CCN 105362 · Hardee County, Florida
Vivo Healthcare Wauchula
401 Orange Place, Wauchula, FL 33873
Vivo Healthcare Wauchula is a 79-bed for-profit nursing home in Wauchula, Florida, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1980. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 69.8 residents a day, about 88% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $12.7 million originally, at 5.47%, with $12.7 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in March 2061.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 79
- Average residents per day
- 69.8 (88.4% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- St Amaro Opco LLC
- Certified since
- Feb 19, 1980
- Chain or affiliated group
- Vivo Healthcare (12 facilities, chain average 2.4 stars)
- Location
- Rural
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 | Florida median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 2 of 5 | State spread: 89 at 1, 143 at 2, 125 at 3, 156 at 4, 178 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 2 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.42 | 3.63 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.43 | 0.62 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.26 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 34.4% | 41.9% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 88.4% | 92.2% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 12 (Jun 27, 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). Vivo Healthcare Wauchula 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Amaro Holdco LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 09/01/2023 |
| Nmj Irrv Tr IIOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | 6% | 09/01/2023 |
| Gluck, BenjaminIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | 12% | 09/01/2023 |
| Cukier, JosefIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2023 |
| Friedland, ShalomIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2023 |
| Gluck, BenjaminIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2023 |
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2023 | St Amaro Opco LLC | Hardee Fl Opco LLC |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 2026 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Vivo Healthcare P0718 Vivo Healthcare Wauchula, 79 beds. Lender at endorsement: Dwight Capital LLC | $12,720,000 | Active: 5.47%, $12,658,847 balanceMatures Mar 1, 2061. Servicer: Dwight Capital LLC | 06722321 |
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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