Nursing home
Gateway Transitional Care Center
527 Memorial Drive, Pocatello, ID 83201 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of The Ensign Group (329 facilities) · 88 certified beds
Gateway Transitional Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Pocatello, Idaho. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.75 hours per resident per day, below the Idaho average of 4.07. Its most recent inspection on Jul 24, 2025 cited 15 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Gateway Transitional Care Center compares
This facility vs. the Idaho and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Idaho avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.75 | 4.07 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.71 | 0.83 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.08 | 2.47 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 53.1% | 49.0% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 15.0 | 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.
- Every deficiency from the July 24, 2025 inspection was corrected by August 22, 2025
What inspectors found at Gateway Transitional Care Center
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 safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Jul 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jul 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jul 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jul 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 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 · Jul 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jul 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that nurse aides who have worked more than 4 months, are trained and competent; and nurse aides who have worked less than 4 months are enrolled in appropriate training.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Jul 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Jul 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jul 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jul 24, 2025 · 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
- 527 Memorial Drive
Pocatello, ID 83201 - CMS certification #
- 135011
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 88
- Avg residents/day
- 81.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1967-01-01
- Chain
- The Ensign Group (329 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of The Ensign Group
The Ensign Group operates 329 nursing facilities across the United States. View all The Ensign Group facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day, transportation
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Gateway Transitional Care Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
Our Nursing staff provides 24-hour round the clock care for our residents under the direction of our in-house physicians.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Provides transportation.
The facility also provides transportation for patients on hemodialysis.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Portneuf Medical Center, Pocatello. 0.6 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Idaho State Veterans Home - Pocatello, Pocatello. 1.0 mile away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Heritage Home Health, Pocatello. 3.3 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Shaver Pharmacy and Compounding. 0.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 83201 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Idaho Kidney Center - Pocatello, Chubbuck, 3.9 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
- Hospice
- 8 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 83201.
Encompass Hospice Of Eastern Idaho, office in Pocatello, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Heritage Hospice, office in Pocatello, 3.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Symbii Hospice, office in Chubbuck, 3.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Praveen Walaliyadda, MD, Pocatello. 0.4 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 Pocatello, ID, risk to homes is greater than 93% of communities in Idaho and 98% 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 high, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake relatively moderate. 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 | Nothing on record |
| 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 | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Gateway Transitional Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Gateway Transitional Care Center an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Gateway Transitional Care Center staffed?
Gateway Transitional Care Center reports 3.75 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Idaho average of 4.07.
Has Gateway Transitional Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 15 deficiencies.
How many beds does Gateway Transitional Care Center have?
Gateway Transitional Care Center is certified for 88 beds.