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Lutheran Home At Hollidaysburg

916 HICKORY STREET, HOLLIDAYSBURG, PA, 16648

(814) 696-4527

89 licensed beds

CMS rates Lutheran Home At Hollidaysburg 3 out of 5 overall. Federal inspectors issued 47 citations across 8 inspections in the last three years, with $11,132 in fines. Listing last updated 2026-11-06.

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Hollidaysburg, PA 16648

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Bed capacity

CMS facility ID

395427

Care type

Nursing home

County

Blair

Facility name

Lutheran Home At Hollidaysburg

Street address

916 HICKORY STREET

City / state / ZIP

Hollidaysburg, PA 16648

Phone

(814) 696-4527

About this facility — Lutheran Home At Hollidaysburg

Lutheran Home At Hollidaysburg is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. It is licensed for 89 beds — below the median for skilled nursing facilities in Pennsylvania (119 beds).

It is one of 6 senior care facilities in Hollidaysburg and 656 skilled nursing facilities across Pennsylvania. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Lutheran Home At Hollidaysburg 47 times across 8 inspections in the last three years, including 1 food-safety citation, and CMS has imposed $11,132 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 November 6, 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

Ownership type

Non profit - Church related

Registered owners & officers

Bowersox, Edward

Officer — since 2016

Bradley, Thomas

Officer — since 2008

Brenneman, Helen

Officer — since 2006

Cobaugh, David

Officer — since 2010

Evans, Chad

Managing employee — since 2006

Frederick, Carol

Officer — since 2016

Glen, Suzanne

Officer — since 2016

Lloyd, William

Officer — since 2011

Mearkle, Amy

Officer — since 2012

Miller, John

Officer — since 2016

Reighard, Christopher

Managing employee · Officer — since 1999

Rhyne, Michael

Officer — since 2016

Savage, Patricia

Managing employee · Officer — since 1996

Smith, Elaine

Officer — since 2016

Thompson, William

Officer — since 2006

Whipkey, Richard

Officer — since 2012

Williamson, Susan

Officer — since 2013

Regulatory standing

Licensed / certified since

1979-06-01

CMS overall rating

3 of 5 stars

Health deficiencies

15 at the last standard inspection

Federal fines

$11,132 total

Last standard inspection

2025-12-10

Nurse staffing

4.0 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges

$394 per day (≈ $11,980/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.

Payer mix (resident days)

56% Medicaid · 3% Medicare · 42% private/other

Occupancy

52% (fiscal year 2023)

Vs. state median

5% below the PA median of $415/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds

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 2026-11-06. 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.

2026-06-18Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0689

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

2025-12-10Health inspection14 citations

F-0655

D · No harm found

Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted

Corrected 2025-12-18

F-0684

D · No harm found

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

Corrected 2025-12-18

F-0686

D · No harm found

Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

Corrected 2025-12-18

F-0730

D · No harm found

Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.

Corrected 2025-12-18

F-0760

D · No harm found

Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

Corrected 2025-12-18

F-0812

D · 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 2025-12-18

F-0941

D · No harm found

Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program that includes effective communications for direct care staff members.

Corrected 2025-12-18

F-0942

D · No harm found

Ensure that staff members are educated on resident rights and facility responsibilities to properly care for its residents.

Corrected 2025-12-18

F-0943

D · No harm found

Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.

Corrected 2025-12-18

F-0944

D · No harm found

Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program.

Corrected 2025-12-18

F-0945

D · No harm found

Include as part of its infection prevention and control program, mandatory training that includes written standards, policies, and procedures for the program.

Corrected 2025-12-18

F-0946

D · No harm found

Provide training in compliance and ethics.

Corrected 2025-12-18

F-0947

D · No harm found

Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.

Corrected 2025-12-18

F-0949

D · No harm found

Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment.

Corrected 2025-12-18

5 earlier / fire-safety inspections (32 citations)

2024-09-12Health inspection17 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 2024-11-01

F-0623

E · No harm found

Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.

Corrected 2024-11-01

F-0656

D · 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 2024-11-01

F-0657

E · 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 2024-11-01

F-0676

D · No harm found

Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.

Corrected 2024-11-01

F-0684

D · No harm found

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

Corrected 2024-11-01

F-0686

D · No harm found

Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

Corrected 2024-11-01

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 2024-11-01

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 2024-11-01

F-0692

D · No harm found

Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

Corrected 2024-11-01

F-0729

D · No harm found

Verify that a nurse aide has been trained; and if they haven't worked as a nurse aide for 2 years, receive retraining.

Corrected 2024-04-05

F-0755

D · No harm found

Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

Corrected 2024-11-01

F-0761

D · No harm found

Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.

Corrected 2024-11-01

F-0770

D · No harm found

Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.

Corrected 2024-11-01

F-0842

E · No harm found

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

Corrected 2024-11-01

F-0867

E · No harm found

Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.

Corrected 2024-11-01

F-0880

D · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2024-11-01

2024-06-25Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0600

G · Actual harmFrom a complaint

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

Corrected 2024-06-24

2023-10-12Health inspection7 citations

F-0600

G · Actual harm

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

Corrected 2023-11-28

F-0656

D · 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 2023-11-28

F-0657

E · 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 2023-11-28

F-0689

D · No harm found

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Corrected 2023-11-28

F-0758

E · 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 2024-01-02

F-0761

E · No harm found

Corrected 2023-11-28

F-0842

E · No harm found

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

Corrected 2024-01-02

2024-09-12Fire-safety inspection5 citations

E-0039

C · No harm found

Conduct testing and exercise requirements.

Corrected 2024-11-02

K-0211

E · No harm found

Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.

Corrected 2024-11-02

K-0321

E · 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 2024-11-02

K-0353

E · No harm found

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2024-11-02

K-0920

E · No harm found

Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.

Corrected 2024-11-02

2023-10-12Fire-safety inspection2 citations

K-0372

E · No harm found

Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.

Corrected 2023-11-15

K-0923

E · No harm found

Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.

Corrected 2023-11-15

Federal penalties

2024-06-25Fine$11,132

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 395427.

Quality of care & staffing

How it compares in Pennsylvania.

Inspection citations, 3 years

More than 61% of nursing homes in the state

State median: 37

Federal fines, 3 years

$11,132

More than 64% of nursing homes in the state

State median: $0

Nurse staffing, hours per resident per day

4.0

Higher than 68% of nursing homes in the state

State median: 3.6

Nursing staff turnover, annual

45%

Higher than 49% of nursing homes in the state

State median: 45%

Resident outcomes

On 17 federal quality measures, this facility does better than the Pennsylvania average on 6 and worse on 7. Differences within 10% of the average are shown as near average.

Long-stay residents	This facility	State	US	Compared with state
Need for help with daily activities has increased	27.7%	16.4%	13.5%	Worse than state
Lose too much weight	7.7%	6.0%	5.1%	Worse than state
With a catheter inserted and left in their bladder	3.9%	0.6%	0.7%	Worse than state
With a urinary tract infection	6.1%	1.4%	1.5%	Worse than state
Have depressive symptoms	6.3%	13.8%	13.5%	Better than state
Were physically restrained	0.8%	0.2%	0.1%	Worse than state
Experiencing one or more falls with major injury	3.8%	3.1%	3.2%	Worse than state
Assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	93.2%	87.8%	93.7%	Near state average
Ability to walk independently worsened	14.9%	15.4%	12.7%	Near state average
Received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication	23.7%	20.1%	19.5%	Worse than state
Assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine	91.9%	93.7%	95.3%	Near state average
With pressure ulcers	2.2%	4.7%	4.5%	Better than state
With new or worsened bowel or bladder incontinence	27.2%	25.0%	18.3%	Near state average
Received an antipsychotic medication	5.6%	17.6%	15.4%	Better than state

Short-stay residents	This facility	State	US	Compared with state
Assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	78.1%	70.8%	82.3%	Better than state
Newly received an antipsychotic medication	1.1%	1.4%	1.5%	Better than state
Were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine	81.2%	70.9%	80.1%	Better than state

Source: CMS MDS and Medicare claims quality measures, measure period 2025Q3-2026Q2. Averages are computed from all nursing homes reporting each measure.

Cited more than once

The same rule cited at separate inspections can point to a problem that wasn't fully fixed.

F-0689 3 inspections. Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
F-0684 2 inspections. Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
F-0686 2 inspections. Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
F-0656 2 inspections. Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
F-0657 2 inspections. Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
F-0761 2 inspections. Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.

Verify & compare

Where to check, and what's nearby.

Who to contact in Pennsylvania

Licensing: Pennsylvania Department of Health
File a complaint: 800-254-5164 · Online
Long-Term Care Ombudsman: 717-783-8975. A free advocate for residents and families.
Adult Protective Services: 800-490-8505. Some states send facility cases to licensing instead. In an emergency, call 911.
Eldercare Locator: 800-677-1116, a federal service for local aging help.

Nearest emergency hospitals

Upmc Altoona, about 6.0 miles. CMS rating 3 of 5.
Conemaugh Nason Medical Center, about 6.7 miles. CMS rating 5 of 5.
Penn Highlands Tyrone, about 18 miles.

Source: CMS Hospital General Information. Straight-line distance.

Nearby facilities with inspection records

Hollidaysburg Veterans Home, Hollidaysburg, about 0.2 miles. CMS rating 2 of 5.
Presbyterian Homes-presby, Hollidaysburg, about 0.9 miles. CMS rating 3 of 5.
Garvey Manor, Hollidaysburg, about 1.0 miles. CMS rating 4 of 5.
Hilltop Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, Altoona, about 3.8 miles. CMS rating 2 of 5.
Maybrook Hills Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Altoona, about 5.6 miles. CMS rating 3 of 5.

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