CCN 195528 · Ouachita County, Louisiana
Ridgecrest Community Care Center
1616 Wellerman Road, West Monroe, LA 71291
Ridgecrest Community Care Center is a 112-bed nonprofit nursing home in West Monroe, Louisiana, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 2001. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 102.1 residents a day, about 91% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $11.6 million originally, at 5.62%, with $11.4 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in October 2059.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 112
- Average residents per day
- 102.1 (91.2% of beds)
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Commcare Corporation
- Certified since
- Oct 1, 2001
- Chain or affiliated group
- Commcare Corporation (19 facilities, chain average 3.1 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 | Louisiana median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4 of 5 | State spread: 89 at 1, 45 at 2, 51 at 3, 53 at 4, 26 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.32 | 3.63 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.54 | 0.25 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.58 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 38.7% | 46.9% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 91.2% | 77.1% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 2 (Jun 3, 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). Ridgecrest Community Care Center meets that part today: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commcare CorporationOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 03/01/1994 |
| Commcare Management CorporationOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2018 |
| Gardner, GeorgeIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2018 |
| Hudson, MaryIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2018 |
| Lundberg, AlecIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/01/2022 |
| Tucker, JamesIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2018 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2024 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Ridgecrest Community Care Center, 112 beds. Lender at endorsement: Vium Capital Mortgage LLC | $11,649,100 | Active: 5.62%, $11,433,024 balanceMatures Oct 1, 2059. Servicer: Vium Capital Mortgage LLC | 06422134 |
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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