CCN 245366 · St. Louis County, Minnesota
Hilltop Healthcare Rehabilitation and Skilled Nurs
2501 Rice Lake Road, Duluth, MN 55811
Hilltop Healthcare Rehabilitation and Skilled Nurs is a 140-bed for-profit nursing home in Duluth, Minnesota, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1986. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 105.4 residents a day, about 75% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $12.4 million originally, at 5.93%, with $12.4 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in September 2061.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 140
- Average residents per day
- 105.4 (75.3% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Partnership
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Jensen Health LLC
- Certified since
- Aug 1, 1986
- 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 | 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 | 2 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 2 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.31 | 4.16 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.96 | 0.97 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.09 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 50.0% | 40.0% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 75.3% | 87.4% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 3 totaling $170,619 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 10 (Mar 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). Hilltop Healthcare Rehabilitation and Skilled Nurs meets that part today: 2 stars overall, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpert, EphraimIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 06/08/2022 |
| Anderson, LindseyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/09/2023 |
| Berlin, AlexanderIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/27/2025 |
| Dunn, DanielIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/26/2024 |
| Finlay, AlisonIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/07/2024 |
| Frey-Tykward, LisaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 06/17/2024 |
| Friedman, StevenIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 06/08/2022 |
| Lepage, DanielleIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/25/2024 |
| Levine, NicoleIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/03/2024 |
| Martineau, RhiannonIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/03/2023 |
| Peterson, GaryIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/03/2013 |
In its Medicare enrollment record, the facility reported private equity ownership through Elliot Dk LLC. Those flags are self-reported to CMS and many PE and REIT ties go unflagged.
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2022 | Jensen Health LLC | Chris Jensen LLC |
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 20, 2026 | 232/ 223(f)/Pur/Refin/ Nursing HmsHUD project name: Hilltop Healthcare Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing, 115 beds | $12,400,000 | Active: 5.93%, $12,400,000 balanceMatures Sep 1, 2061. Servicer: Dwight Capital LLC | 09222214 |
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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