Nursing home
Onyx Wellness Center
205 East Johnson Highway, Norristown, PA 19401 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Paramount Care Centers (9 facilities) · 119 certified beds
Onyx Wellness Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Norristown, Pennsylvania. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.43 hours per resident per day, below the Pennsylvania average of 3.89. Its most recent inspection on May 22, 2025 cited 9 deficiencies.
- 3 fines totaling $122,908In 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 Onyx Wellness 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) | 3.43 | 3.89 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.45 | 0.78 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.13 | 2.20 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 74.4% | 46.6% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 9.0 | 10.1 | 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: 3 fines totaling $122,908, 3 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Onyx Wellness Center
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 · Mar 5, 2026 · 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 · Mar 5, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
Administration Deficiencies · Mar 5, 2026 · 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 5, 2026 · 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 · Mar 5, 2026 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 · Mar 5, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Mar 5, 2026 · 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 · May 22, 2025 · 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 · May 22, 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 · May 22, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 22, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · May 22, 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
- 205 East Johnson Highway
Norristown, PA 19401 - CMS certification #
- 395346
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 119
- Avg residents/day
- 102.6
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1976-11-01
- Chain
- Paramount Care Centers (9 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Paramount Care Centers
Paramount Care Centers operates 9 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Paramount Care Centers 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 Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Onyx Wellness 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.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Suburban Community Hospital, Norristown. 0.9 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Ivory Wellness Center, Norristown. 0.2 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Aveanna Healthcare, East Norriton. 0.8 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Good Neighbor Pharmacy. 0.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 19401 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fkc Montgomery East, Norristown, 0.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fkc East Norriton, Norristown, 1.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Radnor Dialysis, King Of Prussia, 3.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 33 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 19401.
Crossroads Hospice Of Philadelphia, office in Plymouth Meeting, 1.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Suncrest Hospice, office in Plymouth Meeting, 2.2 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Bristol Hospice - Blue Bell LLC, office in Plymouth Meeting, 2.3 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- University Of Penn - Medical Group, Radnor. 4.8 miles away, straight line. 8 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: relatively low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively 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 | Nothing on record |
| 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 | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Onyx Wellness Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Onyx Wellness Center an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Onyx Wellness Center staffed?
Onyx Wellness Center reports 3.43 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Pennsylvania average of 3.89.
Has Onyx Wellness Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 9 deficiencies.
How many beds does Onyx Wellness Center have?
Onyx Wellness Center is certified for 119 beds.