Nursing home
Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
80 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Marquis Health Services (81 facilities) · 100 certified beds
Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Smithfield, Rhode Island. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.77 hours per resident per day, above the Rhode Island average of 3.72. Its most recent inspection on Sep 18, 2025 cited 20 deficiencies. Note: it is a CMS Special Focus Facility under enhanced oversight.
- Special Focus Facility candidateCMS lists this facility as a candidate for enhanced oversight.
- 2 fines totaling $17,475In CMS records: 3 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center compares
This facility vs. the Rhode Island and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Rhode Island avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.77 | 3.72 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.60 | 0.77 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.28 | 2.46 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 45.4% | 40.4% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 20.0 | 8.7 | 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: 2 fines totaling $17,475, 3 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation 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 6, 2026 · 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 · Jan 14, 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 · Jan 14, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for 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 · Jan 14, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Sep 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 18, 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 · Sep 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
Administration Deficiencies · Sep 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies.
Administration Deficiencies · Sep 18, 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 · Sep 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - 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 18, 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 · Sep 18, 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
- 80 Douglas Pike
Smithfield, RI 02917 - CMS certification #
- 415039
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 100
- Avg residents/day
- 84.2
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1974-03-31
- Chain
- Marquis Health Services (81 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Marquis Health Services
Marquis Health Services operates 81 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Marquis Health Services facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day, pets allowed
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2003
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation 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.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
Our nurses and certified nurse’s aides are on-site 24/7 to care for and support our residents.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Pets allowed.
Pets are welcome as long as they’re on a leash.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Private & Semi-Private Rooms
(page, checked Oct 15, 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 Dec 6, 2003 to Dec 3, 2005. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $607 owed to 14 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Heritage Hills Nursing Center (Heritage Hills Nursing Center LLC). Case 1423979.
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
- Our Lady Of Fatima Hospital, North Providence. 1.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Lincolnwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, North Providence. 0.8 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Prospect Chartercare Home Health And Hospice, LLC, Providence. 3.3 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 1.0 mile away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 02917 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita North Providence Renal Center, North Providence, 1.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Dialysis Center Of Johnston, Johnston, 3.7 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fmc Nna Of Providence, Providence, 3.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 5 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 8 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 02917.
Hopehealth Hospice & Palliative Care, office in Providence, 3.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Nursing Placement Hospice & Palliative Care, LLC, office in Pawtucket, 4.2 miles away, straight line
Beacon Hospice , An Amedisys Company, office in East Providence, 8.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Lifespan Physician Group Inc, North Providence. 1.5 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: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively moderate, 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 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | Not in a mapped zone | |
| 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 Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation 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 Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center staffed?
Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center reports 3.77 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Rhode Island average of 3.72.
Has Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 20 deficiencies. This facility is on CMS's Special Focus list for enhanced oversight.
How many beds does Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center have?
Heritage Hills Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is certified for 100 beds.