CCN 106060 · Brevard County, Florida
Life Care Center of Palm Bay
175 Villa Nueva Ave, Palm Bay, FL 32907
Life Care Center of Palm Bay is a 141-bed for-profit nursing home in Palm Bay, Florida, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 2004. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 132.2 residents a day, about 94% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $8.4 million originally, at 5.80%, with $8.2 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in March 2059.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 141
- Average residents per day
- 132.2 (93.8% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Palm Bay Medical Investors, LLC
- Certified since
- May 28, 2004
- Chain or affiliated group
- Life Care Centers of America (194 facilities, chain average 3.4 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 | Florida median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 5 of 5 | State spread: 89 at 1, 143 at 2, 125 at 3, 156 at 4, 178 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 5 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.80 | 3.63 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.93 | 0.62 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.43 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 28.2% | 41.9% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 93.8% | 92.2% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 2 (Jan 9, 2025) | ||
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). Life Care Center of Palm Bay meets that part today: 5 stars overall, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Developers Investment Company II, IncOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 06/14/2006 |
| Life Care Centers of America, Inc.Organization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/02/2003 |
| Palm Bay Medical Investors, LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/26/2004 |
| Ballout, HussienIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/01/2018 |
| Fletcher, ToddIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/13/2024 |
| Hutchinson, EllenIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/22/2024 |
| Preston, AaronIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/01/2018 |
| Preston, AubreyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/13/2024 |
| Tarbet, WillardIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/23/2018 |
| Ziegler, JamesIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/13/2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 2024 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Life Care Center of Palm Bay, 141 beds. Lender at endorsement: Capital Funding LLC | $8,355,700 | Active: 5.80%, $8,157,972 balanceMatures Mar 1, 2059. Servicer: Capital Funding LLC | 06722309 |
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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