Great Neck, NY

Highfield Gardens Care Center Of Great Neck

4-star overall rating with 3-star inspections with $4,922 in total fines with 8 recent health deficiencies with 3 fire-safety deficiencies in the latest cycle

199 Community Drive, Great Neck, NY

(516) 365-9229

Compare this facility

Overall

4 / 5

CMS overall stars

Health inspections

3 / 5

Survey and complaint cycles

Staffing

4 / 5

RN + nurse staffing

Quality measures

5 / 5

Resident outcomes and process measures

Quick facts

Facility snapshot

Beds

200

Certified beds

Average residents

198

Average occupied residents

Ownership

For-Profit

Publicly displayed owner type

Chain

Jonathan Bleier

Operator or chain grouping

Approved since

1977-06-01

CMS approved date

Coverage

Medicare + Medicaid

Participation flags

Chain footprint

18 facilities

Chain averages 3 overall / 2 health / 3 staffing / 4 quality stars

Changed ownership

No

Within the last 12 months

Family council

Yes

Resident and family council reported

Sprinklers

Yes

Automatic sprinklers in all required areas

Staffing

Hours and turnover

RN hours / resident day

0.74

Registered nurse staffing · state 0.70 · national 0.68

LPN hours / resident day

0.60

Licensed practical nurse staffing · state 0.78 · national 0.87

Aide hours / resident day

2.70

Nurse aide staffing · state 2.20 · national 2.35

Total nurse hours

4.04

All reported nurse hours · state 3.65 · national 3.89

Licensed hours

1.34

RN + LPN hours · state 1.47 · national 1.54

Weekend hours

3.48

Weekend nurse staffing · state 3.16 · national 3.43

Weekend RN hours

0.55

Weekend registered nurse coverage · state 0.47 · national 0.47

Physical therapist

0.13

Reported PT staffing · state 0.11 · national 0.07

Adjusted RN hours

0.71

CMS adjusted RN staffing hours

Adjusted total hours

3.87

CMS adjusted total nurse staffing hours

Case-mix index

1.43

Higher values indicate more complex resident acuity

RN turnover

16%

Annual RN turnover · state 41% · national 45%

Total nurse turnover

30%

Annual nurse turnover · state 41% · national 46%

SNF VBP

Value-based purchasing

Program rank

4,984

Lower is better among SNFs in the FY 2026 VBP program.

Performance score

37.87

Composite VBP score used to determine payment impact.

Payment multiplier

0.9910

Above 1.000 increases Medicare payment; below 1.000 reduces it.

Program components

How the VBP score is built

Readmission

4.01

Baseline 16.63% · Performance 19.57% · Measure score 4.01 · Achievement 4.01 · Improvement 0

Healthcare-associated infections

0

Baseline 7.09% · Performance 8.78% · Measure score 0 · Achievement 0 · Improvement 0

Total nurse turnover

7.96

Baseline 46.29% · Performance 31.15% · Measure score 7.96 · Achievement 7.96 · Improvement 6.56

Adjusted total nurse staffing

3.17

Baseline 3.13 hours · Performance 3.98 hours · Measure score 3.17 · Achievement 3.17 · Improvement 2.72

SNF QRP

Medicare quality reporting measures

Measure Facility National Note
Potentially preventable 30-day readmission 11.52%
10.72%
0.8 pts worse
No Different than the National Rate · Eligible stays 329 · Observed rate 10.94% · Lower 95% interval 8.93%
Discharge to community 49.21%
50.57%
1.4 pts worse
No Different than the National Rate · Eligible stays 398 · Observed rate 39.45% · Lower 95% interval 43.93%
Medicare spending per beneficiary 1.55
1.02
0.5 pts worse
Drug regimen review with follow-up 100%
95.27%
4.7 pts better
Numerator 377 · Denominator 377
Falls with major injury 1.59%
0.77%
0.8 pts worse
Numerator 6 · Denominator 377
Discharge self-care score 63.89%
53.69%
10.2 pts better
Numerator 69 · Denominator 108
Discharge mobility score 66.67%
50.94%
15.7 pts better
Numerator 72 · Denominator 108
Pressure ulcers or injuries, new or worsened 0%
2.29%
2.3 pts better
Numerator 0 · Denominator 377 · Adjusted rate 0%
Healthcare-associated infections requiring hospitalization 8.78%
7.12%
1.7 pts worse
No Different than the National Rate · Eligible stays 295 · Observed rate 10.17% · Lower 95% interval 6.27%
Staff COVID-19 vaccination coverage 41.95%
8.2%
33.8 pts better
Numerator 73 · Denominator 174
Staff flu vaccination coverage 95.2%
42%
53.2 pts better
Numerator 218 · Denominator 229
Discharge function score 68.52%
56.45%
12.1 pts better
Numerator 74 · Denominator 108
Transfer of health information to provider 100%
95.95%
4 pts better
Numerator 257 · Denominator 257
Transfer of health information to patient 97.67%
96.28%
1.4 pts better
Numerator 42 · Denominator 43
Resident COVID-19 vaccinations up to date 70%
25.2%
44.8 pts better
Numerator 161 · Denominator 230

Quality measures

Resident outcomes and process scores

Measure Facility State National Note
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days 2.0
1.7
0.3 pts worse
1.9
0.1 pts worse
Long Stay · 20240701-20250630 · Adjusted 2.0 · Observed 2.2 · Expected 2.1 · Used in QM five-star
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days 0.6
1.3
0.7 pts better
1.8
1.2 pts better
Long Stay · 20240701-20250630 · Adjusted 0.6 · Observed 0.6 · Expected 1.7 · Used in QM five-star
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine 100.0%
91.2%
8.8 pts better
93.4%
6.6 pts better
Long Stay · 2024Q4-2025Q3 · Q1 100.0% · Q2 100.0% · Q3 100.0% · Q4 100.0% · 4Q avg 100.0%
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine 100.0%
95.3%
4.7 pts better
95.5%
4.5 pts better
Long Stay · 2024Q3-2025Q2 · 4Q avg 100.0%
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury 2.5%
3.0%
0.5 pts better
3.3%
0.8 pts better
Long Stay · 2024Q4-2025Q3 · Q1 2.6% · Q2 2.6% · Q3 2.0% · Q4 2.6% · 4Q avg 2.5% · Used in QM five-star
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms 0.5%
18.5%
18 pts better
11.4%
10.9 pts better
Long Stay · 2024Q4-2025Q3 · Q1 0.0% · Q2 0.7% · Q3 0.0% · Q4 1.4% · 4Q avg 0.5%
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight 4.4%
6.1%
1.7 pts better
5.4%
1 pts better
Long Stay · 2024Q4-2025Q3 · Q1 2.0% · Q2 6.8% · Q3 5.4% · Q4 3.4% · 4Q avg 4.4%
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication 9.4%
13.5%
4.1 pts better
19.6%
10.2 pts better
Long Stay · 2024Q4-2025Q3 · Q1 8.4% · Q2 8.4% · Q3 10.1% · Q4 10.6% · 4Q avg 9.4%
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication 17.7%
14.8%
2.9 pts worse
16.7%
1 pts worse
Long Stay · 2024Q4-2025Q3 · Q1 14.6% · Q2 18.5% · Q3 17.9% · Q4 20.0% · 4Q avg 17.7% · Used in QM five-star
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained 0.0%
0.2%
0.2 pts better
0.1%
0.1 pts better
Long Stay · 2024Q4-2025Q3 · Q1 0.0% · Q2 0.0% · Q3 0.0% · Q4 0.0% · 4Q avg 0.0%
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened 8.3%
15.1%
6.8 pts better
16.3%
8 pts better
Long Stay · 2024Q4-2025Q3 · Q1 7.2% · Q2 16.3% · Q3 4.8% · Q4 5.2% · 4Q avg 8.3% · Used in QM five-star
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased 13.1%
15.5%
2.4 pts better
14.9%
1.8 pts better
Long Stay · 2024Q4-2025Q3 · Q1 11.1% · Q2 23.7% · Q3 9.2% · Q4 8.1% · 4Q avg 13.1% · Used in QM five-star
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder 0.1%
0.6%
0.5 pts better
1.0%
0.9 pts better
Long Stay · 2024Q4-2025Q3 · Q1 0.5% · Q2 0.0% · Q3 0.0% · Q4 0.0% · 4Q avg 0.1% · Used in QM five-star
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection 0.0%
1.4%
1.4 pts better
1.7%
1.7 pts better
Long Stay · 2024Q4-2025Q3 · Q1 0.0% · Q2 0.0% · Q3 0.0% · Q4 0.0% · 4Q avg 0.0% · Used in QM five-star
Percentage of long-stay residents with new or worsened bowel or bladder incontinence 5.4%
20.8%
15.4 pts better
19.8%
14.4 pts better
Long Stay · 2024Q4-2025Q3 · Q1 5.7% · Q2 10.6% · Q3 2.5% · Q4 3.1% · 4Q avg 5.4%
Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers 3.6%
6.9%
3.3 pts better
5.1%
1.5 pts better
Long Stay · 2024Q4-2025Q3 · Q1 5.7% · Q2 4.4% · Q3 2.8% · Q4 1.6% · 4Q avg 3.6% · Used in QM five-star
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine 99.9%
76.7%
23.2 pts better
81.7%
18.2 pts better
Short Stay · 2024Q4-2025Q3 · Q1 100.0% · Q2 99.6% · Q3 100.0% · Q4 100.0% · 4Q avg 99.9%
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit 6.6%
9.7%
3.1 pts better
12.0%
5.4 pts better
Short Stay · 20240701-20250630 · Adjusted 6.6% · Observed 6.6% · Expected 11.0% · Used in QM five-star
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication 1.9%
1.2%
0.7 pts worse
1.6%
0.3 pts worse
Short Stay · 2024Q4-2025Q3 · Q1 3.2% · Q2 1.9% · Q3 1.2% · Q4 1.8% · 4Q avg 1.9% · Used in QM five-star
Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine 100.0%
78.8%
21.2 pts better
79.7%
20.3 pts better
Short Stay · 2024Q3-2025Q2 · 4Q avg 100.0%
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission 22.7%
20.6%
2.1 pts worse
23.9%
1.2 pts better
Short Stay · 20240701-20250630 · Adjusted 22.7% · Observed 23.6% · Expected 24.8% · Used in QM five-star

Survey summary

Recent inspection cycles

Cycle 1 Health 2025-02-03 · Fire 2025-02-03

8 health deficiencies

Top issue: Nutrition and Dietary (2 deficiencies)

3 fire-safety deficiencies

Top issue: Smoke (2 deficiencies)

Cycle 2 Health 2023-04-11 · Fire 2023-04-11

5 health deficiencies

Top issue: Nursing and Physician Services (2 deficiencies)

14 fire-safety deficiencies

Top issue: Smoke (6 deficiencies)

Cycle 3 Health 2020-09-15 · Fire 2020-09-15

2 health deficiencies

Top issue: Infection Control (1 deficiency)

1 fire-safety deficiencies

Top issue: Egress (1 deficiency)

Fire safety

Fire-safety citations

F · Potential for more than minimal harm 2025-02-03

K161 · Construction Deficiencies

Fire Safety

Use approved construction type or materials.

Corrected 2025-04-01

E · Potential for more than minimal harm 2025-02-03

K374 · Smoke Deficiencies

Fire Safety

Install smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes.

Corrected 2025-04-01

D · Potential for more than minimal harm 2025-02-03

K321 · Smoke Deficiencies

Fire Safety

Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.

Corrected 2025-04-01

F · Potential for more than minimal harm 2023-04-11

K161 · Construction Deficiencies

Fire Safety

Use approved construction type or materials.

Corrected 2023-06-09

E · Potential for more than minimal harm 2023-04-11

K211 · Egress Deficiencies

Fire Safety

Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.

Corrected 2023-06-09

E · Potential for more than minimal harm 2023-04-11

K223 · Egress Deficiencies

Fire Safety

Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector.

Corrected 2023-06-09

E · Potential for more than minimal harm 2023-04-11

K225 · Egress Deficiencies

Fire Safety

Have stairways and smokeproof enclosures used as exits that meet safety requirements.

Corrected 2023-06-09

E · Potential for more than minimal harm 2023-04-11

K293 · Egress Deficiencies

Fire Safety

Have properly located and lighted "Exit" signs.

Corrected 2023-06-09

E · Potential for more than minimal harm 2023-04-11

K351 · Smoke Deficiencies

Fire Safety

Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.

Corrected 2023-06-09

E · Potential for more than minimal harm 2023-04-11

K353 · Smoke Deficiencies

Fire Safety

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2023-06-09

E · Potential for more than minimal harm 2023-04-11

K374 · Smoke Deficiencies

Fire Safety

Install smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes.

Corrected 2023-06-09

E · Potential for more than minimal harm 2023-04-11

K781 · Miscellaneous Deficiencies

Fire Safety

Have restrictions on the use of portable space heaters.

Corrected 2023-06-09

D · Potential for more than minimal harm 2023-04-11

K271 · Egress Deficiencies

Fire Safety

Have exits that are accessible at all times.

Corrected 2023-06-09

D · Potential for more than minimal harm 2023-04-11

K321 · Smoke Deficiencies

Fire Safety

Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.

Corrected 2023-06-09

D · Potential for more than minimal harm 2023-04-11

K355 · Smoke Deficiencies

Fire Safety

Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.

Corrected 2023-06-09

D · Potential for more than minimal harm 2023-04-11

K371 · Smoke Deficiencies

Fire Safety

Have properly sized and located compartments to protect residents from smoke.

Corrected 2023-06-09

D · Potential for more than minimal harm 2023-04-11

K900 · Miscellaneous Deficiencies

Fire Safety

Meet Health Care Facilities Code mechanical requirements.

Corrected 2023-06-09

D · Potential for more than minimal harm 2020-09-15

K211 · Egress Deficiencies

Fire Safety

Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.

Corrected 2020-11-13

Inspection history

Recent health citations

E · Potential for more than minimal harm 2025-02-03

F804 · Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies

Health

Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.

Corrected 2025-04-01

E · Potential for more than minimal harm 2025-02-03

F812 · Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies

Health

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Corrected 2025-04-01

E · Potential for more than minimal harm 2025-02-03

F925 · Environmental Deficiencies

Health

Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.

Corrected 2025-04-01

D · Potential for more than minimal harm 2025-02-03

F645 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Health

PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities

Corrected 2025-04-01

D · Potential for more than minimal harm 2025-02-03

F656 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

Health

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Corrected 2025-04-01

D · Potential for more than minimal harm 2025-02-03

F686 · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

Health

Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

Corrected 2025-04-01

D · Potential for more than minimal harm 2025-02-03

F761 · Pharmacy Service Deficiencies

Health

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.

Corrected 2025-04-01

B · Minimal harm 2025-02-03

F838 · Administration Deficiencies

Health

Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies.

Corrected 2025-04-01

E · Potential for more than minimal harm 2023-04-11

F812 · Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies

Health

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Corrected 2023-06-09

D · Potential for more than minimal harm 2023-04-11

F692 · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

Health

Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

Corrected 2023-06-09

D · Potential for more than minimal harm 2023-04-11

F695 · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

Health

Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

Corrected 2023-06-09

D · Potential for more than minimal harm 2023-04-11

F710 · Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies

Health

Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care.

Corrected 2023-06-09

D · Potential for more than minimal harm 2023-04-11

F712 · Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies

Health

Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.

Corrected 2023-06-09

D · Potential for more than minimal harm 2020-09-15

F812 · Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies

Health

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Corrected 2020-11-13

D · Potential for more than minimal harm 2020-09-15

F880 · Infection Control Deficiencies

Health

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2020-11-13

Penalties and ownership

What sits behind the stars

$1,748 2023-10-10

Fine

Fine · fine $1,748

Fine

$3,174 2023-09-18

Fine

Fine · fine $3,174

Fine

Ownership

Bleier, Jonathan

5% Or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · Individual

81% 18 facilities 2022-09-01
Bleier, Sorah

5% Or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · Individual

14% 3 facilities 2020-01-01
Schiffer, Samuel

5% Or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · Individual

10% 1 facilities 2020-01-01
Maliangos, Nicolet

W-2 Managing Employee · Individual

0% 5 facilities 2020-01-01

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Staffing
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Fines
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