CCN 366239 · Ashland County, Ohio
Crystal Care Center of Ashland
1251 East Main Street, Ashland, OH 44805
Crystal Care Center of Ashland is a 72-bed for-profit nursing home in Ashland, Ohio, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 2002. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 61.0 residents a day, about 85% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $4.7 million originally, at 3.25%, with $3.7 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in February 2050.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 72
- Average residents per day
- 61.0 (84.7% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Embassy Crystal Care LLC
- Certified since
- Jun 18, 2002
- Chain or affiliated group
- Embassy Healthcare (33 facilities, chain average 2.4 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 | 1 of 5 | State spread: 118 at 1, 216 at 2, 180 at 3, 190 at 4, 209 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 1 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 2.93 | 3.57 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.37 | 0.59 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.85 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 55.9% | 48.5% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 84.7% | 87.2% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 1 totaling $17,686 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 17 (May 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). Crystal Care Center of Ashland does not meet it today: overall rating 1. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Embassy Healthcare Management IncOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2020 |
| Curran, DanIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2025 |
| Handler, AaronIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2020 |
| Repchick, GeorgeIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2020 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2016 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Crystal Care of Ashland, 72 beds. Lender at endorsement: Housing & Healthcare Finc | $4,656,500 | Active: 3.25%, $3,724,264 balanceMatures Feb 1, 2050. Servicer: Newpoint Real Estate Capital | 04222240 |
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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