Northwoods Lodge

Medicare Outcome Measures

• Potentially preventable hospital readmissions

  8.58% (lower is better)

  Better than the National Rate

• Residents discharged back to the community

  72.58% (higher is better)

  Better than the National Rate

• Infections acquired during the stay requiring hospitalization

  6.78% (lower is better)

  No Different than the National Rate

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

• Short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication

  0.4%

  national median 1.0%

  better than the national median

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

Nurse Staffing

Nurse staffing per resident per day

5.5 hours

WA average: 4.4 hours · National: 3.9 hours

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

Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day

1.2 hours

WA average: 0.9 hours · National: 0.7 hours

RN hours only — the most highly trained nursing staff.

Weekend nurse staffing per resident per day

4.5 hours

WA average: 3.8 hours · National: 3.4 hours

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

Nursing staff turnover in the past year

40.0%

WA average: 45.1% · 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

1 fine totaling $51,942 in the recent inspection window (most recent: January 13, 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 - Limited Liability company

Chain

Sante