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PALM GARDEN OF MATTOON

An independent review of Palm Garden Of Mattoon's safety record, its Medicare rating, health-inspection citations, staffing, fines and complaints, drawn from public federal data (not user star-ratings).

1000 PALM · MATTOON, IL 61938 · 178 beds
Phone: 2172347403
F
Open Care Data Safety Grade

This facility raises serious safety concerns and ranks well below its peers.

Starts from the Medicare rating, then weighs an abuse finding on record; below-average staffing; $325,880 in federal fines. How we grade · See how it compares
Open Care Data's independent assessment of public federal data, not an official CMS rating. Data can lag or change. Operate this facility? Report a correction.

Recent News August 2026 federal update

Total federal fines changed to $325,880

In the August 2026 federal update, the total dollar amount of federal fines on this facility's record changed from $351,405 to $325,880. Fines are civil monetary penalties CMS levies when serious problems are identified and not corrected.

These changes are drawn from the U.S. federal (CMS) nursing home data. The facts are CMS's; the explanations are Open Care Data's. Federal data updates periodically and can lag current conditions. Operate this facility? Add context or report a correction.

Medicare Five-Star Rating · as of the latest federal update

Overall
1 / 5
Staffing
1 / 5
Health Inspection
1 / 5
Quality Measures
1 / 5

Top concerns What stands out in the record

  • Flagged for a serious abuse-related finding by inspectors.
  • Below-average overall Medicare rating (1 of 5 stars).
  • $325,880 in federal fines across 3 penalties.
  • Staffing rating is in the bottom tier, often the strongest predictor of care quality.
  • 29 deficiency citations on record in the last three years.

How it compares vs. 668 IL nursing homes

Overall Medicare rating
1of 5 stars
Better than 0% of IL homes
Staffing rating
1of 5 stars
Better than 0% of IL homes
Health-inspection rating
1of 5 stars
Better than 0% of IL homes
Total nurse hours / resident / day
2.66313hrs
Better than 10% of IL homes
RN hours / resident / day
0.21672hrs
Better than 3% of IL homes

Percentiles rank this facility against every other Medicare-rated nursing home in Illinois, using the latest federal data.

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Safety & Enforcement Federal inspection record

Safety indicators

Abuse indicator Flagged, abuse finding
Substantiated complaints 0

Financial penalties

3
Fines
$325,880
Total fines
4
Payment denials
7
Total penalties

Staffing Hours per resident / day

0.21672
RN hours per resident / day
Benchmark ≥ 0.75
2.66313
Total nursing hours / day
Benchmark ≈ 4.1
2.06745
Weekend nursing hours / day
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Higher staffing, especially RN time, correlates with better outcomes and higher Medicare star ratings.

Recent Deficiency Citations Last 36 months · federal inspections

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Quality Measures Medicare quality data · lower is better

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