CCN 115471 · Dodge County, Georgia
Heart of Georgia Nursing Home
815 Legion Drive, Eastman, GA 31023
Heart of Georgia Nursing Home is a 100-bed for-profit nursing home in Eastman, Georgia, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1990. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 88.8 residents a day, about 89% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $12 million originally, at 2.65%, with $10.9 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in January 2057.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 100
- Average residents per day
- 88.8 (88.8% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Az Operator LLC
- Certified since
- Jan 1, 1990
- Chain or affiliated group
- None listed by CMS
- 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 | Georgia median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 3 of 5 | State spread: 102 at 1, 67 at 2, 81 at 3, 54 at 4, 50 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.00 | 3.43 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.82 | 0.45 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.25 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 29.3% | 45.9% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 88.8% | 86.1% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 6 (Jan 11, 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). Heart of Georgia Nursing Home meets that part today: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Az TrOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | n/a | 01/10/2013 |
| Zwebner, AscherIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 06/04/2013 |
| Fish, CharlaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/28/2016 |
| Ovits, IsaacIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2014 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 2021 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Heart of Georgia Nursing Home, 100 beds. Lender at endorsement: Dwight Capital LLC | $11,956,100 | Active: 2.65%, $10,925,658 balanceMatures Jan 1, 2057. Servicer: Dwight Capital LLC | 06122174 |
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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