Nursing home
Mulder Health Care Facility
713 Leonard St N, West Salem, WI 54669 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Atrium Centers (26 facilities) · 87 certified beds
Mulder Health Care Facility is a Medicare-certified nursing home in West Salem, Wisconsin. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.49 hours per resident per day, below the Wisconsin average of 4.20. Its most recent inspection on Apr 14, 2025 cited 28 deficiencies.
- 2 fines totaling $292,588In 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 Mulder Health Care Facility compares
This facility vs. the Wisconsin and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Wisconsin avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.49 | 4.20 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.85 | 0.97 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.08 | 2.59 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 37.1% | 47.7% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 28.0 | 9.8 | 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 $292,588, 2 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Mulder Health Care Facility
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
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Jan 22, 2026 · 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 · Jan 22, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Jan 22, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 22, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Sep 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for 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 · Sep 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Sep 16, 2025 · 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 · Sep 16, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Apr 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that the facility has sufficient staff members who possess the competencies and skills to meet the behavioral health needs of residents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Administration Deficiencies · Apr 14, 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
- 713 Leonard St N
West Salem, WI 54669 - CMS certification #
- 525209
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 87
- Avg residents/day
- 76.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1968-11-11
- Chain
- Atrium Centers (26 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Atrium Centers
Atrium Centers operates 26 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Atrium Centers facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Mulder Health Care Facility using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Mulder Health Care Facility 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
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
In addition to around-the-clock nursing care and physician coverage, we provide access to other in-house support services such as pharmacy, lab, podiatry and wound care.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
Hospice &
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Medical Center Inc, La Crosse. 10.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Lakeview Health Center, West Salem. 0.7 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Aveanna Home Health, La Crosse. 10.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 6.0 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 54669 as metropolitan (metropolitan high commuting).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Gundersen Lutheran Renal Dialysis - Onalaska, Onalaska, 5.8 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Mayo Clinic Dialysis - Onalaska, Onalaska, 7.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Gundersen Lutheran Renal Dialysis - La Crosse, La Crosse, 11.2 miles away, straight line - Hospice
- 8 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 54669.
St Croix Hospice La Crosse, office in La Crosse, 10.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, office in La Crosse, 10.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Gundersen Clinic Ltd, Onalaska. 6.8 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: inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire very low, tornado relatively high, heat wave relatively moderate, 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 | Only cases that look tied to an earlier operator (not shown) |
| 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 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 Mulder Health Care Facility a good nursing home?
CMS gives Mulder Health Care Facility an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Mulder Health Care Facility staffed?
Mulder Health Care Facility reports 3.49 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Wisconsin average of 4.20.
Has Mulder Health Care Facility had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 28 deficiencies.
How many beds does Mulder Health Care Facility have?
Mulder Health Care Facility is certified for 87 beds.