Federal inspection record · CMS data as of October 1, 2026
Fargo Health Care Center
1512 West Fargo, Chicago, IL · (773) 465-7751
- Cited for abuse (CMS abuse icon)
- Certified beds
- 99
- Residents per day
- 95
- Ownership
- For-Profit
- Chain
- Lineage Healthcare
- Medicare / Medicaid
- Medicare + Medicaid
- Certified since
- June 13, 2014
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How this home got 2 stars
The overall rating isn't an average. CMS starts from the inspection rating and nudges it at most two steps. Here is the arithmetic for this home, using CMS's own rules.
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Health inspections
★★★★★starting point
Everything starts from what state inspectors found on site. This is a ranking against other homes in Illinois.
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Staffing
★★★★★no change
Only a 5-star staffing rating adds a star, and only a 1-star rating removes one. Ratings of 2 to 4 change nothing.
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Quality measures
★★★★★no change
Same rule: 5 stars adds one, 1 star takes one away. These measures are mostly reported by the home itself.
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Overall
★★★★★2 of 5
Matches the rating CMS publishes on Care Compare.
This home carries CMS's abuse icon, which caps its inspection rating at 2 stars and so its overall rating at 4.
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Where it sits among Illinois homes
Fargo Health Care Center carries 148 inspection points. That is fewer than 33% of Illinois's 659 rated homes.
Inspectors' citations earn points by how serious and how widespread they were (the grid below). CMS then ranks every home in Illinois: the 10% with the fewest points get 5 stars, the 20% with the most get 1 star, and the middle 70% split evenly into 2, 3 and 4.
- 5★ 0–31 pts
- 4★ 31–73 pts
- 3★ 73–120.25 pts
- 2★ 120.25–219 pts
- 1★ over 219 pts
Bars show every rated home in Illinois by its weighted inspection score. CMS recalibrates the cut points monthly but holds a home's rating until its own score changes, so a home can sit just outside today's band.
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What inspectors found
42 health citations on record since 2023. Each one gets a letter: the row says how badly residents were affected, the column how many.
Immediate jeopardyResidents at risk of serious injury or death
Actual harmA resident was hurt
Potential for harmNo one was hurt, but could have been
Minimal harmPaperwork-level problems
Read the rows, not the total. Most citations nationwide are a D: one problem, nobody hurt. Rows G–I mean a resident was harmed; J–L mean inspectors found residents in immediate danger of serious injury or death.
Small numbers in each cell are the inspection points CMS assigns per citation. Those points are what the state curve above ranks.
Harm and immediate-jeopardy citations (7)
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G
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
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G
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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G
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
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G
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
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G
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
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G
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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G
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Everything else, by area of care
Quality of Life and Care11E
- D
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
- D
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
- D
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- D
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- D
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- E
Ensure that the facility has sufficient staff members who possess the competencies and skills to meet the behavioral health needs of residents.
- E
Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.
- D
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
- D
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
- D
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- D
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Resident Rights6E
- D
Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
- E
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- D
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- E
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
- D
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- D
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.
Nutrition and Dietary5F
- F
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.
- F
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- F
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- F
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- F
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation4D
- D
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- D
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- D
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- D
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Pharmacy Service3F
- E
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- E
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- F
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Environmental3F
- E
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
- F
Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
- E
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Infection Control2F
- F
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning1D
- D
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Inspection history
2025-08-15
15 health deficiencies · 0 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Quality of Life and Care (6 deficiencies)
2024-05-23
15 health deficiencies · 1 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Freedom from Abuse and Neglect and Exploitation (5 deficiencies)
2023-06-29
12 health deficiencies · 2 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Quality of Life and Care (3 deficiencies)
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Nursing time per resident, per day
Each resident here gets about 2 h 49 min of nursing staff time a day, 31 min of it from a registered nurse.
This home
2 h 49 min
Illinois average
3 h 28 min
U.S. average
3 h 54 min
- Registered nurse
- Licensed practical nurse
- Nurse aide
Turnover: 24% of nursing staff and 25% of registered nurses left in the past year.
Reported hours from payroll data the home submits to CMS, divided by its daily resident count. Not adjusted for how sick residents are.
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Fines and payment denials
$206,652 in federal fines on record over the past three years.
| Date | Penalty | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | Fine | $72,755 |
| 2024-12-19 | Fine | $74,003 |
| 2024-12-19 | Payment Denial · 16 day denial | $0 |
| 2024-09-06 | Fine | $33,023 |
| 2024-04-26 | Fine | $26,871 |
| 2024-04-26 | Payment Denial · 21 day denial | $0 |
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Resident outcomes
Quality measures compared with state and national averages. Most come from assessments the home itself reports.
| Measure | This home | State | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days0.4 pts worse | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
| Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days0.1 pts better | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine2.8 pts worse | 87.7% | 90.5% | 93.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine6.2 pts better | 97.9% | 91.7% | 95.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury1.4 pts better | 1.6% | 3.0% | 3.2% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms43.8 pts worse | 99.7% | 55.9% | 13.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weightAbout the same | 6.1% | 6.1% | 5.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication1.7 pts better | 16.7% | 18.4% | 19.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication27.5 pts worse | 49.2% | 21.7% | 15.4% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained0.1 pts better | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened7 pts better | 5.8% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased7.8 pts better | 5.2% | 13.0% | 13.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder0.3 pts better | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection1.2 pts better | 0.3% | 1.5% | 1.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with new or worsened bowel or bladder incontinence10 pts better | 9.8% | 19.8% | 18.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers3.2 pts better | 1.6% | 4.8% | 4.5% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine30.6 pts worse | 39.4% | 70.0% | 82.3% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine21.3 pts worse | 41.9% | 63.2% | 80.1% |
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Who owns and runs it
11 owners and managers reported to CMS. The last column counts how many nursing homes each one is tied to.
Show ownership list
| Name | Role | Share | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1512 W Fargo Ave LLC | 5% Or Greater Security Interest · Organization | 0% | 1 facilities |
| 1512 W Fargo Ave LLC | Adp Of The SNF · Organization | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Braunstein, Ephraim | Direct Ownership Interest · Individual | 0% | 4 facilities |
| Braunstein, Ephraim | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 4 facilities |
| Braunstein, Ephraim | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 4 facilities |
| Diena, Aharon | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 5 facilities |
| Diena, Aharon | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 5 facilities |
| Gautam, Sagun | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 5 facilities |
| Gautam, Sagun | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 5 facilities |
| Richardson, Della | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Richardson, Della | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
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Fire safety
3 life-safety citations (sprinklers, exits, alarms). These don't count toward the star rating.
Emergency Preparedness3F
- F
Establish roles under a Waiver declared by secretary.
- F
Conduct testing and exercise requirements.
- F
Implement emergency and standby power systems.
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