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Continuing Care At Lantern Hill

537 MOUNTAIN AVENUE, NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ, 07974
(908) 516-9400
40 licensed beds
★★★★★3/5CMS Five-Star overall2/5 health inspections5/5 staffing4/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Public record summary

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Bed capacity
40
State license
20016
CMS facility ID
315523
Care type
Nursing home
Facility name
Continuing Care At Lantern Hill
Street address
537 MOUNTAIN AVENUE
City / state / ZIP
New Providence, NJ 07974
Phone
(908) 516-9400
State license #
20016

About this facility — Continuing Care At Lantern Hill

Continuing Care At Lantern Hill is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in New Providence, New Jersey. It is licensed for 40 beds — well below the median for skilled nursing facilities in New Jersey (130 beds).

It is one of 2 senior care facilities in New Providence and 348 skilled nursing facilities across New Jersey. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Continuing Care At Lantern Hill 17 times across 8 inspections in the last three years, including 1 food-safety citation, and CMS has imposed $21,645 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.

Facility background

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Operator / owner
Lantern Hill, Inc.
Parent company
Erickson Senior Living
Ownership type
Non profit - Corporation
Administrator
Arvid Agosto

Registered owners & officers

National Senior Communities, Inc
Direct owner · Operational control — 100% stake — since 2021
Bison, Michael
Owner of a disclosable party — since 2025
Brown, Ian
Director — since 2023
Brown, Patricia
Director · Officer — since 2022
Butler, Richard
Operational control — since 2014
Clupper, Katherine
Director — since 2024
Colins, Mary
Director · Officer — since 2017
Embley, Mark
Officer · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2021
Erickson Senior Living Llc
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2020
Erstad, Eileen
Director · Officer — since 2018
Hall, John
Officer · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2017
Jacque, Zina
Director — since 2018
Leonard, Monty
Director — since 2022
Merkert, Robert
Officer · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2026
Mollen, David
Director — since 2024
Montagni, Adriana
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2021
Moscato, Mary
Director — since 2024
Oak Investment Trust
Additional disclosable party — since 2025
Oak Investment Trust Ii
Additional disclosable party — since 2026
Paulk, Pamela
Director — since 2022
Pomeranz, William
Director — since 2025
Reel, Stephanie
Director — since 2018
Ridley, Fred
Owner of a disclosable party — since 2025
Roskiewicz, Michael
Director — since 2019
Sawicki, Scott
Officer — since 2024
Sharp, Russel
Director — since 2023
Sones, Randall
Owner of a disclosable party — since 2025
Srivastav, Sushmita
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2019
Stiner, Pamela
Officer · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2024
Sweetser, Christian
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2022
Tyler, Daniel
Officer — since 2025
Wallick, Daniel
Director · Officer — since 2025

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
2017-07-21
License expires
2027-06-30
CMS overall rating
3 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
3 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
$21,645 total
Last standard inspection
2026-01-15
Nurse staffing
5.6 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges
$565 per day (≈ $17,180/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.
Payer mix (resident days)
0% Medicaid · 10% Medicare · 90% private/other
Occupancy
96% (fiscal year 2023)
Vs. state median
34% above the NJ median of $422/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
40
Licensed as
LONG TERM CARE FACILITY
Medicare
Accepted
Medicaid
Accepted
Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.

Inspection record

Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 1 food-safety citation on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.
2026-01-15Health inspection2 citations
F-0658
D · No harm found
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Corrected 2026-02-13
F-0695
D · No harm found
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Corrected 2026-02-10
2025-12-23Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0760
J · Immediate jeopardyFrom a complaint
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Corrected 2026-01-23
4 earlier / fire-safety inspections (14 citations)
2024-09-12Health inspection3 citations
F-0656
F · 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 2024-10-11
F-0658
D · No harm found
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Corrected 2024-10-11
F-0812
F · No harm foundFood safety
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Corrected 2024-10-14
2026-01-15Fire-safety inspection1 citation
K-0345
F · No harm found
Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
Corrected 2026-03-12
2024-09-12Fire-safety inspection7 citations
K-0271
F · No harm found
Have exits that are accessible at all times.
Corrected 2024-10-18
K-0321
F · No harm found
Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
Corrected 2024-10-18
K-0324
F · No harm found
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
Corrected 2024-10-18
K-0345
F · No harm found
Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
Corrected 2024-10-18
K-0353
F · No harm found
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Corrected 2024-10-18
K-0355
F · No harm found
Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.
Corrected 2024-10-18
K-0761
F · No harm found
To conduct inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors by qualified individuals.
Corrected 2024-10-18
2023-08-18Fire-safety inspection3 citations
K-0291
F · No harm found
Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours.
Corrected 2023-09-11
K-0355
F · No harm found
Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.
Corrected 2023-09-11
K-0372
F · No harm found
Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
Corrected 2023-09-11

Federal penalties

2025-12-23Fine$21,645
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 315523.

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Ownership & corporate history

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

Inspection citations — last 5 years

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Civil & criminal lawsuits

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Original records

Sources we pull for this facility.
Source
CMS Nursing Home Compare
data.cms.gov Provider Data Catalog
Last verified 2026-08-31
Source
Secretary of State filings
Entity & officer search
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Source
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pacer.uscourts.gov
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