Nursing homeFAID #242
Polaris Extended Care
★★★★★2/5CMS Five-Star overall1/5 health inspections5/5 staffing4/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare
Public record summary
What we can show you for free.
Bed capacity
96
CMS facility ID
025036
Care type
Nursing home
County
Anchorage
Facility name
Polaris Extended Care
Street address
920 COMPASSION CIRCLE
City / state / ZIP
Anchorage, AK 99504
Phone
(907) 212-9200
Website
About this facility — Polaris Extended Care
Polaris Extended Care is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Anchorage, Alaska. It is licensed for 96 beds — well above the median for skilled nursing facilities in Alaska (29 beds).
It is one of 558 senior care facilities in Anchorage and 20 skilled nursing facilities across Alaska. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.
Federal inspectors have cited Polaris Extended Care 101 times across 14 inspections in the last three years, including 7 food-safety citations, and CMS has imposed $231,865 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
Parent company
The Ensign Group
Ownership type
For profit - Limited Liability company
Registered owners & officers
Burnam, Soon
Officer — since 2024
Cullifer, Jared
Officer — since 2024
Hancox, Neil
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2025
Sato, Ami
Officer — since 2024
Tieva, Daniel
Governing body · Additional disclosable party — since 2025
Willits, Adam
Director · Officer — since 2024
Regulatory standing
Federal court records
11 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)
Licensed / certified since
2013-02-13
CMS overall rating
2 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
39 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
$231,865 total
Last standard inspection
2025-05-22
Nurse staffing
4.6 hours per resident per day
Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)
Average billed charges
$1,137 per day (≈ $34,560/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.
Payer mix (resident days)
88% Medicaid · 1% Medicare · 11% private/other
Occupancy
99% (fiscal year 2023)
Vs. state median
15% below the AK median of $1,337/day — full state cost breakdown
Services & coverage
Licensed beds
96
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 7 food-safety citations on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.
2026-06-11Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations
F-0627
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
Corrected 2026-07-30
F-0628
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Corrected 2026-07-30
2026-01-06Health inspectionComplaint-triggered3 citations
F-0552
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Corrected 2026-01-12
F-0677
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Corrected 2026-01-12
F-0725
F · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Corrected 2026-01-12
11 earlier / fire-safety inspections (96 citations)
2025-11-26Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0684
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2025-12-03
2025-07-29Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations
F-0627
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
Corrected 2025-07-30
F-0628
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Corrected 2025-07-30
2025-07-15Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0609
F · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Corrected 2025-07-16
2025-05-22Health inspectionComplaint-triggered33 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 2025-07-09
F-0552
D · No harm found
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Corrected 2025-07-09
F-0558
D · No harm found
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Corrected 2025-07-09
F-0561
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Corrected 2025-07-09
F-0567
D · No harm found
Honor the resident's right to manage his or her financial affairs.
Corrected 2025-07-09
F-0585
F · No harm found
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 2025-07-09
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 2025-07-09
F-0607
F · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Corrected 2025-07-09
F-0628
D · No harm found
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Corrected 2025-07-09
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 2025-07-09
F-0677
D · No harm found
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Corrected 2025-07-09
F-0679
F · No harm found
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Corrected 2025-07-09
F-0684
E · No harm found
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2025-07-09
F-0686
D · No harm found
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Corrected 2025-07-09
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 2025-07-09
F-0690
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
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 2025-07-09
F-0693
D · No harm found
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Corrected 2025-07-09
F-0695
D · No harm found
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Corrected 2025-07-09
F-0710
D · No harm found
Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care.
Corrected 2025-07-09
F-0725
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Corrected 2025-07-09
F-0726
D · No harm found
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 2025-07-09
F-0756
D · 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 2025-07-09
F-0759
F · No harm found
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Corrected 2025-07-09
F-0760
D · No harm found
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Corrected 2025-07-09
F-0761
E · 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 2025-07-09
F-0790
D · No harm found
Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident.
Corrected 2025-07-09
F-0802
F · No harm foundFood safety
Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.
Corrected 2025-07-09
F-0809
F · No harm foundFood safety
Ensure meals and snacks are served at times in accordance with resident’s needs, preferences, and requests. Suitable and nourishing alternative meals and snacks must be provided for residents who want to eat at non-traditional times or outside of scheduled meal times.
Corrected 2025-07-09
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 2025-07-09
F-0838
C · No harm found
Conduct and document a facility-wide assessment to determine what resources are necessary to care for residents competently during both day-to-day operations (including nights and weekends) and emergencies.
Corrected 2025-07-09
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 2025-07-09
F-0880
D · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2025-07-09
F-0940
F · No harm found
Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program for all new and existing staff members.
Corrected 2025-07-09
2025-03-17Health inspectionComplaint-triggered3 citations
F-0755
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Corrected 2025-04-04
F-0760
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Corrected 2025-04-04
F-0761
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
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 2025-04-04
2024-11-26Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations
F-0555
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Honor the resident's right to choose his or her attending physician.
Corrected 2024-10-30
F-0684
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2024-10-30
2024-07-19Health inspection22 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 2024-09-02
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 2024-09-02
F-0577
B · No harm found
Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
Corrected 2024-09-02
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 2024-08-27
F-0610
G · Actual harm
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Corrected 2024-09-02
F-0625
E · No harm found
Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
Corrected 2024-09-02
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 2024-08-30
F-0675
H · Actual harm
Honor each resident's preferences, choices, values and beliefs.
Corrected 2024-09-02
F-0676
H · Actual harm
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Corrected 2024-09-02
F-0684
E · No harm found
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2024-09-02
F-0686
E · No harm found
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Corrected 2024-09-02
F-0698
E · No harm found
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Corrected 2024-09-02
F-0710
D · No harm found
Obtain a doctor's order to admit a resident and ensure the resident is under a doctor's care.
Corrected 2024-09-02
F-0725
I · Actual harm
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Corrected 2024-09-02
F-0727
F · No harm found
Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
Corrected 2024-07-28
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 2024-09-02
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 2024-09-02
F-0802
D · No harm foundFood safety
Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.
Corrected 2024-08-27
F-0804
D · No harm foundFood safety
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Corrected 2024-08-27
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 2024-08-27
F-0835
I · Actual harm
Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
Corrected 2024-09-02
F-0880
E · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2024-09-02
2023-04-14Health inspection15 citations
F-0550
D · No harm found
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Corrected 2023-05-29
F-0552
D · No harm found
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Corrected 2023-05-29
F-0558
D · No harm found
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Corrected 2023-05-29
F-0584
D · 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 2023-05-29
F-0585
D · No harm found
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 2023-05-29
F-0604
D · No harm found
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Corrected 2023-05-29
F-0623
D · 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 2023-05-29
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 2023-05-29
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 2023-05-29
F-0677
D · No harm found
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Corrected 2023-05-29
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 2023-05-29
F-0761
E · 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 2023-07-19
F-0770
D · No harm found
Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
Corrected 2023-05-29
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 2023-05-29
F-0880
D · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2023-05-29
2025-05-22Fire-safety inspection7 citations
E-0015
F · No harm found
Address subsistence needs for staff and patients.
Corrected 2025-07-06
E-0023
F · No harm found
Establish policies and procedures for medical documentation.
Corrected 2025-07-06
E-0025
F · No harm found
Create arrangements with other facilities to receive patients.
Corrected 2025-07-06
K-0324
F · No harm found
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
Corrected 2025-07-06
K-0353
F · No harm found
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Corrected 2025-07-06
K-0918
F · No harm found
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
Corrected 2025-07-06
K-0920
F · No harm found
Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
Corrected 2025-07-06
2024-07-19Fire-safety inspection1 citation
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 2024-08-22
2023-04-14Fire-safety inspection9 citations
K-0222
F · No harm found
Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
Corrected 2023-05-29
K-0223
F · No harm found
Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector.
Corrected 2023-05-29
K-0293
F · No harm found
Have properly located and lighted "Exit" signs.
Corrected 2023-05-29
K-0324
F · No harm found
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
Corrected 2023-05-29
K-0353
F · No harm found
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Corrected 2023-05-29
K-0511
F · No harm found
Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment.
Corrected 2023-05-29
K-0700
F · No harm found
Meet requirements for operating features, such as evacuation plans, fire drills, smoking regulations, draperies, decorations and the inspection, testing and maintenance of fire doors.
Corrected 2023-05-29
K-0914
F · No harm found
Ensure receptacles at patient bed locations and where general anesthesia is administered, are tested after initial installation, replacement or servicing.
Corrected 2023-05-29
K-0918
F · No harm found
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
Corrected 2023-05-29
Federal penalties
2025-11-26Fine$11,492
2025-05-22Fine$98,865
2025-03-17Fine$10,358
2024-07-19Fine$111,150
2024-07-19Medicare payment denial — 8 days
Total fines$231,865
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 025036.
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Original records
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CMS Nursing Home Compare
data.cms.gov Provider Data Catalog
Last verified 2026-08-31
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Secretary of State filings
Entity & officer search
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