CCN 135070 · Bear Lake County, Idaho
Bear Lake Memorial Skilled Nursing Facility
164 South Fifth Street, Montpelier, ID 83254
Bear Lake Memorial Skilled Nursing Facility is a 36-bed government-owned nursing home in Montpelier, Idaho, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1977. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 30.4 residents a day, about 84% 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
- 36
- Average residents per day
- 30.4 (84.4% of beds)
- Ownership type
- Government - City/county
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Bear Lake County Memorial Hospital
- Certified since
- May 1, 1977
- Chain or affiliated group
- None listed by CMS
- Location
- Rural, inside a hospital
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 | Idaho median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 3 of 5 | State spread: 16 at 1, 10 at 2, 17 at 3, 18 at 4, 18 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 1 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.74 | 3.85 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.93 | 0.78 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.13 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 35.3% | 50.0% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 84.4% | 80.0% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 13 (Feb 19, 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). Bear Lake Memorial Skilled Nursing Facility 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beck, CherylIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 10% | 02/23/2021 |
| Culver, CraigIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 10% | 02/05/2016 |
| Johnson, MerriIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 10% | 12/01/2025 |
| Rasmussen, VaughnIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 10% | 08/27/2024 |
| Transtrum, EmilyIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 10% | 01/01/2018 |
| Bear Lake County Memorial HospitalOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/1977 |
| Hunt, ArelIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 06/14/2022 |
| Jacobson, TrevorIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/20/2016 |
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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