CCN 075418 · Naugatuck Vly County, Connecticut
Autumn Lake Healthcare at Bucks Hill
2817 North Main Street, Waterbury, CT 06704
Autumn Lake Healthcare at Bucks Hill is a 90-bed for-profit nursing home in Waterbury, Connecticut, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1999. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 85.3 residents a day, about 95% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $8.7 million originally, at 3.75%, with $7.1 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in May 2048.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 90
- Average residents per day
- 85.3 (94.8% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Individual
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Bucks Hill Operations LLC
- Certified since
- Feb 4, 1999
- Chain or affiliated group
- Autumn Lake Healthcare (59 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 | Connecticut median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4 of 5 | State spread: 36 at 1, 46 at 2, 32 at 3, 34 at 4, 42 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 2 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.23 | 3.71 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.46 | 0.60 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.94 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 39.1% | 35.9% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 94.8% | 90.9% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 12 (Dec 6, 2024) | ||
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). Autumn Lake Healthcare at Bucks Hill meets that part today: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bucks Hill Parent LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 01/01/2015 |
| Bucks Hill Realty LLCOrganization | Mortgage Interest | n/a | 01/01/2015 |
| Raad, MarcIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2015 |
| Schwartz, MarkIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2015 |
| Wagner, KristaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/27/2015 |
Holders of a 5% or greater mortgage interest reported in the enrollment record: Bucks Hill Realty LLC.
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
HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs lists these FHA-insured loans for a project we matched to this facility by name, city and bed count. Status, rate and balance come from HUD's insured-mortgage files as of September 30, 2026. Check the FHA number against the loan documents before relying on the match.
| Endorsed | Program | Original amount | Status | FHA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2018 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Stern - Autumn Lake HC Bucks Hill, 90 beds. Lender at endorsement: Capital Funding LLC | $8,672,000 | Active: 3.75%, $7,141,532 balanceMatures May 1, 2048. Servicer: Capital Funding LLC | 01722121 |
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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