CCN 395819 · Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Caring Heart Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
6445 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19119
Caring Heart Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is a 269-bed nonprofit nursing home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1990. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 252.0 residents a day, about 94% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $26.4 million originally, at 2.65%, with $18.9 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in October 2044.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 269
- Average residents per day
- 252.0 (93.7% of beds)
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Caring Heart Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Inc.
- Certified since
- Feb 1, 1990
- 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 | 2 of 5 | State spread: 145 at 1, 135 at 2, 118 at 3, 97 at 4, 157 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 2 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.37 | 3.63 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.36 | 0.66 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.08 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 44.3% | 44.2% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 93.7% | 88.7% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 1 totaling $16,039 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 16 (Jun 12, 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). Caring Heart Rehabilitation and Nursing Center meets that part today: 2 stars overall, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berger, YaakovIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2025 |
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 23, 2014 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Caring Heart Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 208 beds. Lender at endorsement: Housing & Healthcare Finc | $26,400,000 | Active: 2.65%, $18,873,292 balanceMatures Oct 1, 2044. Servicer: Newpoint Real Estate Capital | 03422108 |
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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