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Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

2216 WEST MAIN STREET, DES ARC, AR, 72040
(870) 256-4194
98 licensed beds
★★★★★2/5CMS Five-Star overall1/5 health inspections4/5 staffing5/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Bed capacity
98
CMS facility ID
045236
Care type
Nursing home
County
Prairie
Facility name
Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Street address
2216 WEST MAIN STREET
City / state / ZIP
Des Arc, AR 72040
Phone
(870) 256-4194

Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Des Arc, Arkansas. It is licensed for 98 beds — close to the median for skilled nursing facilities in Arkansas (106 beds).

It is one of 1 senior care facility in Des Arc and 221 skilled nursing facilities across Arkansas. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Des Arc Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 40 times across 7 inspections in the last three years, including 4 food-safety citations, and CMS has imposed $8,021 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
Southern Administrative Services
Ownership type
For profit - Limited Liability company

Registered owners & officers

4p2t1 Ops Holding Lp
Direct owner — 100% stake — since 2019
Alexark1 Llc
Operational control — since 2022
Aschbrenner, Crystal
Managing employee — since 2022
Davis, Melora
Managing employee — since 2019
Jej Assets Lp
Indirect owner — since 2022
Jej Management, Llc
Operational control — since 2022
Ponthie, John
Officer — since 2019
Ponthie, Sharlot
Indirect owner — since 2022

Regulatory standing

Federal court records
3 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)
Licensed / certified since
1994-06-01
CMS overall rating
2 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
8 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
$8,021 total
Last standard inspection
2025-01-16
Nurse staffing
3.8 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges
$291 per day (≈ $8,850/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.
Payer mix (resident days)
69% Medicaid · 6% Medicare · 25% private/other
Occupancy
68% (fiscal year 2023)
Vs. state median
12% below the AR median of $329/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
98
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.
Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 4 food-safety citations on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.
2025-01-16Health inspectionComplaint-triggered8 citations
F-0550
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Corrected 2025-02-14
F-0558
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Corrected 2025-02-14
F-0578
D · No harm found
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Corrected 2025-02-14
F-0641
E · No harm found
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Corrected 2025-02-14
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 2025-02-14
F-0805
E · No harm foundFood safetyFrom a complaint
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Corrected 2025-02-14
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 2025-02-14
F-0880
E · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2025-02-14
2024-01-12Health inspection17 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 2024-02-07
F-0561
E · No harm found
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Corrected 2024-02-07
F-0584
E · No harm found
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 2024-02-07
F-0609
J · Immediate jeopardy
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Corrected 2024-02-07
F-0610
J · Immediate jeopardy
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Corrected 2024-02-07
F-0645
D · No harm found
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Corrected 2024-02-07
F-0657
D · No harm found
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Corrected 2024-02-07
F-0677
E · No harm found
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Corrected 2024-02-07
F-0684
E · No harm found
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2024-02-07
F-0689
J · Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2024-02-07
F-0695
E · No harm found
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Corrected 2024-02-07
F-0726
J · Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Corrected 2024-02-07
F-0755
E · No harm found
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Corrected 2024-02-07
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 2024-02-07
F-0865
E · No harm found
Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
Corrected 2024-02-07
F-0880
E · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2024-02-07
F-0921
E · No harm found
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Corrected 2024-02-07
3 earlier / fire-safety inspections (15 citations)
2022-10-14Health inspection8 citations
F-0558
D · No harm found
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Corrected 2022-11-13
F-0561
E · No harm found
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Corrected 2022-11-13
F-0569
E · No harm found
Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death.
Corrected 2022-11-13
F-0645
D · No harm found
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Corrected 2022-11-13
F-0657
D · No harm found
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Corrected 2022-11-13
F-0689
E · No harm found
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2022-11-13
F-0690
E · No harm found
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Corrected 2022-11-13
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 2022-11-13
2024-01-12Fire-safety inspection4 citations
E-0009
F · No harm found
Include a process for Emergency Preparedness collaboration.
Corrected 2024-02-07
E-0026
F · No harm found
Establish roles under a Waiver declared by secretary.
Corrected 2024-02-07
K-0347
E · No harm found
Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors.
Corrected 2024-02-07
K-0920
F · No harm found
Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
Corrected 2024-02-07
2022-10-14Fire-safety inspection3 citations
K-0293
F · No harm found
Have properly located and lighted "Exit" signs.
Corrected 2022-11-13
K-0347
E · No harm found
Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors.
Corrected 2022-11-13
K-0351
F · No harm found
Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.
Corrected 2022-11-13

Federal penalties

2024-01-12Fine$8,021
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 045236.
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Ownership & corporate history

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Prior operators & transfers
Corporate network & affiliates
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Owners' other facilities
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Inspection citations — last 5 years

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The 40 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
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Federal dockets
CDC infection data
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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
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