Nursing home
Hillcrest Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center
100 Little Drive, Lower Burrell, PA 15068 · Map
For profit - Corporation · 103 certified beds
Hillcrest Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.53 hours per resident per day, below the Pennsylvania average of 3.89. Its most recent inspection on Mar 7, 2025 cited 27 deficiencies. Note: it carries a CMS abuse icon.
- CMS abuse iconThis facility has an active abuse icon on its CMS record.
- 1 fine totaling $3,145In 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 Hillcrest Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center compares
This facility vs. the Pennsylvania and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Pennsylvania avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.53 | 3.89 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.80 | 0.78 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.95 | 2.20 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 54.2% | 46.6% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 27.0 | 10.1 | 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.
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $3,145, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Hillcrest Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center
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 appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 11, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 17, 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 2, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Jul 31, 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 · Jun 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 · Jun 5, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · May 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · May 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · May 7, 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 · Mar 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 7, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Mar 7, 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
- 100 Little Drive
Lower Burrell, PA 15068 - CMS certification #
- 395208
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 103
- Avg residents/day
- 63.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1967-06-06
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Hillcrest Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Works with hospice, diabetes care
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2021, 3 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Hillcrest Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center 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 hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Hospice/Palliative Care
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Offers diabetes care.
Diabetic Care
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Our specialty rehab facilities include beautiful amenities and semi-private suites.
(page, checked Oct 15, 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.
- May 17, 2022: follow-up inspection, partial (health). Case closed Jul 26, 2022. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Guardian Elder Care at Lower Burrell, LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
- Jan 26, 2021: fatality or catastrophe inspection, partial (health). Case closed Aug 23, 2021. 3 violations cited (3 other). Penalties: $0 proposed, $0 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Guardian Elder Care at Lower Burrell, LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Other than serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(e)(6)(i)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Aug 19, 2021.
- Other than serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(f)(5)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Aug 19, 2021.
- Other than serious: Respiratory protection (respirators, N95 fit testing) (1910.134(m)(2)(i)(e)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Aug 19, 2021.
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
- Allegheny Valley Hospital, Natrona. 2.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Platinum Ridge CTR for Rehab & Healing, Brackenridge. 2.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Westarm Homecare, Lower Burrell. 0.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Rite Aid. 1.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 15068 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Zzz Closed- Davita New Kensington Dialysis, New Kensington, 2.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Allegheny Valley, Natrona Heights, 2.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Harmarville Dialysis, Cheswick, 5.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 27 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 15068.
Monarch Hospice, office in Lower Burrell, 0.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Heritage Hospice, LLC, office in New Kensington, 0.7 miles away, straight line
Interim Health Care Hospice, office in Pittsburgh, 8.7 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Upmc Community Medicine Inc, Oakmont. 6.4 miles away, straight line. 2 geriatric medicine doctors 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)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: very low. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively low, heat wave very 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 | 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 | 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 Hillcrest Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Hillcrest Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center 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 Hillcrest Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center staffed?
Hillcrest Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center reports 3.53 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Pennsylvania average of 3.89.
Has Hillcrest Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 27 deficiencies.
How many beds does Hillcrest Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center have?
Hillcrest Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center is certified for 103 beds.