Assisted Living
River Mist Assisted Living
2050 West Maud, Poplar Bluff, MO 63901 · Map
Licensed for 42 residents · POPLAR BLUFF RESIDENTIAL, LLC
River Mist Assisted Living is a state-licensed assisted living community in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. It is licensed for 42 residents. Lilisity publishes no score or ranking for this community; the details below come from the state licensing record.
Prices
Starting prices the community publishes, with the date we checked each one and a link to where it is published. Care charges are usually added after an assessment.
| Care | Starting at | Checked |
|---|---|---|
| Assisted Living | $4,320 /mo | Oct 12, 2026 |
Area costs
Care and services
From the community’s website
What River Mist Assisted Living says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
Respite Care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
By coordinating Hospice Care with trusted local providers, we ensure comfort, dignity and peace in familiar surroundings – allowing families to focus on meaningful moments together.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Provides transportation.
, nearby Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center and John J Pershing VA Medical Center, and scheduled transportation.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Pets allowed.
Of course, River Mist is also pet friendly, so you’ll enjoy the companionship of your furry friend.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Has a secured outdoor area.
At River Mist, our residents enjoy numerous amenities that enhance quality of life, including our spacious community dining rooms, family rooms with big-screen TV, cozy kitchens and social areas, activities room, beauty salon, manicured grounds and secure patios with scenic views of nature.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Lilisity’s independent report
What the public record shows
Gathered by Lilisity from state and federal sources. Communities can’t edit this part of the page.
State inspections
Last inspection: Dec 1, 2025. See the record
License
Active, 42 residents
Assisted Living Facility (evacuation assistance) 052230, current license dated Oct 18, 2024. Licensee POPLAR BLUFF RESIDENTIAL, LLC.
Nearest emergency room
2.2 miles
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, rated 2 of 5 stars by CMS.
Side by side with nearby communities
The 4 nearest communities that offer assisted living, by straight-line distance. Prices are starting prices each community publishes; we never show estimates.
| Community | Distance | Licensed capacity | Published starting price | License | Inspection citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Mist Assisted Living this community | 42 | $4,320/mo | Active | 0 requirements not met in 3 years | |
| Cedargate Health Care Center (Assisted Living) | 0.5 mi | 16 | Not published | Active | 5 requirements not met in 3 years |
| Owen Acres Residential Care Facility | 1.3 mi | 20 | Not published | Active | 0 requirements not met in 3 years |
| Portia's Residential Care | 1.6 mi | 20 | Not published | Active | 0 requirements not met in 3 years |
| Switzer Residential Care | 1.7 mi | 20 | Not published | Active | 6 requirements not met in 3 years |
State inspection record0 requirements not met in 3 years
- Last inspection
- December 1, 2025
- Inspections in three years
- 5
- Complaint investigations in three years
- 1
- Requirements not met (all visits)
- 0
- No deficiencies cited at the last 5 visits (April 2024 to December 2025)
Visits (newest first)
- December 1, 2025: State Licensure, no requirements listed as not met · state results
- July 23, 2025: State Licensure, no requirements listed as not met · state results
- October 31, 2024: State Licensure, no requirements listed as not met · state results
- August 8, 2024: Complaint Investigation, State Licensure, no requirements listed as not met · state results
- April 29, 2024: State Licensure, no requirements listed as not met · state results
Search Show Me Long Term Care → (RIVER MIST ASSISTED LIVING, Assisted Living Facility Option 2)
What these terms mean
DHSS: the results page shows “the requirements the facility failed to meet, the corrected date, level of harm, and residents affected.” Facilities must keep the full statements of deficiencies and plans of correction on site for anyone to read.
Missouri law (RSMo 198.085) sorts every standard into three classes: “Class I standards are standards the violation of which would present either an imminent danger to the health, safety or welfare of any resident or a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm would result; Class II standards are standards which have a direct or immediate relationship to the health, safety or welfare of any resident, but which do not create imminent danger; Class III standards are standards which have an indirect or a potential impact on the health, safety or welfare of any resident.” The class shown is the one the rule carries; some rules carry two (for example II/III).
Show Me Long Term Care lists no license numbers; this record was matched to the community by name and address. This community is licensed for 42 residents; larger communities are inspected and cited more often, so read counts with size in mind. Source: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Section for Long-Term Care Regulation, data as of October 15, 2026. Always visit in person and ask the community about anything listed here.
License and ownershipActive license, licensee POPLAR BLUFF RESIDENTIAL, LLC
- License type
- Assisted Living Facility (evacuation assistance)
- License number
- 052230
- License status
- Active
- Current license dated
- 2024-10-18
- Licensed capacity
- 42
- Licensee
- POPLAR BLUFF RESIDENTIAL, LLC
- County
- Butler County
- Administrator
- Payton Hutchison
Source: Missouri state licensing records (agency listing), retrieved 2026-09-09. Licensing status is a matter of public record; it is not a quality rating.
Administrator name from the Missouri licensing record, as of Sep 9, 2026.
Paying with Medicaid and other programsHow Medicaid pays for care in Missouri, and other programs
How Medicaid pays for care in Missouri
- MO HealthNet Personal Care Program (state plan personal care). MO HealthNet (Missouri Medicaid) can pay for personal care services for eligible residents of licensed residential care facilities and assisted living facilities, if DHSS finds they need a nursing-home level of care. (state page)
Ask the community whether it accepts Medicaid.
Staff pay and workplace safety1 federal wage case with violations found
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 May 28, 2007 to Jul 18, 2007. Violations found: Family and medical leave. Employer as DOL recorded it: River Mist Assistant Living (Americare). Case 1486827.
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 careNearest hospital 2.2 mi, nursing home 0.5 mi, pharmacy 0.6 mi
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center, Poplar Bluff. 2.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Cedargate Health Care Center, Poplar Bluff. 0.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Sunrise Home Care, LLC, Poplar Bluff. 0.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Key Drugs. 0.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 63901 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc - Poplar Bluff West, Poplar Bluff, 1.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
- Hospice
- 10 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 63901.
Ozark Hospice, office in Poplar Bluff, 1.7 miles away, straight line
Crown Hospice, office in Poplar Bluff, 1.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Elara Caring, office in Dexter, 24.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Northeast Arkansas Clinic Charitable Foundation, Inc., Jonesboro. 63.2 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 riskFEMA overall risk relatively high; in FEMA's high-risk flood area (Zone AE)
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
- Zone AE: 1% annual chance flood area (high risk); base flood elevation set. This is inside FEMA's Special Flood Hazard Area, where flood insurance is required for federally backed mortgages. (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire very low, tornado very high, heat wave relatively high, earthquake relatively high. 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.
Questions to ask on a tour10 questions picked for this community from its record
Picked for this community from its record. Ask them in person and write down the answers.
- This address is in FEMA's high-risk flood area. Where do residents go in an evacuation, and how do you move them?
- The current license dates from 2024. Has the owner or operator changed recently?
- Your published starting price is a base rate. What would the total monthly cost be for my parent's needs?
- How much have prices gone up in each of the last three years?
- How many caregivers are on duty during the day and at night?
- What happens if care needs increase? When would someone need to move?
- What fees are charged at move-in?
- How do you tell families about falls, illness or changes?
- How long have the executive director and the head of care been here?
- Who gives medications, and what training do they have?
What we checked12 public sources we searched, with dates
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Section for Long-Term Care Regulation inspection records | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| 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: 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 |
Common questionsAnswers to 4 questions families ask
What type of care does River Mist Assisted Living provide?
River Mist Assisted Living is licensed by the state of Missouri for assisted living in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Its licensed capacity is 42 residents.
Does Lilisity rate River Mist Assisted Living?
No. We publish state licensing details for River Mist Assisted Living but no score, rating, or ranking. Only communities on the Top Communities list or with a Senior Living Alliance Excellence Award, both based on phone-verified resident and family interviews, are ranked.
How much does River Mist Assisted Living cost?
Assisted Living in Missouri typically starts at $4,100 to $5,100 a month. Based on 109 communities that publish prices. These are area figures, not this community's price. The starting prices it publishes are in the Prices section on this page.
How do I contact River Mist Assisted Living?
Use River Mist Assisted Living's website, americareusa.net/senior-living/river-mist-poplar-bluff-mo, or visit at 2050 West Maud, Poplar Bluff, MO 63901.
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