CCN 365589 · Athens County, Ohio
Hickory Creek of Athens
51 East 4th Street, The Plains, OH 45780
Hickory Creek of Athens is a 90-bed for-profit nursing home in The Plains, Ohio, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1982. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 71.2 residents a day, about 79% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $8.4 million originally, at 4.00%, with $6.2 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in April 2045.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 90
- Average residents per day
- 71.2 (79.1% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- 51 the Plains, Inc.
- Certified since
- Oct 7, 1982
- Chain or affiliated group
- Foundations Health Solutions (64 facilities, chain average 4.2 stars)
- Location
- Rural
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 | Ohio median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4 of 5 | State spread: 118 at 1, 216 at 2, 180 at 3, 190 at 4, 209 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 3 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.69 | 3.57 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.56 | 0.59 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.32 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 42.4% | 48.5% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 79.1% | 87.2% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 3 (Aug 11, 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). Hickory Creek of Athens meets that part today: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundations Health Solutions, LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2019 |
| Colleran, BrianIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2019 |
| Jonas, ChristopherIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/01/2025 |
| Krystowski, JohnIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 06/01/2018 |
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 25, 2013 | 223(a)(7) refinance of a 223(f) loanHUD project name: Provider Services 3-Hickory Creek of Athens, 127 beds. Lender at endorsement: Lancaster Pollard Mtge Co | $8,444,300 | Active: 4.00%, $6,164,468 balanceMatures Apr 1, 2045. Servicer: Lument Real Estate Capital | 04322090 |
| Mar 8, 2010 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Hickory Creek of Athens, 127 beds. Lender at endorsement: Lancaster Pollard Mtge Co | $8,444,300 | Ended Jul 30, 2013Prepayment | 04322041 |
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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