Senior Home Review
Home›Browse›Louisiana›Baton Rouge›Baton Rouge Health Care Center
Nursing homeFAID #5139

Baton Rouge Health Care Center

5550 THOMAS ROAD, BATON ROUGE, LA, 70811
(225) 774-2141
145 licensed beds
★★★★★5/5CMS Five-Star overall4/5 health inspections3/5 staffing5/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

Generate this report

Delivered within 24–48 hours
Photo of BATON ROUGE HEALTH CARE CENTER
Photo via Google · Baton Rouge Health Care Center
What we can show you for free.
Bed capacity
145
CMS facility ID
195361
Care type
Nursing home
County
E. Baton Rouge
Facility name
Baton Rouge Health Care Center
Street address
5550 THOMAS ROAD
City / state / ZIP
Baton Rouge, LA 70811
Phone
(225) 774-2141

Baton Rouge Health Care Center is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is licensed for 145 beds — above the median for skilled nursing facilities in Louisiana (122 beds).

It is one of 65 senior care facilities in Baton Rouge and 266 skilled nursing facilities across Louisiana. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Baton Rouge Health Care Center 13 times across 10 inspections in the last three years, and CMS has imposed $63,663 in fines. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Parent company
Commcare Corporation
Ownership type
Non profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

Commcare Corporation
Direct owner — 100% stake — since 1994
Commcare Management Corporation
Operational control — since 2018
Gardner, George
Operational control — since 2018
Goux, Jon
Operational control — since 2018
Harvey Psarellis, Dawn
Officer · Operational control — since 2010
Hudson, Mary
Operational control — since 2018
Mangun, Garold
Director — since 1997
Masson, Henry
Director · Officer — since 1992
Prechter, Patricia
Director — since 2018
Tucker, James
Operational control — since 2010

Regulatory standing

Federal court records
4 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)
Licensed / certified since
1996-05-01
CMS overall rating
5 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
3 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
$63,663 total
Last standard inspection
2025-10-01
Nurse staffing
4.5 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2024 cost report)

Average billed charges
$248 per day (≈ $7,540/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.
Payer mix (resident days)
82% Medicaid · 2% Medicare · 16% private/other
Occupancy
61% (fiscal year 2024)
Vs. state median
4% below the LA median of $258/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
145
Medicare
Accepted
Medicaid
Accepted
Wheelchair accessible
entrance and parking
Visiting hours
Daily Open 24 hours
Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report; hours/accessibility via Google · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.
Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

CleanNo food-safety or dietary citations in the last three years of federal inspections.
2025-10-01Health inspection3 citations
F-0558
D · No harm found
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Corrected 2025-10-25
F-0656
E · No harm found
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Corrected 2025-10-25
F-0658
E · No harm found
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Corrected 2025-10-25
2025-05-13Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0842
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Corrected 2025-05-30
4 earlier / fire-safety inspections (9 citations)
2024-10-02Health inspection3 citations
F-0550
E · No harm found
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Corrected 2024-10-18
F-0558
D · No harm found
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Corrected 2024-10-18
F-0583
D · No harm found
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Corrected 2024-10-18
2024-06-20Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations
F-0689
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2024-06-05
F-0758
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Corrected 2024-07-02
2023-10-04Health inspectionComplaint-triggered3 citations
F-0584
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Corrected 2023-11-15
F-0585
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Corrected 2023-11-15
F-0700
D · No harm found
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
Corrected 2023-11-15
2023-08-23Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0641
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Corrected 2023-09-20

Federal penalties

2024-06-20Fine$21,863
2023-10-04Fine$41,800
2023-10-04Medicare payment denial — 13 days
Total fines$63,663
Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 195361.
What people say on Google.
4.013 ratings on Google
★Chandra Pinto Martinez · 2026-04-23 · via Google

“If you want your loved ones to be treated with dignity and respect do not send them here! The staff ignores the patients regularly, they do not provide adequate care, nor do they explain to the patients how to advocate for the things they may need. In order to get any help at all you have to contact the administration and even then, he attempts to sway you away from the actual issues at hand, redi…”

★★★★Gaius Gracchus · 2025-07-10 · via Google

“My mother was here for about 3 weeks in the spring of 2025. The facility is well-kept and she reported that the food was reasonably good. Most of the staff were quite friendly and helpful, although there were a few that were somewhat less friendly. But all of them behaved professionally and did what needed to be done to help her recover. The interactions we had with the account manager were …”

★Esha Johnson · 2023-05-04 · via Google

“This nursing home is horrible and doesn’t even deserve one star! My dad was transferred to this facility after his surgery for skilled nursing/ physical therapy. He was only here for 11 days. My father left here on a stretcher in an altered state!!! The staff neglected him !! I have a list of things, but I will keep this review short as possible. The facility was not doing physical therapy with hi…”

Ratings and reviews are from Google and reflect visitor opinions, not our verification. See all reviews on Google
What unlocks when you order.

Ownership & corporate history

Primary tier
Prior operators & transfers
Corporate network & affiliates
,
Owners' other facilities
· · 2 more

Inspection citations — last 5 years

Locked
The 13 citations above are shown free. The report takes each one and explains it in plain English — what the tag requires, how serious the scope/severity grade really is, whether it recurred across surveys — plus the five-year pattern a single inspection can't show.

Civil & criminal lawsuits

Advanced tier only
Active civil suits
#
Federal dockets
CDC infection data
Unlock the full file
Citations, owner history, lawsuits — decoded into one PDF.
Sources we pull for this facility.
Source
CMS Nursing Home Compare
data.cms.gov Provider Data Catalog
Last verified 2026-08-31
Source
Google Business Profile
Photos, reviews & hours
Displayed with attribution · refreshed on re-run
Source
Secretary of State filings
Entity & officer search
Pulled when a report is ordered
Source
PACER federal dockets
pacer.uscourts.gov
Pulled when a report is ordered