CCN 015034 · Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Hunter Creek Health and Rehabilitation, LLC
3200 Hunter Creek Rd, Northport, AL 35473
Hunter Creek Health and Rehabilitation, LLC is a 78-bed for-profit nursing home in Northport, Alabama, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1968. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 74.4 residents a day, about 95% of its certified beds. We found no FHA-insured Section 232 loan for it in HUD's healthcare endorsement database (fiscal 2001 onward).
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 78
- Average residents per day
- 74.4 (95.4% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Hunter Creek Health and Rehabilitation LLC
- Certified since
- Jul 1, 1968
- Chain or affiliated group
- Nhs Management (43 facilities, chain average 2.9 stars)
- Location
- Urban
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | Alabama median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 3 of 5 | State spread: 42 at 1, 45 at 2, 50 at 3, 41 at 4, 45 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.93 | 3.88 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.71 | 0.64 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.30 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 44.3% | 46.7% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 95.4% | 88.2% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 1 (Apr 14, 2022) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Hunter Creek Health and Rehabilitation, LLC meets that part today: 3 stars overall, 3 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nhs Operations LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 11/08/2002 |
| James Norman Estes Jr TrOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | 5% | 11/08/2002 |
| Jennifer Lee Estes Tr 031093Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | 5% | 11/08/2002 |
| Estes, JamesIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | 89% | 11/08/2002 |
| Peake Family Partnership LtdOrganization | Security Interest | n/a | 01/01/2010 |
| Regions BankOrganization | Security Interest | n/a | 08/27/2012 |
| Boyd, CaseyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/28/2023 |
| Duffy, MarciaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/12/2003 |
| Projahn, MatthewIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 06/29/2023 |
| Rasco, LynnIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2022 |
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
No FHA-insured loan matching this facility appears in HUD's database of healthcare endorsements, which covers fiscal 2001 onward (HUD data run of July 8, 2026). A loan could still exist under a different project name or from before 2001.
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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