AVENUE
EPHRATA, PA 17522
4
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING
2752 CENTURY BOULEVARD
WYOMISSING, PA 19610
Not Available
PHYSICIANS CARE SURGICAL HOSPITAL
454 ENTERPRISE DRIVE
ROYERSFORD, PA 19468
Not Available
GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL
100 PARAMOUNT BOULEVARD
ORWIGSBURG, PA 17961
Not Available
PENN STATE HEALTH LANCASTER MEDICAL CENTER
2160 STATE ROAD
LANCASTER, PA 17601
Not Available
WERNERSVILLE STATE HOSPITAL
160 MAIN STREET
WERNERSVILLE, PA 19565
Not Available
HAVEN BEHAVIORAL HOSPITAL OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA
145 NORTH 6TH STREET
READING, PA 19601
Not Available
TOWER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
201 WELLNESS WAY
READING, PA 19605
Not Available

Medical Professionals Associated with Berks County Home- Berks Heim

These are the doctors who are affiliated with Berks County Home- Berks Heim. The data is from the most recent period. Historical data is not available.

  • ALISON MITCH ( PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - HEIM STAFF PHYSICIANS INC )
  • ROBERT BRACKBILL ( INTERNAL MEDICINE - HEIM STAFF PHYSICIANS INC )

Local Nursing Homes

Below is a list of nursing homes in near Berks County Home- Berks Heim (including this home). This list is ranked based on the nursing home's health inspection scores (alse referred to as the "weighted all cycles score"). We also show the home's 5-star overall rating in the list. (If a nursing home has been flaged by CMS for abuse, we will added an icon () to the home to indicate this.)

The data is based on the dataset as of May 01, 2024.

Name Health Inspection Score / Overall Rating
Fairmount Homes
(EPHRATA, PA)
1.333 / 5:
Transitional Sub-Acute Unit
(WYOMISSING, PA)
1.333 / 5:
Rehabilitation Center at Brethren Village LLC
(LANCASTER, PA)
2.667 / 5:
Landis Homes
(LITITZ, PA)
2.667 / 5:
Lehigh Valley Hospital Tsu
(ALLENTOWN, PA)
2.667 / 5:
Frederick Living - Cedarwood
(FREDERICK, PA)
4 / 5:
Complete Care at Lehigh LLC
(MACUNGIE, PA)
4 / 5:
Fellowship Manor
(WHITEHALL, PA)
4 / 5:
Spang Crest Manor
(LEBANON, PA)
6 / 5:
Maple Farm
(AKRON, PA)
6.667 / 5:
Spruce Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
(WEST READING, PA)
6.667 / 5:
Cedar Crest Post Acute
(ALLENTOWN, PA)
6.667 / 5:
Pleasant View Communities
(MANHEIM, PA)
8 / 4:
Luther Acres Manor
(LITITZ, PA)
8.667 / 5:
Highlands at Wyomissing
(WYOMISSING, PA)
8.667 / 5:
Hickory House Nursing Home
(HONEY BROOK, PA)
9.333 / 5:
Lebanon Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
(LEBANON, PA)
9.333 / 3:
Laurel Center
(HAMBURG, PA)
9.333 / 5:
Stoneridge Poplar Run
(MYERSTOWN, PA)
10 / 4:
United Zion Retirement Communi
(LITITZ, PA)
10.667 / 5:
Brethren Village
(LANCASTER, PA)
11.333 / 5:
Garden Spot Village
(NEW HOLLAND, PA)
12 / 5:
Seton Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
(ORWIGSBURG, PA)
12 / 4:
The Gardens at York Terrace
(POTTSVILLE, PA)
12 / 5:
Mosser Nursing Home
(TREXLERTOWN, PA)
12.667 / 5:
Orwigsburg Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
(ORWIGSBURG, PA)
13.333 / 3:
Cornwall Manor
(CORNWALL, PA)
14 / 5:
Fairlane Gardens Nursing and Rehab at Reading
(READING, PA)
14.667 / 4:
Schuylkill Center
(POTTSVILLE, PA)
14.667 / 4:
Stoneridge Towne Centre
(MYERSTOWN, PA)
15.333 / 4:
Tremont Health and Rehabilitation Center
(TREMONT, PA)
15.333 / 3:
Zerbe Sisters Nursing Center
(NARVON, PA)
17.333 / 2:
Moravian Manor
(LITITZ, PA)
18 / 5:
Phoebe Berks
(WERNERSVILLE, PA)
18 / 4:
Luther Crest Nursing Facility
(ALLENTOWN, PA)
18 / 4:
Cedarbrook Senior Care and Rehabilitation
(ALLENTOWN, PA)
20.667 / 4:
Sanatoga Center
(POTTSTOWN, PA)
22.667 / 5:
The Lutheran Home at Topton
(TOPTON, PA)
23.333 / 4:
Ephrata Manor
(EPHRATA, PA)
24.667 / 5:
Complete Care at Berkshire LLC
(READING, PA)
26 / 5:
Wyomissing Health and Rehabilitation Center
(READING, PA)
28 / 2:
Laureldale Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Cent
(LAURELDALE, PA)
28 / 2:
Phoenix Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing,the
(PHOENIXVILLE, PA)
32 / 3:
Willow Brook Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center
(KUTZTOWN, PA)
34.667 / 3:
Southeastern Pennsylvania Veteran's Center
(SPRING CITY, PA)
35.333 / 4:
Cedar Haven Healthcare Center
(LEBANON, PA)
35.333 / 2:
Rosewood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
(SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, PA)
36.667 / 3:
Berks County Home- Berks Heim
(LEESPORT, PA)
38.667 / 3:
Pottstown Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Cente
(POTTSTOWN, PA)
40.667 / 2:
Mifflin Center
(SHILLINGTON, PA)
40.667 / 3:
Green Valley Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Ce
(POTTSVILLE, PA)
40.667 / 3:
West Reading Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Ce
(WEST READING, PA)
42 / 2:
Sinking Spring Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation
(SINKING SPRING, PA)
47.333 / 2:
Manatawny Center For Rehabilitation and Nursing
(POTTSTOWN, PA)
52 / 3:
Mount Carmel Senior Living Community
(MT CARMEL, PA)
52.667 / 3:
Parkhouse Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
(ROYERSFORD, PA)
59.333 / 1:
The Gardens at Stevens
(STEVENS, PA)
63.333 / 2:
Kadima Rehabilitation and Nursing at Lititz
(LITITZ, PA)
95 / 1:
Broad Mountain Health and Rehabilitation Center
(FRACKVILLE, PA)
113.333 / 1:
Neffsville Nursing and Rehabilitation
(LANCASTER, PA)
129.667 / 1:
Kadima Rehabilitation and Nursing at Pottstown
(POTTSTOWN, PA)
143.5 / 2:
Pottsville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
(POTTSVILLE, PA)
263.333 / 1:

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Best and Worst Nursing Homes in LEESPORT, PA

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Ownership Details for Berks County Home- Berks Heim

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Noted Deficiencies for Berks County Home- Berks Heim

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Nursing Hours Analysis for Berks County Home- Berks Heim

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