Park Avenue Health Center
Nursing home in Arlington, Massachusetts, CMS certification number 225584
146 Park Avenue, Arlington, MA 02174 · Middlesex County
- CMS overall rating
- 1 of 5 stars
- Certified beds
- 89
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Last standard inspection
- December 3, 2025
- Deficiencies at that inspection
- 8
- Fines in 3 years
- $46,099 (3)
Does Park Avenue Health Center take Medicare and Medicaid?
Yes to both. Park Avenue Health 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 | 4 of 5 |
| Quality of resident care | 3 of 5 |
| Long-stay quality | 2 of 5 |
| Short-stay quality | 4 of 5 |
Nurse staffing hours and turnover
These are the hours Park Avenue Health 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
- 3.58
- Registered nurse hours
- 1.06
- Licensed practical nurse hours
- 0.44
- Nurse aide hours
- 2.07
- Weekend total hours
- 3.28
- Nursing staff turnover
- 38.7%
- Registered nurse turnover
- 52.6%
- Administrators who left
- 0
Health inspections and complaints
Inspectors last made a standard visit on December 3, 2025 and cited 8 deficiencies, plus 2 from complaint visits.
The visit before, on October 18, 2024, found 14.
Read every citation on the CMS Care Compare page.
Fines and payment denials
CMS fined Park Avenue Health Center 3 times in the past 3 years, for $46,099 in total.
Beds and residents
On an average day 73.5 residents live here, about 83% of its 89 certified beds.
- Certified beds
- 89
- Average residents per day
- 73.5
- Certified since
- July 1, 1993
- Resident or family council
- Resident
Who owns Park Avenue Health Center
- Legal business name
- Park Avenue SNF Operations LLC
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- 10 homes nationally under Best Care Services, 2.4-star chain average
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- Meadow Green Nursing and Rehabilitation Center45 Woburn Street, Waltham 02453
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 Park Avenue Health 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 Park Avenue Health Center
What is the CMS star rating of Park Avenue Health Center?
1 out of 5 stars overall.
Does Park Avenue Health Center accept Medicaid?
Yes, it is Medicaid certified.
What did inspectors find at Park Avenue Health Center?
8 cited at the last standard visit.
Who owns Park Avenue Health Center?
Park Avenue SNF Operations LLC, for profit - limited liability company.
From the federal record: CMS Care Compare and the CMS Provider Information dataset, October 2026 release.