CCN 015433 · Jefferson County, Alabama
St Martin's in the Pines
4941 Montevallo Road, Irondale, AL 35210
St Martin's in the Pines is a 128-bed nonprofit nursing home in Irondale, Alabama, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1997. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 97.8 residents a day, about 76% 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
- 128
- Average residents per day
- 97.8 (76.4% of beds)
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Church related
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Pines Birmingham Opco LLC
- Certified since
- Jul 9, 1997
- Chain or affiliated group
- Diversicare Healthcare (44 facilities, chain average 2.5 stars)
- Location
- Urban, part of a continuing care retirement community
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 | 2 of 5 | State spread: 42 at 1, 45 at 2, 50 at 3, 41 at 4, 45 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 2 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 3 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.00 | 3.88 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.72 | 0.64 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.68 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 58.2% | 46.7% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 76.4% | 88.2% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 2 (Oct 3, 2019) | ||
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). St Martin's in the Pines meets that part today: 2 stars overall, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pines Opco Holdings LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 11/17/2023 |
| Dac Opco, LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | 50% | 10/31/2023 |
| El Pines LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | 50% | 10/31/2023 |
| Diversicare Management Services LP.Organization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/17/2023 |
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 2023 | Pines Birmingham Opco LLC | Episcopal Foundation of Jefferson County |
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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