Nursing Home

Waterview Heights Rehabilitation and Nursing Cente

135 Meridan St., Rochester, NY 14612

Part of Hurlbut Caresee all 13 affiliated facilities

229 certified beds 190 residents per day on average

CMS Five-Star Quality Rating

CMS has not published an overall star rating for this facility. Ratings are withheld for some facilities — for example, those in the Special Focus program or newly certified homes.

Health inspections

Not rated

From the three most recent annual inspection cycles and recent complaint investigations.

Staffing

Not rated

Based on nurse staffing hours relative to the care needs of this facility’s residents.

Quality measures

Not rated

Based on clinical quality measures reported for residents, from assessments and Medicare claims.

Source: CMS Five-Star Quality Rating System. These are CMS's own ratings, shown exactly as published — CareRanks does not adjust or re-weight them. How CMS calculates these ratings ↗

Medicare Outcome Measures

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

Source: CMS MDS quality measures (four-quarter average).

Nurse Staffing

Nurse staffing per resident per day
3.5 hours

NY average: 3.6 hours · National: 3.9 hours

All nursing staff combined: RNs, LPNs/LVNs, and nurse aides.

Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
0.6 hours

NY average: 0.7 hours · National: 0.7 hours

RN hours only — the most highly trained nursing staff.

Weekend nurse staffing per resident per day
2.8 hours

NY average: 3.2 hours · National: 3.4 hours

Total nurse staffing on Saturdays and Sundays, when staffing typically dips.

Nursing staff turnover in the past year
67.0%

NY average: 40.3% · 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.

Penalties & Enforcement

3 fines totaling $960,884 and 1 Medicare payment denial in the recent inspection window (most recent: December 22, 2025).

Federal enforcement actions from CMS's penalty file: civil money penalties (fines) and denials of Medicare payment tied to health-inspection deficiencies.

Ownership

Ownership type
For profit - Partnership
Chain
Hurlbut Care
Who owns this facility — 4 entries in CMS's ownership records expand ↓
  • Curletta, Mark Individual
    Managing employee (W-2) since 07/16/2021
  • Curletta, Mark Individual
    Corporate officer since 07/16/2021
  • Hurlbut Health Consulting, LLC Organization
    Operational/managerial control since 01/01/2020
  • Curletta, Mark Individual
    Operational/managerial control since 07/16/2021

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 — 24 health (NY avg 8) · 16 fire (NY avg 5.6) · ⚠ 24 serious Details

86 deficiencies cited across recent inspection cycles, including ⚠ 24 serious (actual harm or immediate jeopardy). Most recent survey: December 22, 2025.

Most recent inspection cycle: 24 health deficiencies · NY average: 8 · National: 9.3

29 fire-safety deficiencies cited — most often smoke (9) and egress (5).

Most recent fire-safety inspection (2025-12-22): 16 deficiencies · NY average: 5.6 · 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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Nearby Nursing Homes

Detailed peer comparisons appear where at least five comparable facilities nearby publish the same CMS measures — their absence reflects geography and data availability, never this facility's quality.

Distances are approximate, measured between ZIP-code centers.