CCN 335401 · Suffolk County, New York
Momentum at South Bay for Rehabilation and Nursing
340 East Montauk Highway, East Islip, NY 11730
Momentum at South Bay for Rehabilation and Nursing is a 160-bed for-profit nursing home in East Islip, New York, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1973. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 150.1 residents a day, about 94% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $30.7 million originally, at 2.28%, with $27.4 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in March 2056.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 160
- Average residents per day
- 150.1 (93.8% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Partnership
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Suffolk Restorative Therapy & Nursing, LLC
- Certified since
- Oct 25, 1973
- Chain or affiliated group
- Paragon Healthnet (11 facilities, chain average 4.5 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 York median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 5 of 5 | State spread: 111 at 1, 130 at 2, 113 at 3, 100 at 4, 136 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 2 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.16 | 3.49 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.91 | 0.58 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.41 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 35.7% | 38.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 93.8% | 94.1% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 5 (Sep 9, 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). Momentum at South Bay for Rehabilation and Nursing meets that part today: 5 stars overall, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laufer, IssacIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 50% | 11/17/2010 |
| Lebowitz, ChaimIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 25% | 11/17/2010 |
| Lebowitz, MaxIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 25% | 11/17/2010 |
| Aplustille, JosephIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/10/2012 |
| Itzkowitz, JayIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2023 |
| Rai, PaulinderIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/19/2022 |
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2021 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Momentum at South Bay for Rehabilitation, 160 beds. Lender at endorsement: M and T Realty Capital Corporation | $30,733,800 | Active: 2.28%, $27,369,931 balanceMatures Mar 1, 2056. Servicer: M and T Realty Capital Corpora | 01222398 |
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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