CCN 315001 · Middlesex County, New Jersey
Merwick Post Acute
100 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ 08536
Merwick Post Acute is a 200-bed for-profit nursing home in Plainsboro, New Jersey, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1967. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 172.9 residents a day, about 87% of its certified beds. HUD's healthcare database shows 2 FHA-insured Section 232 loans for a project matching this facility, most recently $27.9 million in July 2022 (223(a)(7) refinance of a 223(f) loan), and none of them appears in HUD's active-loan file.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 200
- Average residents per day
- 172.9 (86.5% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Merwick Care & Rehabilitation Center, LLC
- Certified since
- Jan 1, 1967
- Chain or affiliated group
- Marquis Health Services (90 facilities, chain average 3.1 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 | New Jersey median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 3 of 5 | State spread: 33 at 1, 71 at 2, 70 at 3, 90 at 4, 82 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 3 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.05 | 3.60 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.71 | 0.55 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.80 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 29.7% | 38.9% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 86.5% | 87.8% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 12 (Apr 25, 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). Merwick Post Acute meets that part today: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacobs, HymanIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 95% | 08/22/2007 |
| Jacobs, LiviaIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 5% | 08/22/2007 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2022 | 223(a)(7) refinance of a 223(f) loanHUD project name: Merwick Care & Rehabilitation Center, 200 beds. Lender at endorsement: First American Capital Group Corp | $27,915,600 | Ended Mar 31, 2025Prepayment | 03122156 |
| Sep 18, 2015 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Merwick Care & Rehabilitation Center, 200 beds. Lender at endorsement: Keybank National Association | $29,493,800 | Ended Jul 27, 2022Prepayment | 03122091 |
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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