CCN 525412 · Shawano County, Wisconsin
Birch Hill Health Services
1475 Birch Hill Lane, Shawano, WI 54166
Birch Hill Health Services is a 50-bed for-profit nursing home in Shawano, Wisconsin, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1988. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 41.9 residents a day, about 84% 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
- 50
- Average residents per day
- 41.9 (83.8% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Nsh Shawano-Birch LLC
- Certified since
- Jun 1, 1988
- Chain or affiliated group
- North Shore Healthcare (59 facilities, chain average 2.7 stars)
- Location
- Rural
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 | Wisconsin median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 2 of 5 | State spread: 70 at 1, 66 at 2, 59 at 3, 52 at 4, 74 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 1 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 3 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.29 | 4.02 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.63 | 0.93 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.91 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 30.3% | 46.2% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 83.8% | 75.1% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 11 (Feb 11, 2026) | ||
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). Birch Hill Health Services meets that part today: 2 stars overall, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nshr Operations LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 10/01/2019 |
| Arrowhead 123 LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | 10% | 10/01/2019 |
| The Lane Morrell Bowen TrustOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | 10% | 10/01/2019 |
| Mills, DavidIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | 18% | 10/01/2019 |
| Cibc Bank USAOrganization | Mortgage Interest | n/a | 12/31/2024 |
| Cibc Bank USAOrganization | Security Interest | n/a | 12/31/2024 |
| Cibc Bank USAOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/31/2024 |
| Cliftonlarsonallen LLPOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/01/2019 |
| Continuum Therapy Partners LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/01/2025 |
| North Shore Healthcare LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/01/2019 |
| Nsh Rehab LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/01/2025 |
| Wipfli LLPOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/01/2025 |
| Baumann, TroyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/01/2019 |
| Belongia, ChristinaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/01/2019 |
Holders of a 5% or greater mortgage interest reported in the enrollment record: Cibc Bank USA.
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2019 | Nsh Shawano-Birch LLC | Birch Hill Care Center 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.
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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