CCN 525405 · Marathon County, Wisconsin

Amethyst Health of Wausau

1010 E Wausau Ave, Wausau, WI 54403

Amethyst Health of Wausau is a 80-bed for-profit nursing home in Wausau, Wisconsin, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1987. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 31.8 residents a day, about 40% 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
80
Average residents per day
31.8 (39.8% of beds)
Ownership type
For profit - Limited Liability company
Certification
Medicare and Medicaid
Legal business name
Wausau Health Opco LLC
Certified since
Jan 1, 1987
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.

MeasureThis facilityWisconsin medianUS median
Overall rating1 of 5State spread: 70 at 1, 66 at 2, 59 at 3, 52 at 4, 74 at 5
Health inspections1 of 5
Quality measures3 of 5
Staffing3 of 5
Total nurse hours per resident per day4.174.023.68
RN hours per resident per day0.960.930.58
Weekend nurse hours per resident per day3.79
Nursing staff turnover62.2%46.2%44.9%
Occupancy (residents / beds)39.8%75.1%85.7%
Fines reported by CMS1 totaling $21,496
Health deficiencies, latest standard survey17 (Sep 4, 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). Amethyst Health of Wausau 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.

NameRoleShareSince
Bernath, HersheyIndividualOperational / Managerial Controln/a07/01/2025
Umland, MichaelIndividualOperational / Managerial Controln/a07/01/1999
Wenzel, MichaelIndividualOperational / Managerial Controln/a07/01/2025

Changes of ownership

EffectiveBuyerSeller
Jul 1, 2025Wausau Health Opco LLCE Wausau SNF Opco LLC

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.

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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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