Nursing home
Transitions Healthcare North Huntingdon
8850 Barnes Lake Road, North Huntingdon, PA 15642 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Transitions Healthcare (6 facilities) · 120 certified beds
Transitions Healthcare North Huntingdon is a Medicare-certified nursing home in North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 3/5 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 30, 2025 cited 6 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Transitions Healthcare North Huntingdon 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) | 0.53 | 0.78 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.00 | 2.20 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 47.4% | 46.6% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 6.0 | 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.
What inspectors found at Transitions Healthcare North Huntingdon
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
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Mar 11, 2026 · 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 · Mar 11, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jan 15, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jan 15, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Sep 3, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · May 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · May 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Feb 6, 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 · Feb 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jun 7, 2024 · 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 · Jun 7, 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
- 8850 Barnes Lake Road
North Huntingdon, PA 15642 - CMS certification #
- 395585
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 120
- Avg residents/day
- 107.4
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1983-08-17
- Chain
- Transitions Healthcare (6 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Transitions Healthcare
Transitions Healthcare operates 6 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Transitions Healthcare facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Transitions Healthcare North Huntingdon using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, 1 meals a day
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2019
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Transitions Healthcare North Huntingdon 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 Stays
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - 1 meals a day.
One meal daily with additional meals optional
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Private and semi-private rooms, sunny courtyards, inviting lounges and robust activities help residents stay
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
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 Mar 16, 2019 to Mar 6, 2021. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $16,206 owed to 51 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Transitions Healthcare North Huntingdon (Transistions Healthcare North Huntingdon LLC). Case 1934963.
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
- Ahn Emerus Westmoreland, LLC, Greensburg. 4.8 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Kadima Rehabilitation & Nursing at Irwin, North Huntingdon. 2.8 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Sandin Home Health Services Inc, North Huntingdon. 0.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 15642 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Dci Hempfield, Jeannette, 2.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Fkc Greensburg, Greensburg, 5.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Davita Lincoln Way Dialysis, White Oak, 7.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 28 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 15642.
Redstone At Home, office in Greensburg, 7.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Advantage Home Health And Hospice Western, office in Greensburg, 7.7 miles away, straight line
Excela Health Home Care & Hospice, office in Greensburg, 8.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Geoffrey Monsour, MD, Irwin. 0.9 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 relatively 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 | See above |
| 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: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively 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 Transitions Healthcare North Huntingdon a good nursing home?
CMS gives Transitions Healthcare North Huntingdon 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 Transitions Healthcare North Huntingdon staffed?
Transitions Healthcare North Huntingdon reports 3.43 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Pennsylvania average of 3.89.
Has Transitions Healthcare North Huntingdon had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 6 deficiencies.
How many beds does Transitions Healthcare North Huntingdon have?
Transitions Healthcare North Huntingdon is certified for 120 beds.