Cottages of Lake St Louis
Nursing home in Lake St. Louis, Missouri, CMS certification number 265860
2885 Technology Drive, Lake St. Louis, MO 63367 · St. Charles County
- CMS overall rating
- 5 of 5 stars
- Certified beds
- 60
- Certified for
- Medicare
- Last standard inspection
- July 24, 2025
- Deficiencies at that inspection
- 5
- Fines in 3 years
- No fines
Does Cottages of Lake St Louis take Medicare and Medicaid?
Cottages of Lake St Louis is certified for Medicare only. Medicare can cover a short skilled stay after a qualifying hospital stay, but Medicaid won't pay for a long stay here.
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 | 5 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 |
| Staffing | 5 of 5 |
| Quality of resident care | 5 of 5 |
| Long-stay quality | 4 of 5 |
| Short-stay quality | 5 of 5 |
Nurse staffing hours and turnover
These are the hours Cottages of Lake St Louis 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
- 6.00
- Registered nurse hours
- 0.79
- Licensed practical nurse hours
- 1.30
- Nurse aide hours
- 3.91
- Weekend total hours
- 5.62
- Nursing staff turnover
- 60.7%
- Registered nurse turnover
- 20%
- Administrators who left
- 0
Health inspections and complaints
Inspectors last made a standard visit on July 24, 2025 and cited 5 deficiencies, plus 2 from complaint visits.
The visit before, on October 12, 2023, found 2.
Read every citation on the CMS Care Compare page.
Fines and payment denials
CMS lists no fines for Cottages of Lake St Louis in the past 3 years.
Beds and residents
On an average day 55.2 residents live here, about 92% of its 60 certified beds.
- Certified beds
- 60
- Average residents per day
- 55.2
- Certified since
- January 31, 2017
- Resident or family council
- Resident
Who owns Cottages of Lake St Louis
- Legal business name
- FSC of Lake St Louis LLC
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
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- Abbey Senior Health206 North Main Street, O Fallon 63366
- Garden View Care Center700 Garden Path, O Fallon 63366
- Lutheran Senior Services at Breeze Park600 Breeze Park Drive, St. Charles 63304
Who inspects nursing homes in Missouri
Missouri'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 Missouri, or see how assisted living and nursing homes differ.
Is this your facility?
If you run Cottages of Lake St Louis, 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 Cottages of Lake St Louis
What is the CMS star rating of Cottages of Lake St Louis?
5 out of 5 stars overall.
Does Cottages of Lake St Louis accept Medicaid?
No, it is not Medicaid certified.
What did inspectors find at Cottages of Lake St Louis?
5 cited at the last standard visit.
Who owns Cottages of Lake St Louis?
FSC of Lake St Louis LLC, for profit - limited liability company.
From the federal record: CMS Care Compare and the CMS Provider Information dataset, October 2026 release.