Nursing home
Rose Meadows Health & Rehab Center
1717 Skyline Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15227 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Communicare Health (122 facilities) · 200 certified beds
Rose Meadows Health & Rehab Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.73 hours per resident per day, below the Pennsylvania average of 3.89. Its most recent inspection on Dec 3, 2025 cited 8 deficiencies. Note: it carries a CMS abuse icon.
- CMS abuse iconThis facility has an active abuse icon on its CMS record.
- 2 fines totaling $283,966In CMS records: 2 total penalties.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Rose Meadows Health & Rehab 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) | 3.73 | 3.89 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.53 | 0.78 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.11 | 2.20 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 58.6% | 46.6% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 8.0 | 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: 2 fines totaling $283,966, 2 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Rose Meadows Health & Rehab Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- 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 · Feb 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
Environmental Deficiencies · Dec 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Minimal
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Resident Rights 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 · Oct 23, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Oct 23, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Nov 15, 2024 · 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 · Nov 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Nov 15, 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
- 1717 Skyline Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15227 - CMS certification #
- 395745
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 200
- Avg residents/day
- 137.6
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1987-10-26
- Chain
- Communicare Health (122 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Communicare Health
Communicare Health operates 122 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Communicare Health facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Rose Meadows Health & Rehab Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2019, 5 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Rose Meadows Health & Rehab 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.
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.
- Jun 25, 2019: programmed (planned) inspection, partial (health). Case closed Nov 12, 2019. 5 violations cited (2 serious, 3 other). Penalties: $5,115 proposed, $3,300 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Baldwin Health Center. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Serious: Lockout of equipment during maintenance (1910.147(c)(4)(i)). Penalty $5,115 proposed, $3,300 now. To be fixed by Oct 17, 2019.
- Serious: Lockout of equipment during maintenance (1910.147(c)(6)(i)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Oct 17, 2019.
- Other than serious: Personal protective equipment (general) (1910.132(d)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Nov 18, 2019.
- Other than serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(c)(1)(iv)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Oct 17, 2019.
- Other than serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(c)(2)(i)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Oct 17, 2019.
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
- Jefferson Hospital, Jefferson Hills. 3.6 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Whitehall Borough Post Acute, Pittsburgh. 2.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Ideal Homehealth Agency, LLC, Pittsburgh. 1.0 mile away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Spartan Pharmacy. 1.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 15227 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Jefferson Dialysis, Pittsburgh, 1.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Fkc South Hills, Bethel Park, 3.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Homestead Dialysis, West Homestead, 3.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 31 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 15227.
Bethany Hospice Of Western Pennsylvania, office in Pittsburgh, 5.8 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Heartland Hospice, office in Pittsburgh, 6.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Gallagher Hospice, LLC, office in Bridgeville, 7.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Preferred Primary Care Physicians, Inc., Munhall. 3.5 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
- 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 relatively low, 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 |
| 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 Rose Meadows Health & Rehab Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Rose Meadows Health & Rehab Center an overall rating of 2 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 Rose Meadows Health & Rehab Center staffed?
Rose Meadows Health & Rehab Center reports 3.73 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Pennsylvania average of 3.89.
Has Rose Meadows Health & Rehab Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 8 deficiencies.
How many beds does Rose Meadows Health & Rehab Center have?
Rose Meadows Health & Rehab Center is certified for 200 beds.