Elevate Care Palos Heights
Nursing home in Palos Heights, Illinois, CMS certification number 145779
12550 South Ridgeland Avenue, Palos Heights, IL 60463 · Cook County
- CMS overall rating
- 2 of 5 stars
- Certified beds
- 111
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Last standard inspection
- January 24, 2025
- Deficiencies at that inspection
- 5
- Fines in 3 years
- $48,832 (2)
Does Elevate Care Palos Heights take Medicare and Medicaid?
Yes to both. Elevate Care Palos Heights 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 | 2 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 |
| Staffing | 2 of 5 |
| Quality of resident care | 4 of 5 |
| Long-stay quality | 5 of 5 |
| Short-stay quality | 2 of 5 |
Nurse staffing hours and turnover
These are the hours Elevate Care Palos Heights 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
- 3.49
- Registered nurse hours
- 0.52
- Licensed practical nurse hours
- 1.08
- Nurse aide hours
- 1.89
- Weekend total hours
- 2.93
- Nursing staff turnover
- 40.2%
- Registered nurse turnover
- 18.2%
- Administrators who left
- 1
Health inspections and complaints
Inspectors last made a standard visit on January 24, 2025 and cited 5 deficiencies, plus 3 from complaint visits.
The visit before, on December 14, 2023, found 0.
CMS shows an abuse icon for Elevate Care Palos Heights. That means inspectors cited it for abuse, neglect or exploitation in the past year or two.
Read every citation on the CMS Care Compare page.
Fines and payment denials
CMS fined Elevate Care Palos Heights 2 times in the past 3 years, for $48,832 in total.
It also had 1 payment denial, when Medicare stopped paying for new admissions for a time.
Beds and residents
On an average day 93.6 residents live here, about 84% of its 111 certified beds.
- Certified beds
- 111
- Average residents per day
- 93.6
- Certified since
- August 26, 1993
- Resident or family council
- Resident
Who owns Elevate Care Palos Heights
- Legal business name
- Elevate Care Palos Heights LLC
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- 14 homes nationally under Elevate Care, 2.3-star chain average
Other nursing homes near Elevate Care Palos Heights
- Aliya of Crestwood13259 South Central Avenue, Crestwood 60418
- Avantara Palos Heights7850 West College Drive, Palos Heights 60463
- Harmony Palos11860 Southwest Highway, Palos Heights 60463
- Thryve of Crestwood14255 South Cicero Avenue, Crestwood 60445
- Crestwood Terrace13301 South Central Avenue, Crestwood 60445
Who inspects nursing homes in Illinois
Illinois'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 Illinois, or see how assisted living and nursing homes differ.
Is this your facility?
If you run Elevate Care Palos Heights, 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 Elevate Care Palos Heights
What is the CMS star rating of Elevate Care Palos Heights?
2 out of 5 stars overall.
Does Elevate Care Palos Heights accept Medicaid?
Yes, it is Medicaid certified.
What did inspectors find at Elevate Care Palos Heights?
5 cited at the last standard visit.
Who owns Elevate Care Palos Heights?
Elevate Care Palos Heights LLC, for profit - limited liability company.
From the federal record: CMS Care Compare and the CMS Provider Information dataset, October 2026 release.