CCN 396058 · Mercer County, Pennsylvania
Avalon Springs Care Center
745 Greenville Road, Mercer, PA 16137
Avalon Springs Care Center is a 100-bed for-profit nursing home in Mercer, Pennsylvania, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1998. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 56.4 residents a day, about 56% 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
- 100
- Average residents per day
- 56.4 (56.4% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Ava Springs Opco LLC
- Certified since
- Oct 27, 1998
- Chain or affiliated group
- Wecare Centers (13 facilities, chain average 1.9 stars)
- Location
- Rural, 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 | 4 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 | 3 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.23 | 3.63 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.88 | 0.66 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.84 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 50.0% | 44.2% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 56.4% | 88.7% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 3 (Dec 31, 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). Avalon Springs Care Center meets that part today: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ava Springs Holdco LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 03/01/2025 |
| Grinspan, AryehIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | 34% | 03/01/2025 |
| Korn, EliIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | 33% | 03/01/2025 |
| Wielgus, GedaliahIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | 33% | 03/01/2025 |
| Wecare HCC LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/01/2025 |
| Grinspan, AryehIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/01/2025 |
| Morgan, ScottIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/01/2025 |
| Perry, EllenIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/01/2025 |
| Wielgus, GedaliahIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/01/2025 |
In its Medicare enrollment record, the facility reported private equity ownership through 3Sss 3 Holdings LLC, Kgw Avalon LLC, Pen Med LLC. Those flags are self-reported to CMS and many PE and REIT ties go unflagged.
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2025 | Ava Springs Opco LLC | South Western Alpha Housing and Healthcare Inc |
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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