CCN 395164 · Butler County, Pennsylvania
St John specialty Care Center
500 Wittenberg Way, Mars, PA 16046
St John specialty Care Center is a 150-bed nonprofit nursing home in Mars, Pennsylvania, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1967. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 135.5 residents a day, about 90% of its certified beds. HUD's healthcare database shows 2 FHA-insured Section 232 loans for a project matching this facility, most recently $10.9 million in November 2013 (223(a)(7) refinance of a 223(f) loan), and none of them appears in HUD's active-loan file.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 150
- Average residents per day
- 135.5 (90.3% of beds)
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- St. John Lutheran Care Center
- Certified since
- Jan 26, 1967
- Chain or affiliated group
- None listed by CMS
- Location
- Urban, part of a continuing care retirement community
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 | 1 of 5 | State spread: 145 at 1, 135 at 2, 118 at 3, 97 at 4, 157 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.96 | 3.63 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 1.19 | 0.66 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.63 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 52.3% | 44.2% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 90.3% | 88.7% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 29 (Oct 11, 2024) | ||
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). St John specialty Care Center does not meet it today: overall rating 1, health inspection rating 1, the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rapuk, SamanthIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2023 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 2013 | 223(a)(7) refinance of a 223(f) loanHUD project name: St. John Specialty Care Center, 305 beds. Lender at endorsement: Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capita | $10,868,000 | Ended Jul 8, 2021Prepayment | 03322086 |
| Mar 8, 2001 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: St. Johns Lutheran Care Center. Lender at endorsement: Midland Loan Services Inc | $10,868,000 | Ended Nov 19, 2013Prepayment | 03322014 |
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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