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Solaris Healthcare Merritt Island
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Medicare Outcome Measures
- Worse than the National Rate
Potentially preventable hospital readmissions
13.28% (lower is better)
- Better than the National Rate
Residents discharged back to the community
68.03% (higher is better)
- No Different than the National Rate
Infections acquired during the stay requiring hospitalization
6.39% (lower is better)
Source: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program. Rates are risk-standardized by CMS; the comparison category is CMS's own, shown exactly as published.
Clinical Quality Measures
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Long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection
0.0%
national median 0.9%
better than the national median
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Long-stay residents experiencing falls with major injury
3.1%
national median 2.8%
near the national median
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Short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication
1.1%
national median 1.0%
near the national median
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Long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened
14.7%
national median 12.5%
near the national median
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Long-stay residents with pressure ulcers
3.5%
national median 4.2%
near the national median
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Long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication
7.3%
national median 13.4%
better than the national median
Source: CMS MDS quality measures (four-quarter average).
Nurse Staffing
- Nurse staffing per resident per day
- 3.6 hours
- Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
- 0.5 hours
- Weekend nurse staffing per resident per day
- 3.3 hours
- Nursing staff turnover in the past year
- 38.8%
FL average: 3.8 hours · National: 3.9 hours
All nursing staff combined: RNs, LPNs/LVNs, and nurse aides.
FL average: 0.7 hours · National: 0.7 hours
RN hours only — the most highly trained nursing staff.
FL average: 3.5 hours · National: 3.4 hours
Total nurse staffing on Saturdays and Sundays, when staffing typically dips.
FL average: 41.4% · National: 45.8%
Share of this facility’s nursing staff who stopped working there over 12 months.
Reported by facilities through CMS's Payroll-Based Journal system. Facility values and the state/national averages are shown exactly as CMS publishes them. More staffing hours are generally better; lower turnover is generally better.
Ownership
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Corporation
- Chain
- Solaris Healthcare
Who owns this facility — 25 entries in CMS's ownership records expand ↓
- Merritt Island Healthcare Holdings, LLC Organization
- Solaris Foundation Inc. Organization
- Solaris Healthcare Properties LLC Organization
- Corley, Shawn Individual
- Bell, Thomas Individual
- Berkowitz, Michael Individual
- Buxbaum, Miriam Individual
- Herzka, Chaim Individual
- Lunsford, Charish Individual
- Mayer, Karen Individual
…and 15 more entries in CMS's ownership records for this facility.
From CMS's nursing-home ownership file. Roles and percentages are as reported to CMS by the facility; one person or entity can hold several roles.
Inspections & Fire Safety — 11 health (FL avg 7.1) · 4 fire (FL avg 2.9) Details
22 deficiencies cited across recent inspection cycles. Most recent survey: August 22, 2024.
Most recent inspection cycle: 11 health deficiencies · FL average: 7.1 · National: 9.3
6 fire-safety deficiencies cited — most often gas, vacuum, and electrical systems (3) and egress (2).
Most recent fire-safety inspection (2022-11-03): 4 deficiencies · FL average: 2.9 · National: 4.5
Sources: CMS health inspection reports (standard surveys and complaint investigations) and CMS Life Safety Code inspections (smoke barriers, sprinklers, exits, emergency preparedness). Averages are CMS-published state and national figures for the most recent inspection cycle.
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