CCN 315523 · Union County, New Jersey
Continuing Care at Lantern Hill
537 Mountain Avenue, New Providence, NJ 07974
Continuing Care at Lantern Hill is a 40-bed nonprofit nursing home in New Providence, New Jersey, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 2017. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 33.6 residents a day, about 84% 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
- 40
- Average residents per day
- 33.6 (84.0% of beds)
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare
- Legal business name
- Lantern Hill Inc
- Certified since
- Jul 21, 2017
- Chain or affiliated group
- Erickson Senior Living (17 facilities, chain average 4.2 stars)
- Location
- Urban, part of a continuing care retirement community
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 | 4 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 5 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 5.55 | 3.60 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 1.25 | 0.55 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 5.05 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 23.9% | 38.9% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 84.0% | 87.8% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 1 totaling $14,069 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 3 (Jan 15, 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). Continuing Care at Lantern Hill 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Senior Communities, IncOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 01/14/2021 |
| Erickson Senior Living LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/23/2020 |
| National Senior Communities, IncOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/14/2021 |
| Butler, RichardIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2014 |
| Embley, MarkIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/27/2021 |
| Hall, JohnIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/21/2017 |
| Merkert, RobertIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/26/2026 |
| Montagni, AdrianaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/22/2021 |
| Srivastav, SushmitaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/14/2019 |
| Stiner, PamelaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/01/2024 |
| Sweetser, ChristianIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/01/2022 |
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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