Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Runnells Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare
40 Watchung Way, Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of The Rosenberg Family (10 facilities) · 300 certified beds
Runnells Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.23 hours per resident per day, above the New Jersey average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Aug 14, 2025 cited 7 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $5,160In 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 Runnells Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare 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) | 4.23 | 3.86 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.56 | 0.69 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.71 | 2.23 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 30.4% | 40.9% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 7.0 | 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.
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $5,160, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Runnells Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Feb 4, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Feb 4, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Oct 31, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Oct 31, 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 · Oct 31, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 14, 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 · Aug 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Aug 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Apr 9, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Apr 9, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Apr 9, 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
- 40 Watchung Way
Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 - CMS certification #
- 315009
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 300
- Avg residents/day
- 245.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1967-01-01
- Chain
- The Rosenberg Family (10 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of The Rosenberg Family
The Rosenberg Family operates 10 nursing facilities across the United States. View all The Rosenberg Family facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Runnells Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice, diabetes care, transportation
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2018, 2 violations cited
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation zone Union-G2
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Runnells Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare 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) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
24-hour Nursing Care
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Hospice/Palliative Care
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Offers diabetes care.
Diabetic Management
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Yes, we provide transportation for medical appointments as needed.
(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.
- Aug 8, 2018: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case closed May 3, 2019. 2 violations cited (2 serious). Penalties: $14,000 proposed, $14,000 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Cornerstone Behavioral Health Hospital. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(c)(1)(iv)). Penalty $7,000 proposed, $7,000 now.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(h)(3)(ii)). Penalty $7,000 proposed, $7,000 now.
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
- Overlook Medical Center, Summit. 4.7 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Autumn Lake Healthcare at Berkeley Heights, Berkeley Heights. 1.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Bayada Home Health Care, Inc., Cranford. 7.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.9 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 07922 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Plainfield Dialysis, Plainfield, 3.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Summit Dialysis, Mountainside, 4.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars)
Davita North Plainfield, North Plainfield, 4.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 17 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 07922.
Center For Hope Hospice And Palliative Care, office in Scotch Plains, 3.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Homeside Hospice LLC, office in Cranford, 7.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Ascend Hospice, office in Cranford, 7.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Summit Medical Group Pa, Berkeley Heights. 1.0 mile 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
- Union-G2 (Zone G: Geographical split.) 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 low, inland flooding relatively high, wildfire very low, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake relatively 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 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | See above | |
| 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Runnells Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare a good nursing home?
CMS gives Runnells Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Runnells Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare staffed?
Runnells Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare reports 4.23 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Jersey average of 3.86.
Has Runnells Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 7 deficiencies.
How many beds does Runnells Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare have?
Runnells Center for Rehabilitation & Healthcare is certified for 300 beds.