CCN 365739 · Summit County, Ohio
Heather Knoll Retirement Village
1134 North Ave, Tallmadge, OH 44278
Heather Knoll Retirement Village is a 115-bed for-profit nursing home in Tallmadge, Ohio, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1989. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 106.2 residents a day, about 92% of its certified beds. HUD's healthcare database shows 2 FHA-insured Section 232 loans for a project matching this facility, most recently $3 million in September 2015 (241(a) supplemental loan), and none of them appears in HUD's active-loan file.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 115
- Average residents per day
- 106.2 (92.3% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Heather Knoll Retirement Village Inc
- Certified since
- May 22, 1989
- Chain or affiliated group
- Sprenger Health Care Systems (12 facilities, chain average 3.5 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 | Ohio median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 5 of 5 | State spread: 118 at 1, 216 at 2, 180 at 3, 190 at 4, 209 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 5 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 2 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.25 | 3.57 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.52 | 0.59 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.84 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 52.8% | 48.5% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 92.3% | 87.2% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 2 (Mar 6, 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). Heather Knoll Retirement Village meets that part today: 5 stars overall, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky Healthcare IncOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 04/14/2005 |
| Hutsenpiller, WendieIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | 18% | 04/14/2005 |
| Malanowski, KennethIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | 20% | 04/14/2005 |
| Sprenger, NicoleIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | 31% | 04/14/2005 |
| Sprenger, TraceyIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | 31% | 04/14/2005 |
| Cms & Co. Management Services, Inc.Organization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2005 |
| Courtock, MelissaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/02/2002 |
| Epperly, RobertIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/20/2022 |
| Fox, EmilyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/31/2024 |
| Gollinger, KristenIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/13/2000 |
| Kuhn, ShannonIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/31/2024 |
| Malanowki, BrandonIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/31/2024 |
| Marino-Freetage, JaimeIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/01/2011 |
| McQueen, AmandaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/22/2023 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2015 | 241(a) supplemental loanHUD project name: Heather Knoll Expansion, 115 beds. Lender at endorsement: Lancaster Pollard Mtge Co | $3,021,100 | Ended Jan 31, 2022Prepayment | 04210047 |
| Nov 29, 2011 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Heather Knoll, 115 beds. Lender at endorsement: Lancaster Pollard Mtge Co | $8,752,400 | Ended Jan 31, 2022Prepayment | 04222134 |
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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