Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Marquette County Medical Care Facility
200 West Saginaw Street, Ishpeming, MI 49849 · Map
Government - City/county · 140 certified beds
Marquette County Medical Care Facility is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Ishpeming, Michigan. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 5.06 hours per resident per day, above the Michigan average of 4.03. Its most recent inspection on May 15, 2025 cited 0 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Marquette County Medical Care Facility 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) | 5.06 | 4.03 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.86 | 0.77 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.38 | 2.38 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 24.2% | 44.4% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 0.0 | 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.
- No health deficiencies cited at the last standard inspection (May 2025)
- Every deficiency from the June 5, 2024 inspection was corrected by July 12, 2024
What inspectors found at Marquette County Medical Care Facility
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- 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 · Jun 5, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 5, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 5, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jun 5, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 29, 2023
Show all 8 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jun 29, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jun 29, 2023 - 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 · Jun 29, 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
- 200 West Saginaw Street
Ishpeming, MI 49849 - CMS certification #
- 235321
- Ownership
- Government - City/county
- Certified beds
- 140
- Avg residents/day
- 126.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1978-05-01
- Setting
- Rural
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Marquette County Medical Care Facility using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day, transportation
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2015
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2022, no violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Marquette County Medical Care Facility says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
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 Jun 15, 2015 to Jun 14, 2017. Violations found: Fair Labor Standards Act (pay and hours). Employer as DOL recorded it: Marquette County Medical Care Facility. Case 1825423.
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.
- Mar 10, 2022: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (health). Case closed Mar 30, 2022. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Marquette County Medical Care Facility.
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
- Bell Hospital, Ishpeming. 2.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Eastwood Nursing Center, Negaunee. 4.8 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Parallel Home Care Services, Inc, Marquette. 13.0 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- LT Pharmacare. 4.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 49849 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fresenius Medical Care - Marquette, Marquette, 13.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
- Hospice
- 2 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 49849.
Upper Peninsula Home Health & Hospice, office in Marquette, 13.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Lake Superior Life Care & Hospice, office in Marquette, 13.6 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Great Lakes Therapy Housecalls PC, Traverse City. 151.6 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 very low, heat wave 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 | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Marquette County Medical Care Facility a good nursing home?
CMS gives Marquette County Medical Care Facility 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 Marquette County Medical Care Facility staffed?
Marquette County Medical Care Facility reports 5.06 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Michigan average of 4.03.
Has Marquette County Medical Care Facility had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 0 deficiencies.
How many beds does Marquette County Medical Care Facility have?
Marquette County Medical Care Facility is certified for 140 beds.