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Lakeland Hills Center brings together compassionate care and clinical expertise for patients needing skilled nursing and rehabilitation in Lakeland, Florida. Our dedicated team supports recovery with personalized treatment plans, helping residents regain strength and independence during life's most challenging transitions.
Capacity
120 residents
Location
Lakeland, FL
Status
Listed in a public registry
610 E BELLA VISTA DR, Lakeland, Florida 33805
From CMS Care Compare, the federal record every Medicare-certified nursing home is held to. Data as of September 1, 2026. Check it on Medicare.gov
At its most recent standard inspection, on March 12, 2026, state inspectors cited 14 health deficiencies (the Florida average is 7.1).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 3 hours 13 minutes with each resident a day, below the Florida average of 3 hours 49 minutes.
Medicare fined Lakeland Hills Center once in the last three years, $139,373 in total.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 3 hours 13 minutesBelow the Florida average |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 23 minutesBelow the Florida average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 51%Above the Florida average |
3 administrators have left the home in the past year.
22 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
April 16, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 1 citation
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
March 12, 2026 · Standard inspection · 13 citations
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.
Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
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.
Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
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.
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.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
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.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
1 fine totaling $139,373 and 1 Medicare payment denial in the last three years.
610 E BELLA VISTA DRLakeland, FL 33805
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State inspectors visited on March 12, 2026 and cited 14 health deficiencies, 1 of them from complaint investigations. The Florida average is 7.1.
Nurses and aides spend 3 hours 13 minutes with each resident per day, including 23 minutes from registered nurses. 51% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Yes. Medicare fined Lakeland Hills Center once in the last three years, totaling $139,373.
Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled nursing per benefit period after a qualifying 3-day hospital stay — fully for the first 20 days, then with a daily copay. Long-term custodial stays are generally not covered.
A semi-private room averages about $7,900 per month nationally; private rooms cost more. Medicaid is the largest payer for long-term nursing home care.
Medicare rates nursing homes 1 to 5 stars on its Care Compare site. We don't repeat those stars here. Each nursing home page shows Medicare's underlying record instead: inspections, staffing and fines, with a link to check it on Medicare.gov.