CCN 505376 · Whatcom County, Washington
Mt Baker Care Center
2905 Connelly Avenue, Bellingham, WA 98225
Mt Baker Care Center is a 70-bed for-profit nursing home in Bellingham, Washington, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1991. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 56.6 residents a day, about 81% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $7.5 million originally, at 3.50%, with $5.2 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in September 2044.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 70
- Average residents per day
- 56.6 (80.9% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Clay & Davis Mt Baker Development L L C
- Certified since
- Apr 1, 1991
- Chain or affiliated group
- Regency Pacific Management (27 facilities, chain average 3.9 stars)
- 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 | Washington median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 5 of 5 | State spread: 22 at 1, 46 at 2, 36 at 3, 38 at 4, 50 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 5 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 5 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 5.00 | 4.10 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 1.30 | 0.91 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 4.41 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 41.0% | 43.1% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 80.9% | 81.8% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 7 (Jul 2, 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). Mt Baker Care Center meets that part today: 5 stars overall, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nightingale Healthcare LLC.Organization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/01/2012 |
| Reis-Elbara, CatherineIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/01/2014 |
| Sekeramayi, FloydIndividual | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2013 | 223(a)(7) refinance of a 223(f) loanHUD project name: Mt. Baker Care Center, 104 beds. Lender at endorsement: Lument Real Estate Capital, LLC | $7,495,900 | Active: 3.50%, $5,236,407 balanceMatures Sep 1, 2044. Servicer: Lument Real Estate Capital | 12722103 |
| Aug 13, 2009 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Mt. Baker Care Center and Summit AL, 70 beds. Lender at endorsement: Lument Real Estate Capital, LLC | $7,495,900 | Ended Jan 31, 2013Prepayment | 12722051 |
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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