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Life Care Center Of Merrimack Valley

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

80 BOSTON ROAD · BILLERICA, MA 01862 · 124 beds
Phone: 9786672166
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Open Care Data Safety Grade

This facility rates below average, with several concerns worth pressing on.

Starts from the Medicare rating, then weighs $161,920 in federal fines. How we grade · See how it compares
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Recent News August 2026 federal update

As of the August 2026 federal update, there were no changes to this facility's Medicare ratings, Special Focus watch-list status, fines, or complaints since the prior release.

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

Overall
★★
2 / 5
Staffing
★★★
3 / 5
Health Inspection
★★
2 / 5
Quality Measures
★★★★
4 / 5

Top concerns What stands out in the record

  • Below-average overall Medicare rating (2 of 5 stars).
  • $161,920 in federal fines across 1 penalties.
  • High registered-nurse turnover (52%), care continuity may suffer.

How it compares vs. 341 MA nursing homes

Overall Medicare rating
2of 5 stars
Better than 20% of MA homes
Staffing rating
3of 5 stars
Better than 35% of MA homes
Health-inspection rating
2of 5 stars
Better than 17% of MA homes
Total nurse hours / resident / day
4.0898hrs
Better than 77% of MA homes
RN hours / resident / day
0.7069hrs
Better than 70% of MA homes
RN turnover
52.4%
Better than 29% of MA homes

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

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Safety & Enforcement Federal inspection record

Safety indicators

Abuse indicator None on record
Substantiated complaints 0

Financial penalties

1
Fines
$161,920
Total fines
0
Payment denials
1
Total penalties

Staffing Hours per resident / day

0.70690
RN hours per resident / day
Benchmark ≥ 0.75
4.08980
Total nursing hours / day
Benchmark ≈ 4.1
3.28856
Weekend nursing hours / day
Look for parity with weekdays

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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