Palmer Healthcare Center
Nursing home in Palmer, Massachusetts, CMS certification number 225763
250 Shearer Street, Palmer, MA 01069 · Hampden County
- CMS overall rating
- 4 of 5 stars
- Certified beds
- 61
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Last standard inspection
- January 6, 2026
- Deficiencies at that inspection
- 4
- Fines in 3 years
- No fines
Does Palmer Healthcare Center take Medicare and Medicaid?
Yes to both. Palmer Healthcare 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 | 4 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 |
| Staffing | 3 of 5 |
| Quality of resident care | 2 of 5 |
| Long-stay quality | 2 of 5 |
| Short-stay quality | Not rated |
Nurse staffing hours and turnover
These are the hours Palmer Healthcare 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
- 3.62
- Registered nurse hours
- 0.54
- Licensed practical nurse hours
- 0.82
- Nurse aide hours
- 2.26
- Weekend total hours
- 3.30
- Nursing staff turnover
- 58%
- Registered nurse turnover
- 50%
- Administrators who left
- 0
Health inspections and complaints
Inspectors last made a standard visit on January 6, 2026 and cited 4 deficiencies, plus 2 from complaint visits.
The visit before, on September 26, 2024, found 7.
Read every citation on the CMS Care Compare page.
Fines and payment denials
CMS lists no fines for Palmer Healthcare Center in the past 3 years.
Beds and residents
On an average day 48.8 residents live here, about 80% of its 61 certified beds.
- Certified beds
- 61
- Average residents per day
- 48.8
- Certified since
- February 15, 2002
- Resident or family council
- Resident
Who owns Palmer Healthcare Center
- Legal business name
- Wellman Healthcare Group Inc
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
Other nursing homes near Palmer Healthcare Center
- Hampden Post Acute9 Maple Street, Wilbraham 01095
- Life Care Center of Wilbraham2399 Boston Road, Wilbraham 01095
- Vantage at Hampden LLC34 Main Street, Hampden 01036
- Sixteen Acres Health and Rehabilitation Center LLC215 Bicentennial Highway, Springfield 01118
- Chicopee Rehabilitation and Nursing44 New Lombard Road, Chicopee 01020
Who inspects nursing homes in Massachusetts
Massachusetts'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 Massachusetts, or see how assisted living and nursing homes differ.
Is this your facility?
If you run Palmer Healthcare 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 Palmer Healthcare Center
What is the CMS star rating of Palmer Healthcare Center?
4 out of 5 stars overall.
Does Palmer Healthcare Center accept Medicaid?
Yes, it is Medicaid certified.
What did inspectors find at Palmer Healthcare Center?
4 cited at the last standard visit.
Who owns Palmer Healthcare Center?
Wellman Healthcare Group Inc, for profit - corporation.
From the federal record: CMS Care Compare and the CMS Provider Information dataset, October 2026 release.