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Kerr Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

1245 PARK AVENUE, HENDERSON, NC, 27536
(252) 492-7021
92 licensed beds
★★★★★4/5CMS Five-Star overall4/5 health inspections4/5 staffing3/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Bed capacity
92
CMS facility ID
345321
Care type
Nursing home
County
Vance
Facility name
Kerr Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Street address
1245 PARK AVENUE
City / state / ZIP
Henderson, NC 27536
Phone
(252) 492-7021

Kerr Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Henderson, North Carolina. It is licensed for 92 beds — close to the median for skilled nursing facilities in North Carolina (102 beds).

It is one of 15 senior care facilities in Henderson and 420 skilled nursing facilities across North Carolina. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Kerr Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 12 times across 8 inspections in the last three years, including 1 food-safety citation, and CMS has imposed $19,620 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
Principle Long Term Care
Ownership type
For profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

Boice, Gale
Officer · Owner of a disclosable party — since 2018
Hughes, Nancy
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2011
Johnson, Dianne
Director — since 2011
Principle Long Term Care, Inc.
Operational control — since 2011
Sundar, Valarmathi
Governing body · Additional disclosable party — since 2025

Regulatory standing

Federal court records
5 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)
Licensed / certified since
1990-07-13
CMS overall rating
4 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
2 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
$19,620 total
Last standard inspection
2026-02-12
Nurse staffing
4.5 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges
$373 per day (≈ $11,340/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.
Payer mix (resident days)
61% Medicaid · 20% Medicare · 20% private/other
Occupancy
61% (fiscal year 2023)
Vs. state median
right at the NC median of $373/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
92
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 1 food-safety citation on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.
2026-02-12Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations
F-0602
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Corrected 2026-03-13
F-0812
E · 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 2026-03-13
2024-11-06Health inspection2 citations
F-0756
E · No harm found
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Corrected 2024-12-04
F-0758
D · No harm found
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 2024-12-04
3 earlier / fire-safety inspections (8 citations)
2024-05-01Health inspectionComplaint-triggered3 citations
F-0684
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2024-04-25
F-0689
J · Immediate jeopardyFrom a complaint
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2024-04-25
F-0867
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Corrected 2024-05-24
2023-08-23Health inspection3 citations
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 2023-09-13
F-0580
D · No harm found
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Corrected 2023-09-13
F-0690
D · 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 2023-09-13
2023-08-23Fire-safety inspection2 citations
K-0351
F · No harm found
Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.
Corrected 2023-11-01
K-0541
D · No harm found
Install properly constructed and protected linen or trash chutes.
Corrected 2023-11-01

Federal penalties

2024-05-01Fine$19,620
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 345321.
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Ownership & corporate history

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

Inspection citations — last 5 years

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Civil & criminal lawsuits

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Active civil suits
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Federal dockets
CDC infection data
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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
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