Nursing home
Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation
2555 E Broadway, Helena, MT 59601 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Eduro Healthcare (36 facilities) · 90 certified beds
Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Helena, Montana. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 2.64 hours per resident per day, below the Montana average of 3.97. Its most recent inspection on Sep 11, 2025 cited 34 deficiencies. Note: it is a CMS Special Focus Facility under enhanced oversight and it carries a CMS abuse icon.
- CMS abuse iconThis facility has an active abuse icon on its CMS record.
- Special Focus Facility candidateCMS lists this facility as a candidate for enhanced oversight.
- 5 fines totaling $309,694In CMS records: 6 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation compares
This facility vs. the Montana and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Montana avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.64 | 3.97 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.67 | 0.94 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.65 | 2.53 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 81.9% | 55.6% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 34.0 | 11.3 | 9.5 | above 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 31, 2025 inspection was corrected by January 23, 2026
Penalties in CMS records: 5 fines totaling $309,694, 6 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation
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 · Dec 31, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 31, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Dec 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Dec 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 4, 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 · Dec 4, 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 · Dec 4, 2025 · 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 · Dec 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 4, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Sep 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 11, 2025 · 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
- 2555 E Broadway
Helena, MT 59601 - CMS certification #
- 275080
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 90
- Avg residents/day
- 63.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1977-05-01
- Chain
- Eduro Healthcare (36 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Eduro Healthcare
Eduro Healthcare operates 36 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Eduro Healthcare 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
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice, diabetes care
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
24/7 Nursing Care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Hospice Care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers diabetes care.
We offer a wide array of skilled nursing services, including pain management, diabetes management, and more to be able to address any and all of your recovery needs.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Smoke-free.
For the safety and welfare of all residents and staff, we are a non-smoking facility.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- St Peters Health, Helena. 0.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Mount Ascension Transitional Care of Cascadia, Helena. 0.5 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- St Peter'S Health Home Health And Hospice, Helena. 0.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Bergum Drug. 0.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 59601 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- St Peter'S Health Dialysis Center, Helena, 0.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
- Hospice
- 6 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 59601.
Headwaters Hospice And Palliative Care, LLC, office in Helena, 0.2 miles away, straight line
Hospice Of St Peters Comm Hosp, office in Helena, 0.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Enhabit Hospice, office in Helena, 1.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Benefis Hospitals Inc, Great Falls. 71.3 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)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In Helena, MT, risk to homes is greater than 55% of communities in Montana and 82% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole town or city, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively low. By hazard: inland flooding very low, wildfire relatively moderate, tornado very low, heat wave very low, earthquake relatively moderate. 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 |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | See above |
| 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 Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation a good nursing home?
CMS gives Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation staffed?
Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation reports 2.64 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Montana average of 3.97.
Has Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 34 deficiencies. This facility is on CMS's Special Focus list for enhanced oversight.
How many beds does Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation have?
Cooney Healthcare and Rehabilitation is certified for 90 beds.