Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Freeman Nursing & Rehabilitation Community
1805 Pyle Drive, Kingsford, MI 49802 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Atrium Centers (26 facilities) · 39 certified beds
Freeman Nursing & Rehabilitation Community is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Kingsford, Michigan. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.08 hours per resident per day, below the Michigan average of 4.03. Its most recent inspection on Dec 11, 2025 cited 3 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Freeman Nursing & Rehabilitation Community compares
This facility vs. the Michigan and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Michigan avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.08 | 4.03 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.77 | 0.77 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.79 | 2.38 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 34.6% | 44.4% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 3.0 | 9.8 | 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.
- Every deficiency from the December 11, 2025 inspection was corrected by January 6, 2026
What inspectors found at Freeman Nursing & Rehabilitation Community
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Actual harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Oct 23, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure each resident has 1) at least one window to the outside in a room; 2) a room at or above ground level; 3) adequate bedding; 4) furniture that meets the resident's needs; or 5) adequate closet space.
Environmental Deficiencies · Oct 23, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Oct 23, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.
Administration Deficiencies · Oct 23, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Oct 23, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Oct 23, 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 · Oct 23, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 1, 2023 · 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 · Dec 1, 2023 · 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
- 1805 Pyle Drive
Kingsford, MI 49802 - CMS certification #
- 235612
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 39
- Avg residents/day
- 35.1
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2004-04-28
- Chain
- Atrium Centers (26 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Atrium Centers
Atrium Centers operates 26 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Atrium Centers 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
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2009
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2020, 2 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
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 Sep 13, 2009 to Sep 9, 2011. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $549 owed to 5 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Freeman Nursing Home (Atrium Centers, LLC). Case 1628095.
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.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- May 26, 2022: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case closed Jul 22, 2022. 1 violation cited (1 other). Penalties: $500 proposed, $250 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Atrium Centers INC DBA Freeman Nursing & Rehabilitation Community.
Details
- Other than serious: Cited rule 408.22141(2). Penalty $500 proposed, $250 now. To be fixed by Aug 16, 2022.
- Jan 8, 2020: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (health). Case closed Aug 19, 2020. 1 violation cited (1 other). Penalties: $0 proposed, $0 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Atrium Centers INC DBA Freeman Nursing & Rehabilitation Community.
Details
- Other than serious: Cited rule 325.47201(3). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 11, 2020.
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
- Dickinson County Memorial Hospital, Iron Mountain. 2.6 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Optalis Health and Rehabilitation of Kingsford, Kingsford. 0.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Dickinson Home Health, Iron Mountain. 1.8 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 1.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 49802 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fresenius - Iron Mountain, Iron Mountain, 2.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
- Hospice
- 5 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 49802.
Marshfield Medical Center - Dickinson Hospice, office in Iron Mountain, 1.8 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Post Acute Specialists LLC, New London. 103.6 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 high. By hazard: inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire very low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave very low, earthquake very 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 | See above |
| 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 | Could not read the site |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Freeman Nursing & Rehabilitation Community a good nursing home?
CMS gives Freeman Nursing & Rehabilitation Community an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Freeman Nursing & Rehabilitation Community staffed?
Freeman Nursing & Rehabilitation Community reports 3.08 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Michigan average of 4.03.
Has Freeman Nursing & Rehabilitation Community had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 3 deficiencies.
How many beds does Freeman Nursing & Rehabilitation Community have?
Freeman Nursing & Rehabilitation Community is certified for 39 beds.