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Birch Creek Post Acute & Rehabilitation

An independent review of Birch Creek Post Acute & Rehabilitation's safety record, its Medicare rating, health-inspection citations, staffing, fines and complaints, drawn from public federal data (not user star-ratings).

5601 S ORCHARD STREET · TACOMA, WA 98409 · 124 beds
Phone: 2534748421
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Open Care Data Safety Grade

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

Starts from the Medicare rating, then weighs consistent with an average facility. 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
1 / 5
Staffing
★★★
3 / 5
Health Inspection
1 / 5
Quality Measures
★★★
3 / 5

Top concerns What stands out in the record

  • Below-average overall Medicare rating (1 of 5 stars).
  • 15 deficiency citations on record in the last three years.

How it compares vs. 193 WA nursing homes

Overall Medicare rating
1of 5 stars
Better than 0% of WA homes
Staffing rating
3of 5 stars
Better than 13% of WA homes
Health-inspection rating
1of 5 stars
Better than 0% of WA homes
Total nurse hours / resident / day
3.74458hrs
Better than 17% of WA homes
RN hours / resident / day
0.64968hrs
Better than 17% of WA homes
RN turnover
38.9%
Better than 59% of WA homes

Percentiles rank this facility against every other Medicare-rated nursing home in Washington, 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
$30,240
Total fines
0
Payment denials
1
Total penalties

Staffing Hours per resident / day

0.64968
RN hours per resident / day
Benchmark ≥ 0.75
3.74458
Total nursing hours / day
Benchmark ≈ 4.1
3.30334
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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