Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Lemay Avenue Health and Rehab
4824 S Lemay Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80525 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Columbine Health Systems (5 facilities) · 130 certified beds
Lemay Avenue Health and Rehab is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Fort Collins, Colorado. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.40 hours per resident per day, above the Colorado average of 3.70. Its most recent inspection on Sep 11, 2025 cited 1 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $7,443In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Lemay Avenue Health and Rehab 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) | 4.40 | 3.70 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.27 | 0.83 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.70 | 2.20 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 46.9% | 48.6% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 1.0 | 8.8 | 9.5 | below 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: 1 fine totaling $7,443, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Lemay Avenue Health and Rehab
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
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Sep 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Feb 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Nov 16, 2023 · Full report (PDF) - Actual 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 · Jul 26, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 19, 2022
Show all 7 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Aug 19, 2022 - 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 · Aug 19, 2022
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
- 4824 S Lemay Ave
Fort Collins, CO 80525 - CMS certification #
- 065142
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 130
- Avg residents/day
- 118.2
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1977-10-01
- Chain
- Columbine Health Systems (5 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Columbine Health Systems
Columbine Health Systems operates 5 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Columbine Health Systems facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Lemay Avenue Health and Rehab using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2022, 3 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Jun 6, 2022: monitoring inspection, partial (health). Case closed Oct 20, 2022. 3 violations cited (3 other). Penalties: $2,000 proposed, $1,200 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Greenfield Management Services, INC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Other than serious: Recording work-related injuries and illnesses (1904.7(b)(3)). Penalty $1,000 proposed, $600 now. To be fixed by Oct 11, 2022.
- Other than serious: Injury and illness log forms (OSHA 300 and 301) (1904.29(b)(3)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Oct 11, 2022.
- Other than serious: Giving injury records to OSHA when asked (1904.40(a)). Penalty $1,000 proposed, $600 now. To be fixed by Oct 11, 2022.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Banner Fort Collins Medical Center, Fort Collins. 3.2 miles away, straight line. Location approximate.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Good Samaritan Society -- Fort Collins Village, Fort Collins. 2.4 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Maxim Healthcare Services Inc, Fort Collins. 1.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Safeway. 0.5 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 80525 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- 062593-Fresenius Kidney Care Poudre Valley Dialysis, Fort Collins, 0.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
062505 Northern Colorado Kidney Center (Fmc), Fort Collins, 3.0 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Fort Collins Dialysis, Fort Collins, 3.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 11 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 80525.
Pathways Hospice, office in Fort Collins, 1.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Accentcare Of Colorado, office in Loveland, 7.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Canyon Home Care & Hospice Of Loveland, office in Loveland, 7.9 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Boulder Community Health, Longmont. 26.3 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)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In Fort Collins, CO, risk to homes is greater than 66% of communities in Colorado and 86% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole town or city, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively moderate, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively 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 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | See above |
| 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 | Could not read the site |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Lemay Avenue Health and Rehab a good nursing home?
CMS gives Lemay Avenue Health and Rehab an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Lemay Avenue Health and Rehab staffed?
Lemay Avenue Health and Rehab reports 4.40 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Colorado average of 3.70.
Has Lemay Avenue Health and Rehab had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 1 deficiencies.
How many beds does Lemay Avenue Health and Rehab have?
Lemay Avenue Health and Rehab is certified for 130 beds.