CCN 245200 · Washington County, Minnesota
Birchwood Health Care Center
604 1st Street NE, Forest Lake, MN 55025
Birchwood Health Care Center is a 100-bed nonprofit nursing home in Forest Lake, Minnesota, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1974. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 84.3 residents a day, about 84% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $6.9 million originally, at 3.10%, with $5.6 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in September 2051.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 100
- Average residents per day
- 84.3 (84.3% of beds)
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Senior Care Forest Lake, LLC
- Certified since
- Dec 1, 1974
- Chain or affiliated group
- Lifespark (4 facilities, chain average 1.3 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 | Minnesota median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 2 of 5 | State spread: 64 at 1, 61 at 2, 58 at 3, 64 at 4, 89 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.86 | 4.16 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.78 | 0.97 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.56 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 37.7% | 40.0% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 84.3% | 87.4% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 4 totaling $139,646 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 11 (Jun 12, 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). Birchwood Health Care Center does not meet it today: health inspection rating 1. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lifespark Management ServicesOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 06/30/2020 |
| Chebli, YasserIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2022 |
| King, RyanIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/01/2025 |
| Miller, MeganIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/01/2025 |
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2016 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Senior Care - Birchwood Senior Living, 156 beds. Lender at endorsement: Colliers Mortgage LLC | $6,900,000 | Active: 3.10%, $5,619,444 balanceMatures Sep 1, 2051. Servicer: Colliers Mortgage LLC | 09222109 |
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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