Nursing home
Heights Care & Rehabilitation
3131 S Federal Blvd, Denver, CO 80236 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Pacs Group (264 facilities) · 110 certified beds
Heights Care & Rehabilitation is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Denver, Colorado. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.18 hours per resident per day, below the Colorado average of 3.70. Its most recent inspection on Jan 11, 2024 cited 23 deficiencies. Note: it carries a CMS abuse icon.
- CMS abuse iconThis facility has an active abuse icon on its CMS record.
- 3 fines totaling $77,665In CMS records: 4 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Heights Care & Rehabilitation compares
This facility vs. the Colorado and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Colorado avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.18 | 3.70 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.55 | 0.83 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.81 | 2.20 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 67.5% | 48.6% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 23.0 | 8.8 | 9.5 | above avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
Penalties in CMS records: 3 fines totaling $77,665, 4 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Heights Care & Rehabilitation
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 9, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · May 8, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jul 9, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · May 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 11, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Administration Deficiencies · Jan 11, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Jan 11, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jan 11, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 3131 S Federal Blvd
Denver, CO 80236 - CMS certification #
- 065191
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 110
- Avg residents/day
- 73.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1984-08-01
- Chain
- Pacs Group (264 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Pacs Group
Pacs Group operates 264 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Pacs Group facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Heights Care & Rehabilitation using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day, diabetes care, 3 meals a day
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2004
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Heights Care & Rehabilitation says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
Respite Stays
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
24-Hour Skilled Nursing Care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers diabetes care.
Diabetic Care and Management Strategies
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - 3 meals a day.
Three meals per day served in main dining or rehabilitative dining areas
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Private/Semi-Private Rooms
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Aug 12, 2004 to Aug 11, 2006. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $628 owed to 1 employee. Employer as DOL recorded it: Autumn Heights (The Waverly Group Inc.). Case 1448558.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Hca-Healthone Dba Swedish Medical Center, Englewood. 2.7 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Hallmark Nursing Center, Denver. 1.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Klarus Home Care, Englewood. 1.8 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 1.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 80236 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- 062578 - West Hampden Dialysis (Fmc), Englewood, 1.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Englewood Dialysis Center, Englewood, 2.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Kidney Care West Belleview, Englewood, 3.2 miles away, straight line - Hospice
- 26 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 80236.
Gateway Hospice, office in Denver, 4.8 miles away, straight line
At Home Hospice, office in Denver, 5.3 miles away, straight line
All Seasons Hospice, office in Littleton, 6.0 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Adam Perry, MD, Littleton. 4.6 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: inland flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave very low, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Heights Care & Rehabilitation a good nursing home?
CMS gives Heights Care & Rehabilitation an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Heights Care & Rehabilitation staffed?
Heights Care & Rehabilitation reports 3.18 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Colorado average of 3.70.
Has Heights Care & Rehabilitation had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 23 deficiencies.
How many beds does Heights Care & Rehabilitation have?
Heights Care & Rehabilitation is certified for 110 beds.