CCN 225272 · Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Bear Hill Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
11 North Street, Stoneham, MA 02180
Bear Hill Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center is a 169-bed for-profit nursing home in Stoneham, Massachusetts, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1983. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 149.0 residents a day, about 88% 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
- 169
- Average residents per day
- 149.0 (88.2% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Bear Hill Healthcare LLC
- Certified since
- Jun 14, 1983
- Chain or affiliated group
- Colev Gestetner (7 facilities, chain average 4.6 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 | Massachusetts median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 5 of 5 | State spread: 65 at 1, 68 at 2, 62 at 3, 72 at 4, 71 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 3 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.00 | 3.70 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.49 | 0.60 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.68 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 37.1% | 37.7% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 88.2% | 86.9% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 1 totaling $16,146 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 7 (Jan 15, 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 Hill Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gestetner, ColevIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 50% | 01/01/2020 |
| Moskowitz, YisroelIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 50% | 01/01/2020 |
| Stern, NathanIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2020 |
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2020 | Bear Hill Healthcare LLC | Bear Hill Nursing Center Inc |
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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