Brickyard Healthcare - Merrillville Care Center
Nursing home in Merrillville, Indiana, CMS certification number 155362
8800 Virginia Place, Merrillville, IN 46410 · Lake County
- CMS overall rating
- 1 of 5 stars
- Certified beds
- 164
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Last standard inspection
- August 8, 2025
- Deficiencies at that inspection
- 12
- Fines in 3 years
- No fines
Does Brickyard Healthcare - Merrillville Care Center take Medicare and Medicaid?
Yes to both. Brickyard Healthcare - Merrillville Care Center is certified for Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare can pay for a short skilled stay after a qualifying hospital stay; Medicaid can pay for long-term care once you qualify.
Certification isn't a promise of an open bed. Ask how many Medicaid beds it has free and whether it keeps residents who move from Medicare to Medicaid. Our guide explains what Medicare pays for.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every certified nursing home from 1 to 5 stars. The overall rating starts from health inspections, then moves up or down for staffing and quality. These come from the CMS Provider Information, October 2026 release.
| Measure | CMS stars |
|---|---|
| Overall | 1 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 |
| Staffing | 2 of 5 |
| Quality of resident care | 4 of 5 |
| Long-stay quality | 5 of 5 |
| Short-stay quality | 3 of 5 |
Nurse staffing hours and turnover
These are the hours Brickyard Healthcare - Merrillville Care Center reported to CMS, split across residents and days. More hours per resident usually means more hands at the bedside.
- Total nurse hours per resident per day
- 3.19
- Registered nurse hours
- 0.50
- Licensed practical nurse hours
- 0.55
- Nurse aide hours
- 2.14
- Weekend total hours
- 2.78
- Nursing staff turnover
- 48.8%
- Registered nurse turnover
- 35%
- Administrators who left
- 2
Health inspections and complaints
Inspectors last made a standard visit on August 8, 2025 and cited 12 deficiencies, plus 2 from complaint visits.
The visit before, on June 14, 2024, found 10.
Read every citation on the CMS Care Compare page.
Fines and payment denials
CMS lists no fines for Brickyard Healthcare - Merrillville Care Center in the past 3 years.
Beds and residents
On an average day 152.3 residents live here, about 93% of its 164 certified beds.
- Certified beds
- 164
- Average residents per day
- 152.3
- Certified since
- July 6, 1990
- Resident or family council
- Resident
Who owns Brickyard Healthcare - Merrillville Care Center
- Legal business name
- Hendricks County Hospital
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- 23 homes nationally under Brickyard Healthcare, 2.7-star chain average
Other nursing homes near Brickyard Healthcare - Merrillville Care Center
- Spring Mill Health Campus101 W 87th Ave, Merrillville 46410
- Lincolnshire Health & Rehabilitation Center8380 Virginia St, Merrillville 46410
- Colonial Nursing Home119 N Indiana Ave, Crown Point 46307
- Saint Anthony203 Franciscan Dr, Crown Point 46307
- Ignite Medical Resort Crown Point LLC1555 S Main Street, Crown Point 46307
Who inspects nursing homes in Indiana
Indiana's state survey agency licenses nursing homes and carries out the federal inspections for CMS. A home must keep its state licence and meet the federal rules to take Medicare or Medicaid.
Compare all nursing homes in Indiana, or see how assisted living and nursing homes differ.
Is this your facility?
If you run Brickyard Healthcare - Merrillville Care Center, email contact@assistedlivingaccess.com from your work address. We can add your own rates, photos and contact details next to the state record, or take the listing down.
Questions about Brickyard Healthcare - Merrillville Care Center
What is the CMS star rating of Brickyard Healthcare - Merrillville Care Center?
1 out of 5 stars overall.
Does Brickyard Healthcare - Merrillville Care Center accept Medicaid?
Yes, it is Medicaid certified.
What did inspectors find at Brickyard Healthcare - Merrillville Care Center?
12 cited at the last standard visit.
Who owns Brickyard Healthcare - Merrillville Care Center?
Hendricks County Hospital, for profit - corporation.
From the federal record: CMS Care Compare and the CMS Provider Information dataset, October 2026 release.