Nursing home
Birchwood Care Home
715 West 31St Street, Minneapolis, MN 55408 · Map
For profit - Corporation · 60 certified beds
Birchwood Care Home is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Minneapolis, Minnesota. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 1.70 hours per resident per day, below the Minnesota average of 4.23. Its most recent inspection on Mar 20, 2025 cited 7 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $3,145In 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 Birchwood Care Home compares
This facility vs. the Minnesota and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Minnesota avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.70 | 4.23 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.39 | 1.06 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.00 | 2.55 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 44.0% | 42.4% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 7.0 | 8.0 | 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 July 29, 2025 inspection was corrected by August 15, 2025
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $3,145, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Birchwood Care Home
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
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 29, 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 · Mar 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 20, 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 · Mar 20, 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 · Mar 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 · Mar 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Minimal
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Mar 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jul 3, 2024 · 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 · Jun 18, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Administration Deficiencies · May 3, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
Administration Deficiencies · May 3, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Environmental Deficiencies · May 3, 2024 · 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
- 715 West 31St Street
Minneapolis, MN 55408 - CMS certification #
- 24E166
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 60
- Avg residents/day
- 56.7
- Provider type
- Medicaid
- First certified
- 1974-03-31
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
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.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found, most recently for a period ending Oct 15, 2007.
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.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis. 1.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Redeemer Residence INC, Minneapolis. 0.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Caremark Home Health Care LLC, Minneapolis. 1.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 55408 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Minneapolis Uptown Dialysis, Minneapolis, 0.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Fmcna Park Avenue Dialysis Center, Minneapolis, 1.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Fmc Dialysis - South Minneapolis, Minneapolis, 1.6 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 19 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 55408.
Allina Health Hospice & Palliative Care, office in Minneapolis, 1.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Grace Hospice, office in Minneapolis, 2.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Brighton Hospice, office in Saint Louis Park, 2.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Allina Health System, Minneapolis. 1.3 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)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: inland flooding relatively low, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively high, 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 | Nothing on record |
| 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Birchwood Care Home a good nursing home?
CMS gives Birchwood Care Home an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Birchwood Care Home staffed?
Birchwood Care Home reports 1.70 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Minnesota average of 4.23.
Has Birchwood Care Home had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 7 deficiencies.
How many beds does Birchwood Care Home have?
Birchwood Care Home is certified for 60 beds.