CCN 265456 · Jackson County, Missouri
Heritage Wellness & Rehabilitation
17451 Medical Center Parkway, Independence, MO 64057
Heritage Wellness & Rehabilitation is a 118-bed nonprofit nursing home in Independence, Missouri, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1991. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 54.8 residents a day, about 46% 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
- 118
- Average residents per day
- 54.8 (46.4% of beds)
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Independence Healthcare LLC
- Certified since
- Jul 1, 1991
- Chain or affiliated group
- Blue Sky Basin, LLC (5 facilities, chain average 1.4 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 | Missouri median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 1 of 5 | State spread: 163 at 1, 91 at 2, 97 at 3, 76 at 4, 53 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 1 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 1 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.21 | 3.36 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.28 | 0.39 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 4.03 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | not reported | 56.1% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 46.4% | 74.2% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 17 totaling $228,192 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 47 (Feb 19, 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). Heritage Wellness & Rehabilitation does not meet it today: overall rating 1, health inspection rating 1, the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independence Opco Holdings, LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 07/01/2025 |
| Berger, EliotIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2025 |
| Cicero, StevenIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2025 |
| O'Guin, LauraIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/29/2025 |
| Perlow, BernardIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2025 |
| Short, DavidIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/29/2025 |
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2025 | Independence Healthcare LLC | The Baptist Home |
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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