CCN 045363 · Sebastian County, Arkansas
Covington Court Health and Rehabilitation Center
4500 Old Greenwood Rd, Fort Smith, AR 72903
Covington Court Health and Rehabilitation Center is a 140-bed for-profit nursing home in Fort Smith, Arkansas, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 2001. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 129.1 residents a day, about 92% 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
- 140
- Average residents per day
- 129.1 (92.2% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Northport Health Services of Arkansas, LLC
- Certified since
- Apr 3, 2001
- 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 | Arkansas median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 5 of 5 | State spread: 24 at 1, 34 at 2, 50 at 3, 44 at 4, 66 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 5 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.01 | 3.91 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.37 | 0.39 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.31 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 44.1% | 48.2% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 92.2% | 72.2% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 1 (Mar 12, 2026) | ||
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). Covington Court Health and Rehabilitation Center meets that part today: 5 stars overall, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Norman Estes Jr TrOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | n/a | 12/31/2006 |
| Jennifer Lee Estes Tr 031093Organization | Direct Ownership Interest | n/a | 12/31/2006 |
| Estes, JamesIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 92% | 12/31/2003 |
| Regions BankOrganization | Mortgage Interest | n/a | 05/31/2007 |
| Regions BankOrganization | Security Interest | n/a | 08/27/2013 |
| Gallagher, BeverlyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/21/2023 |
| Moore, MarciaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/05/2024 |
| Rasco, LynnIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2022 |
| White, HollyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/04/2022 |
| Wilson, DowIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/02/2024 |
Holders of a 5% or greater mortgage interest reported in the enrollment record: Regions Bank.
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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