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Vivo Healthcare Wauchula

401 ORANGE PLACE, WAUCHULA, FL, 33873

(863) 773-3231

79 licensed beds

★★★★★2/5CMS Five-Star overall2/5 health inspections2/5 staffing3/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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401 Orange Place

Wauchula, FL 33873

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Bed capacity

CMS facility ID

105362

Care type

Nursing home

County

Hardee

Facility name

Vivo Healthcare Wauchula

Street address

401 ORANGE PLACE

City / state / ZIP

Wauchula, FL 33873

Phone

(863) 773-3231

About this facility — Vivo Healthcare Wauchula

Vivo Healthcare Wauchula is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Wauchula, Florida. It is licensed for 79 beds — below the median for skilled nursing facilities in Florida (120 beds).

It is one of 5 senior care facilities in Wauchula and 694 skilled nursing facilities across Florida. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Vivo Healthcare Wauchula 36 times across 7 inspections in the last three years, including 4 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 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

Vivo Healthcare

Ownership type

For profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

St Amaro Holdco Llc

Direct owner — 100% stake — since 2023

Gluck, Benjamin

Indirect owner · Operational control — 12% stake — since 2023

Nmj Irrv Tr Ii

Indirect owner — 6% stake — since 2023

Becker, Yitzchok

Owner of a disclosable party — since 2025

Cukier, Josef

Officer · Operational control — since 2023

Forvis Mazars Llp

Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Friedland, Shalom

Operational control — since 2023

Geldart, Donald

Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Jakobovits, Nathan

Owner of a disclosable party — since 2025

Jek Holdings Llc

Direct owner — since 2023

Jek Irrv Tr Ii

Direct owner — since 2023

Kagan, Jeffrey

Direct owner — since 2023

Messier, Amy

Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Nmj Holdings Llc

Direct owner — since 2023

Pease Bell Cpas Llc

Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Summation Financial Services Llc

Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Vivo Healthcare Consulting Llc

Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Regulatory standing

Federal court records

1 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)

Licensed / certified since

1980-02-19

CMS overall rating

2 of 5 stars

Health deficiencies

12 at the last standard inspection

Federal fines

None on record

Last standard inspection

2024-06-27

Nurse staffing

3.4 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges

$377 per day (≈ $11,460/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.

Payer mix (resident days)

55% Medicaid · 9% Medicare · 36% private/other

Occupancy

82% (fiscal year 2023)

Vs. state median

8% below the FL median of $408/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 2026-08-31. 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 4 food-safety citations on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.

2024-06-27Health inspectionComplaint-triggered12 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 2024-07-27

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.

Corrected 2024-07-27

F-0690

D · No harm foundFrom 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 2024-07-27

F-0692

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

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

Corrected 2024-07-27

F-0693

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

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 2024-07-27

F-0695

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

Corrected 2024-07-27

F-0756

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.

Corrected 2024-07-27

F-0805

D · 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 2024-07-27

F-0808

D · No harm foundFood safetyFrom a complaint

Ensure therapeutic diets are prescribed by the attending physician and may be delegated to a registered or licensed dietitian, to the extent allowed by State law.

Corrected 2024-07-27

F-0812

F · No harm foundFood safetyFrom a complaint

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Corrected 2024-07-27

F-0842

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

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

Corrected 2024-07-27

F-0880

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2024-07-27

2022-11-15Health inspection5 citations

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 2023-02-12

F-0684

D · No harm found

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

Corrected 2023-02-12

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 2022-12-09

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 2022-12-09

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 2023-02-12

3 earlier / fire-safety inspections (19 citations)

2021-03-26Health inspection6 citations

F-0582

D · No harm found

Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.

Corrected 2021-04-26

F-0679

E · No harm found

Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.

Corrected 2021-04-26

F-0695

E · No harm found

Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

Corrected 2021-04-26

F-0758

E · No harm found

Corrected 2021-04-26

F-0759

D · No harm found

Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

Corrected 2021-04-26

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 2021-04-26

2022-11-15Fire-safety inspection1 citation

K-0918

F · No harm found

Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

Corrected 2022-12-13

2021-03-26Fire-safety inspection12 citations

E-0004

D · No harm found

Develop and maintain an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP).

Corrected 2021-04-26

E-0030

D · No harm found

List the names and contact information of those in the facility.

Corrected 2021-04-26

K-0324

D · No harm found

Provide properly protected cooking facilities.

Corrected 2021-04-26

K-0325

D · No harm found

Have properly installed hallway dispensers for alcohol-based hand rub.

Corrected 2021-04-26

K-0345

D · No harm found

Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.

Corrected 2021-04-26

K-0351

D · No harm found

Install an approved automatic sprinkler system.

Corrected 2021-04-26

K-0353

D · No harm found

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2021-04-26

K-0363

D · No harm found

Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.

Corrected 2021-04-26

K-0712

D · No harm found

Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.

Corrected 2021-04-26

K-0771

D · No harm found

Ensure that smoke control systems are tested and documented in accordance with established engineering principles.

Corrected 2021-04-26

K-0918

D · No harm found

Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

Corrected 2021-04-26

K-0920

D · No harm found

Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.

Corrected 2021-04-26

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 105362.

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CMS Nursing Home Compare

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Last verified 2026-08-31

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