CCN 235157 · Sanilac County, Michigan
Sanilac Medical Care Facility
137 North Elk Street, Sandusky, MI 48471
Sanilac Medical Care Facility is a 104-bed government-owned nursing home in Sandusky, Michigan, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1968. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 75.9 residents a day, about 73% 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
- 104
- Average residents per day
- 75.9 (73.0% of beds)
- Ownership type
- Government - County
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Sanilac County
- Certified since
- Aug 15, 1968
- Chain or affiliated group
- None listed by CMS
- Location
- Rural
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 | Michigan median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 3 of 5 | State spread: 72 at 1, 84 at 2, 85 at 3, 75 at 4, 104 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 5.32 | 3.81 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.54 | 0.71 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 4.62 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 45.6% | 44.6% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 73.0% | 86.7% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 9 (Aug 21, 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). Sanilac Medical Care 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanilac CountyOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 08/01/1968 |
| Buttar, NickIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/01/2024 |
| Caringi, HeatherIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/29/2022 |
| Dunsmore-Ganley, RachelIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/23/2024 |
| Johnson, TammiIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2023 |
| Laba, TeriIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/26/1998 |
| Miller, LindseyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/31/2022 |
| Miller, NicoleIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/15/2024 |
| Powell, LisaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | NO DATE PROVIDED |
| Sherman, CariIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/09/2025 |
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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