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Miller Health Care Center provides skilled nursing and rehabilitation services to Kankakee, Illinois residents recovering from surgery, illness, or injury. Our experienced clinical team focuses on restoring independence and returning you to the activities you value most.
Capacity
160 residents
Location
Kankakee, IL
Status
Listed in a public registry
1601 BUTTERFIELD TRAIL, Kankakee, Illinois 60901
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 June 13, 2025, state inspectors cited 12 health deficiencies (the Illinois average is 12.5).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 3 hours 46 minutes with each resident a day, above the Illinois average of 3 hours 27 minutes.
Medicare fined Miller Health Care Center 2 times in the last three years, $189,285 in total.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 3 hours 46 minutesAbove the Illinois average |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 40 minutesBelow the Illinois average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 42%Below the Illinois average |
24 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
June 22, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 1 citation
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
April 17, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 1 citation
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
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.
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status.
Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
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.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
2 fines totaling $189,285 and 1 Medicare payment denial in the last three years.
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State inspectors visited on June 13, 2025 and cited 12 health deficiencies, 7 of them from complaint investigations. The Illinois average is 12.5.
Nurses and aides spend 3 hours 46 minutes with each resident per day, including 40 minutes from registered nurses. 42% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Yes. Medicare fined Miller Health Care Center 2 times in the last three years, totaling $189,285.
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.