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D

54/100

Below average

The Pines At Medford

185 Tuckerton Road, Medford, NJ 08055

CMS 2/5 stars #16 of 17 in Burlington County (856) 983-8500
Certified beds
180
Occupancy
57%
Ownership
For-profit
Accepts
Medicare + Medicaid

What to ask about before you visit

These are findings in the public CMS record for this home. They are not our opinion, each one comes straight from a federal inspection or enforcement file.

  • Special Focus Facility

    CMS has placed this home in its Special Focus Facility program for a persistent pattern of poor care. These homes get inspected twice as often.

  • $231,683 in federal fines

    CMS has fined this facility across 2 penalty action(s).

Our read on The Pines At Medford

The Pines at Medford is a 180-bed for-profit home in Burlington County that federal regulators have placed in the Special Focus Facility program, a designation reserved for the small share of nursing homes with a persistent record of serious problems. Its current inspection history shows 44 deficiencies, including six at the harm or jeopardy level and four tied to abuse, along with a $165,409 fine. Nurse staffing runs 2.94 hours per resident day, roughly a quarter below the national average, and weekends drop about 11% below its own weekday level, with turnover at 48.3%. The five-star quality measure score reflects what the home reports on paper; the one-star inspection and staffing ratings reflect what surveyors and hours actually show.

Written from the CMS figures for this home shown further down this page. Nothing here is paid for or supplied by the home.

How this grade was calculated

Every point is shown. Nothing is weighted behind the scenes, the full formula is on How we grade.

Inspection30/30Staffing8/30Stability7/15Outcomes15/15Enforcement0/10

A full pentagon is full marks. The shape shows what kind of good or bad a home is, two homes can share a score and look nothing alike.

Inspection safety

30/30

Citations from state health inspections over the last three surveys, weighted by how much harm CMS says they caused.

  • →No citations recorded in the last 3 years

Staffing

8/30

Nursing hours per resident per day, adjusted for how sick the residents are, plus RN cover and weekend consistency.

  • →2.89 total nurse hours per resident per day (national median 3.77)
  • →0.46 RN hours per resident per day
  • →Weekend staffing drops 11% against weekdays

Staff stability

7/15

How much of the nursing team leaves in a year. High turnover means a resident rarely sees the same face twice.

  • →48% of nursing staff left in the last year
  • →-2 for 2 administrator departures

Resident outcomes

15/15

The CMS quality-measure rating, built from resident outcomes like falls, pressure ulcers, infections and antipsychotic use.

  • →5 of 5 stars on the CMS quality-measure rating

Enforcement history

0/10

Fines and payment denials CMS has imposed. A denial of payment means CMS stopped paying for new admissions.

  • →$231,683 in federal fines across 2 action(s)
  • →-0 for 1 denial(s) of Medicare payment for new admissions

Grade ceiling applied

  • Capped at 54 (grade D), CMS Special Focus Facility

Staffing, against the national average

Full detail

Hours of nursing care each resident receives per day. The marker on each bar is the national average.

Total nurse hours per resident per day2.94 hrs
National average 3.86 hrsBelow average
Registered nurse (RN) hours0.46 hrs
National average 0.69 hrsBelow average

RNs are the licence level most likely to catch a resident deteriorating.

Weekend nurse hours2.60 hrs
National average 3.42 hrsBelow average

The shift most families visit, and the one thinned first.

Nursing staff turnover48.30%
National average 45.80%Below average

The share of nursing staff who left over the last year.

Recent inspection findings

Last standard health inspection: June 15, 2026 (4 months ago). No citations were recorded.

No health-inspection citations on record for this facility in the current CMS release.

Who owns this home

Full record

Part of CENTER MANAGEMENT GROUP, which operates 17 homes. Staffing budgets are usually set at chain level, not in the building.

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Common questions about The Pines At Medford

What is the ElderGrade for The Pines At Medford? +

The Pines At Medford holds an ElderGrade of D (54 out of 100), which we describe as "below average". The grade combines its inspection citations, nurse staffing levels, staff turnover, resident outcomes and enforcement history from the federal CMS record.

How many nursing hours does each resident get at The Pines At Medford? +

Residents receive an average of 2.94 nursing hours per day across all nursing staff, against a national average of 3.86 hours.

Has The Pines At Medford been cited for harming residents? +

No. None of the 0 citations on record were scored at the levels CMS uses to indicate actual harm or immediate jeopardy.

Does The Pines At Medford accept Medicaid? +

Yes, The Pines At Medford is certified to accept Medicaid, which is the programme that pays for long-term custodial care once a resident meets their state's income and asset limits.