CCN 395094 · Berks County, Pennsylvania
Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation
1011 Berks Road, Leesport, PA 19533
Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation is a 420-bed government-owned nursing home in Leesport, Pennsylvania, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1967. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 316.5 residents a day, about 75% 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
- 420
- Average residents per day
- 316.5 (75.4% of beds)
- Ownership type
- Government - County
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- County of Berks Office of the Controller
- Certified since
- Jan 1, 1967
- Chain or affiliated group
- None listed by CMS
- 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 | Pennsylvania median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 5 of 5 | State spread: 145 at 1, 135 at 2, 118 at 3, 97 at 4, 157 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 5 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.73 | 3.63 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.91 | 0.66 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.18 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 25.6% | 44.2% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 75.4% | 88.7% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 1 (Dec 3, 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). Berks Heim Nursing & Rehabilitation 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chr Consulting Services IncOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/18/2010 |
| County of Berks Office of the ControllerOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/1967 |
| Brackbill, RobertIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/25/2002 |
| Ernst, ElizabethIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/17/2022 |
| Fitz, RebeccaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/14/1999 |
| Grove, JoshuaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/06/2025 |
| Loiacono, MarcIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/18/2020 |
| Murray, DonnaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/16/1981 |
| Pettie, JessicaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/15/2025 |
| Steele, MichelleIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/07/2025 |
| Zeigler, SharonIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/27/2024 |
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
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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