CCN 225650 · Bristol County, Massachusetts
Care One at New Bedford
221 Fitzgerald Drive, New Bedford, MA 02745
Care One at New Bedford is a 154-bed for-profit nursing home in New Bedford, Massachusetts, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1994. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 142.4 residents a day, about 93% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $0.6 million originally, at 2.40%, with $0.6 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in February 2057.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 154
- Average residents per day
- 142.4 (92.5% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- 221 Fitzgerald Drive Operating Company, LLC
- Certified since
- Sep 9, 1994
- Chain or affiliated group
- Careone (37 facilities, chain average 3.4 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 | 3 of 5 | State spread: 65 at 1, 68 at 2, 62 at 3, 72 at 4, 71 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.60 | 3.70 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.72 | 0.60 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.24 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 29.9% | 37.7% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 92.5% | 86.9% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 7 (Aug 5, 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). Care One at New Bedford 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thci of Massachusetts, LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | n/a | 07/01/2003 |
| Care Realty, LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 04/30/2002 |
| Des-I 2016 GratOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 12/01/2021 |
| Straus, DanielIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 07/01/2003 |
| Straus, MoshaelIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 07/01/2003 |
| Healthbridge Management LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2003 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 2022 | 223(d) operating loss loanHUD project name: Care One at New Bedford, 154 beds. Lender at endorsement: Housing & Healthcare Finc | $647,000 | Active: 2.40%, $590,724 balanceMatures Feb 1, 2057. Servicer: Newpoint Real Estate Capital | 02315039 |
| Jan 27, 2022 | 223(a)(7) refinance of a 223(f) loanHUD project name: Care One at New Bedford, 154 beds. Lender at endorsement: Housing & Healthcare Finc | $10,778,900 | Active: 2.27%, $9,804,467 balanceMatures Feb 1, 2057. Servicer: Newpoint Real Estate Capital | 02322235 |
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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