CCN 335464 · Orange County, New York
Sapphire Nursing At Meadow Hill
172 Meadow Hill Road, Newburgh, NY 12550
Sapphire Nursing At Meadow Hill is a 190-bed for-profit nursing home in Newburgh, New York, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1976. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 184.0 residents a day, about 97% 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
- 190
- Average residents per day
- 184.0 (96.8% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Partnership
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Newburgh Operations LLC
- Certified since
- Feb 1, 1976
- Chain or affiliated group
- Sapphire Care Group (8 facilities, chain average 2.6 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 | 4 of 5 | State spread: 111 at 1, 130 at 2, 113 at 3, 100 at 4, 136 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 2 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.38 | 3.49 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.45 | 0.58 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.93 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 25.2% | 38.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 96.8% | 94.1% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 7 (Apr 1, 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). Sapphire Nursing At Meadow Hill meets that part today: 4 stars overall, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abramczyk, MachlaIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 20% | 09/01/2017 |
| Farkowitz, EstherIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 33% | 09/01/2017 |
| Platschek, RichardIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 33% | 09/01/2017 |
| Schuck, RobertIndividual | Direct Ownership Interest | 13% | 09/01/2017 |
| Platschek, RichardIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2017 |
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2017 | Newburgh Operations LLC | Elant at Newburgh Inc |
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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