Nursing home
Excel Care at the Pines
29 North Vermont Ave, Atlantic City, NJ 08401 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Excelcare (9 facilities) · 151 certified beds
Excel Care at the Pines is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Atlantic City, New Jersey. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.35 hours per resident per day, below the New Jersey average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Nov 19, 2024 cited 6 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Excel Care at the Pines compares
This facility vs. the New Jersey and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | New Jersey avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.35 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.53 | 0.69 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.93 | 2.23 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 48.2% | 40.9% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 6.0 | 8.5 | 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.
What inspectors found at Excel Care at the Pines
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 services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Sep 16, 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 · Nov 19, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Nov 19, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Nov 19, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Nov 19, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 19, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Nov 19, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Aug 22, 2023 - 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 · Aug 22, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Aug 22, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 22, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 22, 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
- 29 North Vermont Ave
Atlantic City, NJ 08401 - CMS certification #
- 315317
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 151
- Avg residents/day
- 127.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1992-12-01
- Chain
- Excelcare (9 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Excelcare
Excelcare operates 9 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Excelcare 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
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2022
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation zone Atlantic-B
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.
- Findings for Jan 1, 2022 to Jun 20, 2023. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $515 owed to 9 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Eastern Pines Care & Rehabilitation Center (Excelcare Health Management Inc.). Case 1982175.
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
- Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City Campus, Atlantic City. 1.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Our Ladys Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare, Pleasantville. 6.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Patient Care, Egg Harbor Township. 11.1 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 08401 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc Atlantic City, Atlantic City, 1.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Davita Atlantic County At Home, Pleasantville, 6.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fkc Shore, Northfield, 7.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 14 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 08401.
Angelic Hospice, office in West Atlantic City, 4.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Hospice At Lsmnj, Inc., office in Egg Harbor Township, 8.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Holy Redeemer Hospice-Nj, Shore, office in Egg Harbor Twp, 8.9 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Atlanticare Physician Group Pa, Tuckerton. 16.7 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.
- Hurricane evacuation zone
- Atlantic-B (Zone B: The remaining municipalities along the barrier islands. Somers Point floods on a regular basis and should be considered as at risk as the barrier islands. Low lying areas along the Great Egg Harbor River including all of Corbin City are susceptible to category 1 inundation on a large scale.) on the New Jersey hurricane evacuation zones (2020 hurricane evacuation study). (FEMA Region 2 / New Jersey Office of Emergency Management, map updated Jan 8, 2024)
- 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 moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively moderate, inland flooding relatively moderate, coastal flooding relatively high, tornado very low, heat wave relatively low, 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 |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | See above | |
| 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 |
| The community’s own website | No plain statements of services found |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Excel Care at the Pines a good nursing home?
CMS gives Excel Care at the Pines an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Excel Care at the Pines staffed?
Excel Care at the Pines reports 3.35 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Jersey average of 3.86.
Has Excel Care at the Pines had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 6 deficiencies.
How many beds does Excel Care at the Pines have?
Excel Care at the Pines is certified for 151 beds.