St John specialty Care Center
Nursing home in Mars, Pennsylvania, CMS certification number 395164
500 Wittenberg Way, Mars, PA 16046 · Butler County
- CMS overall rating
- 1 of 5 stars
- Certified beds
- 150
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Last standard inspection
- October 11, 2024
- Deficiencies at that inspection
- 29
- Fines in 3 years
- $26,684 (2)
Does St John specialty Care Center take Medicare and Medicaid?
Yes to both. St John specialty 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 | 4 of 5 |
| Quality of resident care | 3 of 5 |
| Long-stay quality | 2 of 5 |
| Short-stay quality | 3 of 5 |
Nurse staffing hours and turnover
These are the hours St John specialty 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
- 4.10
- Registered nurse hours
- 1.29
- Licensed practical nurse hours
- 0.32
- Nurse aide hours
- 2.50
- Weekend total hours
- 3.72
- Nursing staff turnover
- 50%
- Registered nurse turnover
- 28.9%
- Administrators who left
- 0
Health inspections and complaints
Inspectors last made a standard visit on October 11, 2024 and cited 29 deficiencies, plus 5 from complaint visits.
The visit before, on December 1, 2023, found 12.
CMS shows an abuse icon for St John specialty Care Center. 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 St John specialty Care Center 2 times in the past 3 years, for $26,684 in total.
Beds and residents
On an average day 130.6 residents live here, about 87% of its 150 certified beds.
- Certified beds
- 150
- Average residents per day
- 130.6
- Certified since
- January 26, 1967
- Part of a continuing care community
- Yes
- Resident or family council
- Resident
Who owns St John specialty Care Center
- Legal business name
- St. John Lutheran Care Center
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Corporation
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Who inspects nursing homes in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania'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 Pennsylvania, or see how assisted living and nursing homes differ.
Is this your facility?
If you run St John specialty 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 St John specialty Care Center
What is the CMS star rating of St John specialty Care Center?
1 out of 5 stars overall.
Does St John specialty Care Center accept Medicaid?
Yes, it is Medicaid certified.
What did inspectors find at St John specialty Care Center?
29 cited at the last standard visit.
Who owns St John specialty Care Center?
St. John Lutheran Care Center, non profit - corporation.
From the federal record: CMS Care Compare and the CMS Provider Information dataset, October 2026 release.