Nursing home
Ivy at Deer Lodge
1100 Texas Ave, Deer Lodge, MT 59722 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Ivy Healthcare Group (4 facilities) · 60 certified beds
Ivy at Deer Lodge is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Deer Lodge, Montana. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 2.86 hours per resident per day, below the Montana average of 3.97. Its most recent inspection on Dec 3, 2025 cited 6 deficiencies.
- 3 fines totaling $112,620In CMS records: 3 total penalties.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Ivy at Deer Lodge 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) | 2.86 | 3.97 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.46 | 0.94 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.64 | 2.53 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 71.7% | 55.6% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 6.0 | 11.3 | 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 3, 2025 inspection was corrected by December 23, 2025
Penalties in CMS records: 3 fines totaling $112,620, 3 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Ivy at Deer Lodge
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 medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 3, 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 · Dec 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 3, 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 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 25, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 25, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
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 · Nov 25, 2024 · 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 · Oct 10, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Oct 10, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Oct 10, 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
- 1100 Texas Ave
Deer Lodge, MT 59722 - CMS certification #
- 275134
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 60
- Avg residents/day
- 39.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1989-10-01
- Chain
- Ivy Healthcare Group (4 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Ivy Healthcare Group
Ivy Healthcare Group operates 4 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Ivy Healthcare Group facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Ivy at Deer Lodge using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice, diabetes care
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2019, 1 violation cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Ivy at Deer Lodge 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)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Oct 29, 2019: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (health). Case closed Apr 2, 2020. 1 violation cited (1 other). Penalties: $0 proposed, $0 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Deer Lodge Care Holdings, LLC.
Details
- Other than serious: Injury and illness log forms (OSHA 300 and 301) (1904.29(b)(6)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Apr 2, 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
- Deer Lodge Medical Center, Deer Lodge. 3.1 miles away, straight line. Location approximate.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Community Nursing Home of Anaconda, Anaconda. 21.4 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Pintler Home Health, Anaconda. 21.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 21.0 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 59722 as rural (rural area).
- Hospice
- 7 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 59722.
Anaconda Pintler Hospice, office in Anaconda, 21.6 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Montana Stillwater Health PLLC, Missoula. 71.6 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
- FEMA has a flood map for this community (effective April 15, 1981), but it is not in FEMA's digital flood map data, so the zone at this address could not be read. FEMA's Map Service Center has the map. (FEMA flood map)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In Deer Lodge, MT, risk to homes is greater than 23% of communities in Montana and 58% 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 moderate. By hazard: inland flooding relatively moderate, 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 | See above |
| 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 Ivy at Deer Lodge a good nursing home?
CMS gives Ivy at Deer Lodge 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 Ivy at Deer Lodge staffed?
Ivy at Deer Lodge reports 2.86 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Montana average of 3.97.
Has Ivy at Deer Lodge had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 6 deficiencies.
How many beds does Ivy at Deer Lodge have?
Ivy at Deer Lodge is certified for 60 beds.