Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Mercy Circle
3659 West 99Th Street, Chicago, IL 60655 · Map
Non profit - Church related · 23 certified beds
Mercy Circle is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Chicago, Illinois. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.72 hours per resident per day, above the Illinois average of 3.49. Its most recent inspection on Feb 6, 2025 cited 4 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Mercy Circle compares
This facility vs. the Illinois and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Illinois avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 4.72 | 3.49 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.65 | 0.73 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.92 | 2.13 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 39.4% | 45.7% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 4.0 | 12.1 | 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.
What inspectors found at Mercy Circle
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 care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Sep 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Sep 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jan 26, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 · Jan 26, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Jan 26, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jan 26, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Aug 5, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure staff are vaccinated for COVID-19
Infection Control Deficiencies · Mar 31, 2023 - Potential for harm
Perform COVID19 testing on residents and staff.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Mar 31, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Mar 31, 2023
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
- 3659 West 99Th Street
Chicago, IL 60655 - CMS certification #
- 146174
- Ownership
- Non profit - Church related
- Certified beds
- 23
- Avg residents/day
- 22.0
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2015-01-10
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Mercy Circle using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Kitchen 3 inspections by Chicago Department of Public Health since 2024; latest Pass (April 2026)
Full public records, with dates and sources
Kitchen inspections
The local health department inspects the kitchen that serves residents. Results are in the agency's own words.
Chicago Department of Public Health: Mercy Circle
- Apr 27, 2026 (canvass): Pass.
2 violations
- Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices. Inspector’s note: observed a few plumbing issues in the following areas: at the dish washer underneath, at the hand by the coffee station (the hot water knob) and the water faucet/hose between the hand sink and cooking equipment. must repair and maintain.
- Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: must clean the floors in the corner and the wall behind dry storage shelving to remove spill and/or debris. also clean the floor behind the cooking equipment and around the dish washing machine to remove debris.
- Apr 2, 2025 (canvass): Pass.
1 violation
- Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices. Inspector’s note: leak at hot water handle on handsink in beverage service area instructed to correct and maintain
- Aug 1, 2024 (canvass): Pass.
3 violations
- Food & non-food contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used. Inspector’s note: large can opener in need of cleaning to remove some build up. instructed to clean and maintain. manager cleaned can opener at time of inspection.
- Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: floors along wall bases in prep area in need of cleaning to remove all food spills. instructed to detail clean and maintain.
- Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean. Inspector’s note: floor drains in main prep area in need of cleaning to remove all build up. instructed to detail clean and maintain.
Source: the agency's records, inspections since Oct 16, 2023, as of Oct 15, 2026. Pass: No critical or serious violations found. Pass w/ Conditions: Critical or serious violations found and corrected during the inspection. Fail: Critical or serious violations not corrected during the inspection. Priority / Priority Foundation / Core: The city's severity levels under the 2017 Chicago Food Code; Priority is the most serious.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical Center, Oak Lawn. 1.0 mile away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Avantara Evergreen Park, Evergreen Park. 0.7 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- F J Home Health Care Inc, Evergreen Park. 0.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 60655 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Dcc - Evergreen Park, Evergreen Park, 0.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Dcc - Oak Lawn, Oak Lawn, 1.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Home Dialysis Sevices Hickory Hills LLC, Oak Lawn, 1.3 miles away, straight line - Hospice
- 29 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 60655.
Osf Hospice, office in Oak Lawn, 3.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
St Croix Hospice Des Plaines, office in Palos Heights, 5.6 miles away, straight line
Ucm Home Care, office in Harvey, 7.9 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Beata Styka, MD, Palos Heights. 5.2 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 moderate. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively moderate, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively moderate, 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 | Nothing on record |
| Chicago Department of Public Health kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| 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 Mercy Circle a good nursing home?
CMS gives Mercy Circle 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 Mercy Circle staffed?
Mercy Circle reports 4.72 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Illinois average of 3.49.
Has Mercy Circle had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 4 deficiencies.
How many beds does Mercy Circle have?
Mercy Circle is certified for 23 beds.