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Portagepointe

500 CAMPUS DRIVE, HANCOCK, MI, 49930
(906) 483-1000
60 licensed beds

CMS rates Portagepointe 2 out of 5 overall. Federal inspectors issued 25 citations across 8 inspections in the last three years, with no federal fines. Listing last updated 2026-11-06.

★★★★★2/5CMS Five-Star overall2/5 health inspections4/5 staffing2/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Public record summary

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Bed capacity
60
CMS facility ID
235624
Care type
Nursing home
County
Houghton
Facility name
Portagepointe
Street address
500 CAMPUS DRIVE
City / state / ZIP
Hancock, MI 49930
Phone
(906) 483-1000

About this facility — Portagepointe

Portagepointe is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Hancock, Michigan. It is licensed for 60 beds — below the median for skilled nursing facilities in Michigan (100 beds).

It is one of 4 senior care facilities in Hancock and 423 skilled nursing facilities across Michigan. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Portagepointe 25 times across 8 inspections in the last three years, including 5 food-safety citations; no federal fines are on record. 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

Parent company
Lifepoint Health
Ownership type
For profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

Portage Holding Company Llc
Direct owner — 100% stake — since 2013
Grooms, John
Officer — since 2016
Heinonen, Ryan
Managing employee — since 2022
Historic Lifepoint Hospitals, Llc
Indirect owner — since 2013
Hsc Manager Llc
Operational control — since 2013
Lawrence, Charlotte
Officer — since 2022
Legacy Lifepoint Health Llc
Indirect owner — since 2013
Lifepoint Holdings 2 Llc
Indirect owner — since 2013
Lifepoint Hospitals Holdings Llc
Indirect owner — since 2013
Monte, Christopher
Officer — since 2013
Pekarske, Emily
Managing employee — since 2021
Polite, Elmer
Officer — since 2020
Poppell, Marcus
Officer — since 2018
Portage Health Foundation
Indirect owner — since 2013
Rials, Loren
Officer — since 2023

Regulatory standing

Federal court records
19 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)
Licensed / certified since
2006-12-15
CMS overall rating
2 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
8 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
None on record
Last standard inspection
2026-07-23
Nurse staffing
5.5 hours per resident per day

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
60
Medicare
Accepted
Medicaid
Accepted
Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset · 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 5 food-safety citations on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.
2026-08-18Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0684
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2026-09-11
2026-07-23Health inspectionComplaint-triggered7 citations
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 2026-09-02
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 2026-09-02
F-0684
G · Actual harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2026-09-02
F-0688
D · No harm found
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Corrected 2026-09-02
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 2026-09-02
F-0849
D · No harm found
Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
Corrected 2026-09-02
F-0868
F · No harm found
Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly
Corrected 2026-09-02
4 earlier / fire-safety inspections (17 citations)
2025-05-29Health inspection4 citations
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 2025-07-07
F-0801
F · No harm foundFood safety
Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
Corrected 2025-07-07
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 2025-07-07
F-0813
F · No harm foundFood safety
Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
Corrected 2025-07-07
2024-05-08Health inspection4 citations
F-0684
D · No harm found
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2024-06-30
F-0756
F · 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 2024-06-30
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 2024-06-30
F-0921
F · 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 2024-06-30
2025-05-29Fire-safety inspection4 citations
K-0342
F · No harm found
Have a complete alarm system manually initiated and initiated by fire sprinkler system connection.
Corrected 2025-07-27
K-0351
F · No harm found
Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.
Corrected 2025-07-27
K-0361
E · No harm found
Ensure that waiting areas, nurse’s stations, gift shops, and cooking facilities, open to the corridor are properly protected.
Corrected 2025-07-27
K-0920
D · No harm found
Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
Corrected 2025-07-27
2024-05-08Fire-safety inspection5 citations
E-0015
F · No harm found
Address subsistence needs for staff and patients.
Corrected 2024-07-09
E-0041
F · No harm found
Implement emergency and standby power systems.
Corrected 2024-07-09
K-0222
E · 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 2024-07-09
K-0753
D · No harm found
Have restrictions on the use of highly flammable decorations.
Corrected 2024-07-09
K-0920
E · No harm found
Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
Corrected 2024-07-09
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 235624.

Quality of care & staffing

How it compares in Michigan.
Inspection citations, 3 years
25
More than 16% of nursing homes in the state
State median: 43
Federal fines, 3 years
$0
No federal fines on record
State median: $0
Nurse staffing, hours per resident per day
5.5
Higher than 94% of nursing homes in the state
State median: 3.9

Resident outcomes

On 17 federal quality measures, this facility does better than the Michigan average on 6 and worse on 8. Differences within 10% of the average are shown as near average.

Long-stay residentsThis facilityStateUSCompared with state
Need for help with daily activities has increased27.6%10.7%13.5%Worse than state
Lose too much weight10.2%5.5%5.1%Worse than state
With a catheter inserted and left in their bladder0.0%0.7%0.7%Better than state
With a urinary tract infection8.7%1.5%1.5%Worse than state
Have depressive symptoms4.5%4.5%13.5%Near state average
Were physically restrained0.0%0.1%0.1%Better than state
Experiencing one or more falls with major injury6.6%3.0%3.2%Worse than state
Assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine100.0%95.4%93.7%Near state average
Ability to walk independently worsened23.6%11.1%12.7%Worse than state
Received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication14.2%19.4%19.5%Better than state
Assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine96.8%95.5%95.3%Near state average
With pressure ulcers6.2%5.0%4.5%Worse than state
With new or worsened bowel or bladder incontinence21.7%19.4%18.3%Worse than state
Received an antipsychotic medication10.1%14.7%15.4%Better than state
Hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days0.701.741.81Better than state
Outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days1.981.561.69Worse than state
Short-stay residentsThis facilityStateUSCompared with state
Assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine97.4%83.4%82.3%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-0684 3 inspections. Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
  • F-0812 3 inspections. Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
  • K-0920 2 inspections. Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.

What its owners also hold

  • Legacy Lifepoint Health Llc has an ownership stake on file at 8 nursing homes, averaging 3.5 of 5 on CMS's overall rating.
  • Lifepoint Hospitals Holdings Llc has an ownership stake on file at 7 nursing homes, averaging 3.3 of 5 on CMS's overall rating.
  • Lifepoint Holdings 2 Llc has an ownership stake on file at 7 nursing homes, averaging 3.3 of 5 on CMS's overall rating.
  • Historic Lifepoint Hospitals, Llc has an ownership stake on file at 7 nursing homes, averaging 3.3 of 5 on CMS's overall rating.
Source: CMS ownership filings. Shows organizations with an ownership stake; people are left out.

Verify & compare

Where to check, and what's nearby.

Who to contact in Michigan

  • Licensing: Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), Bureau of Survey and Certification
  • File a complaint: 800-882-6006 · Online
  • Long-Term Care Ombudsman: 866-485-9393. A free advocate for residents and families.
  • Adult Protective Services: 855-444-3911. 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

  • Up Health System Portage, about 0.2 miles. CMS rating 5 of 5.
  • Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital and Clinics, about 9.6 miles.
  • Baraga County Memorial Hospital, about 29 miles.
Source: CMS Hospital General Information. Straight-line distance.

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Original records

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CMS Nursing Home Compare
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Last verified 2026-11-06
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