Federal inspection record · CMS data as of October 1, 2026
Highlands Rehabilitation and Wellness Center
733 Mary Vann Lane, Birmingham, AL · (205) 854-1361
- Certified beds
- 132
- Residents per day
- 119
- Ownership
- For-Profit
- Chain
- Legacy Healthcare
- Medicare / Medicaid
- Medicare + Medicaid
- Certified since
- March 1, 1976
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How this home got 1 star
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 Alabama.
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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
★★★★★1 of 5
Matches the rating CMS publishes on Care Compare.
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Where it sits among Alabama homes
Highlands Rehabilitation and Wellness Center carries 288.25 inspection points. That is fewer than 4% of Alabama's 223 rated homes.
Inspectors' citations earn points by how serious and how widespread they were (the grid below). CMS then ranks every home in Alabama: 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★ 0–3 pts
- 4★ 3–12 pts
- 3★ 12–23 pts
- 2★ 23–46 pts
- 1★ over 46 pts
Bars show every rated home in Alabama 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
14 health citations on record since 2019. 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 (5)
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L
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
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J
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.
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J
Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.
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J
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
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J
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Everything else, by area of care
Resident Rights2D
- D
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
- D
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation2D
- D
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
- D
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Pharmacy Service1D
- D
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Administration1C
- C
Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
Nutrition and Dietary1F
- F
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Infection Control1D
- D
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Nursing and Physician Services1C
- C
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Inspection history
2024-05-13
7 health deficiencies · 3 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Administration (2 deficiencies)
2021-04-20
2 health deficiencies · 0 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Freedom from Abuse and Neglect and Exploitation (1 deficiency)
2019-03-13
5 health deficiencies · 5 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Freedom from Abuse and Neglect and Exploitation (1 deficiency)
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Nursing time per resident, per day
Each resident here gets about 2 h 59 min of nursing staff time a day, 24 min of it from a registered nurse.
This home
2 h 59 min
Alabama average
3 h 54 min
U.S. average
3 h 54 min
- Registered nurse
- Licensed practical nurse
- Nurse aide
Turnover: 56% of nursing staff and 60% of registered nurses left in the past year, along with 2 administrators.
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
$24,834 in federal fines on record over the past three years.
| Date | Penalty | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-13 | Fine | $4,017 |
| 2024-05-13 | Fine | $4,017 |
| 2024-05-13 | Fine | $5,600 |
| 2024-05-13 | Fine | $5,600 |
| 2024-05-13 | Fine | $5,600 |
| 2024-05-13 | Payment Denial · 54 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 days0.3 pts better | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days0.9 pts better | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine7.2 pts better | 100.0% | 92.8% | 93.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine4.6 pts better | 100.0% | 95.4% | 95.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury0.7 pts worse | 3.9% | 3.2% | 3.2% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms1.2 pts better | 0.3% | 1.5% | 13.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight2.4 pts better | 3.0% | 5.4% | 5.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication8.5 pts worse | 32.8% | 24.3% | 19.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication14.4 pts better | 6.9% | 21.3% | 15.4% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained0.5 pts better | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened7.9 pts better | 3.1% | 11.0% | 12.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased5.9 pts better | 5.6% | 11.5% | 13.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder0.2 pts better | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection2.2 pts better | 0.0% | 2.2% | 1.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with new or worsened bowel or bladder incontinence3.9 pts better | 8.3% | 12.2% | 18.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers2.1 pts worse | 7.3% | 5.2% | 4.5% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine14 pts better | 99.6% | 85.6% | 82.3% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit5.4 pts better | 6.3% | 11.7% | 11.8% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication2.1 pts worse | 4.0% | 1.9% | 1.5% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine12.5 pts better | 94.7% | 82.2% | 80.1% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission2.9 pts better | 21.5% | 24.4% | 23.4% |
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Who owns and runs it
33 owners and managers reported to CMS. The last column counts how many nursing homes each one is tied to.
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| Name | Role | Share | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Seven SNF Opco Holdings LLC | Direct Ownership Interest · Organization | 0% | 4 facilities |
| Birmingham East SNF Property Holdings LLC | Adp Of The SNF · Organization | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Ccg Alabama Consulting Holdings LLC | Operational/Managerial Control · Organization | 0% | 5 facilities |
| Ccg Alabama Opco Holdings LLC | Indirect Ownership Interest · Organization | 0% | 4 facilities |
| Davis, Eliyahu | Indirect Ownership Interest · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Garden, Daniel | Indirect Ownership Interest · Individual | 0% | 11 facilities |
| Gefen Al Seven Opco Holdings LLC | Direct Ownership Interest · Organization | 0% | 3 facilities |
| Gefen Al Seven Opco Holdings LLC | Indirect Ownership Interest · Organization | 0% | 3 facilities |
| Gefen Ng Trust | Indirect Ownership Interest · Organization | 0% | 5 facilities |
| Gefen Ng Trust | Trustee Of The SNF · Organization | 0% | 5 facilities |
| Gpn Family Trust U/A/D 4/28/08 | Indirect Ownership Interest · Organization | 0% | 80 facilities |
| Gpn Family Trust U/A/D 4/28/08 | Trustee Of The SNF · Organization | 0% | 80 facilities |
| Herz, Yehuda | Indirect Ownership Interest · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Herz, Yehuda | Managing Control - Governing Body · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Herz, Yehuda | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Herz, Yehuda | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Kaplan, Mordechai | Indirect Ownership Interest · Individual | 0% | 42 facilities |
| Malta Alabama Property Holdings LLC | Adp Of The SNF · Organization | 0% | 5 facilities |
| Murray, Tiffany | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Plaski, Tina | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 5 facilities |
| Plaski, Tina | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 5 facilities |
| Rosenblum, Yitzchak | Indirect Ownership Interest · Individual | 0% | 4 facilities |
| Shibe, Ben | Indirect Ownership Interest · Individual | 0% | 4 facilities |
| Skelton, Frederick | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Skelton, Frederick | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Us Healthcare Consulting Holdings LLC | Operational/Managerial Control · Organization | 0% | 5 facilities |
| Us Healthcare Consulting Holdings LLC | Adp Of The SNF · Organization | 0% | 5 facilities |
| Ushcg Al Seven Operations Holdings LLC | Indirect Ownership Interest · Organization | 0% | 4 facilities |
| Venezia, Nicolas | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Venezia, Nicolas | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Wimberly, Lee | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 3 facilities |
| Wimberly, Lee | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 3 facilities |
| Yehuda Herz 2025 Ng Family Trust | Trustee Of The SNF · Organization | 0% | 5 facilities |
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Fire safety
8 life-safety citations (sprinklers, exits, alarms). These don't count toward the star rating.
Smoke6F
- F
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- D
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
- F
Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.
- E
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- D
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
- D
Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
Gas, Vacuum, and Electrical Systems2E
- D
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
- E
Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
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