CCN 205003 · Cumberland County, Maine
Cedars Nursing Care Center
630 Ocean Avenue, Portland, ME 04112
Cedars Nursing Care Center is a 102-bed nonprofit nursing home in Portland, Maine, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1967. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 77.5 residents a day, about 76% of its certified beds. HUD's healthcare database shows an FHA-insured Section 232 loan for a project matching this facility, most recently $5.3 million in July 2006 (223(f) refinance or purchase), and none of them appears in HUD's active-loan file.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 102
- Average residents per day
- 77.5 (76.0% of beds)
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Cedars Nursing Care Center, Inc
- Certified since
- Jan 1, 1967
- Chain or affiliated group
- None listed by CMS
- 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 | Maine median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4 of 5 | State spread: 15 at 1, 12 at 2, 21 at 3, 12 at 4, 17 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.89 | 4.18 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 1.53 | 1.03 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 4.54 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | not reported | 46.9% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 76.0% | 91.3% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 8 (Jun 25, 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). Cedars Nursing 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jha Services, Inc.Organization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 01/01/1989 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2006 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: The Cedars Nursing Care, 102 beds. Lender at endorsement: Suburban Mortgage | $5,333,800 | Ended Feb 27, 2014Prepayment | 02422053 |
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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