Adviniacare Newburyport
Nursing Home · Newburyport, MA
CMS certification number225332
Contact & location
180 Low StreetNewburyport, MA 01950
Essex County
- Phone
- (978) 465-5361
- ZIP code
- 01950 – all care providers
Facility details
- Certified beds
- 111
- Residents per day
- 103.5 (93% occupied)
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name
- Adviniacare Newburyport LLC
- Chain
- Adviniacare (11 facilities, avg 2.0★)
- Medicare certified since
- July 31, 1989
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Council
- Both council
CMS star ratings
Staffing
Hours of nursing care per resident per day, from payroll data. More hours generally mean more time for each resident.
- Total nurse staffing
- 3.23 (state 3.86 · U.S. 3.86)
- Registered nurses (RN)
- 0.61 (state 0.65 · U.S. 0.69)
- Licensed practical nurses
- 0.75 (state 0.95 · U.S. 0.86)
- Nurse aides
- 1.86 (state 2.26 · U.S. 2.32)
- Weekend total
- 2.97 (state 3.48 · U.S. 3.42)
- Nursing staff turnover
- 44.3 (state 38.2 · U.S. 45.8)%
- RN turnover
- 52.6 (state 42.6 · U.S. 42.9)%
- Administrators who left
- 0 in the last year
Inspections
- Last standard inspection
- September 18, 2025
- Health deficiencies (last cycle)
- 4.0 (state 7.2 · U.S. 9.3)
- From complaints
- 0
- Citations on record (3 years)
- 64 health · 16 fire safety · includes immediate jeopardy
| Date | Citation | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-18 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. F0684 · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies |
D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2025-10-07 |
| 2025-09-18 | Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. F0692 · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies |
D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2025-10-07 |
| 2025-09-18 | Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed. F0694 · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies |
D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2025-10-07 |
| 2025-09-18 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. F0880 · Infection Control Deficiencies |
D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2025-10-07 |
| 2024-10-10 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. F0689 · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies |
G Actual harm |
Corrected 2024-11-19 |
| 2024-10-10 | Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. F0725 · Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies |
E No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2024-10-28 |
| 2024-10-10 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. F0812 · Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies |
E No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2024-11-19 |
| 2024-10-10 | Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. F0641 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies |
D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2024-10-28 |
| 2024-10-10 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. F0656 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies |
D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2024-10-28 |
| 2024-10-10 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. F0658 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies |
D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2024-10-28 |
| 2024-10-10 | Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. F0677 · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies |
D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2024-10-28 |
| 2024-10-10 | Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. F0759 · Pharmacy Service Deficiencies |
D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2024-10-28 |
| 2024-10-10 | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. F0842 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies |
D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2024-10-28 |
| 2024-01-31 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. F0656 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · complaint inspection |
D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2024-03-08 |
| 2024-01-31 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. F0684 · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · complaint inspection |
D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2024-03-08 |
| 2024-01-31 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. F0689 · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · complaint inspection |
D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2024-03-08 |
| 2024-01-31 | Provide timely, approved x-ray services, or have an agreement with an approved provider to obtain them. F0776 · Administration Deficiencies · complaint inspection |
D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2024-03-08 |
| 2023-11-07 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. F0689 · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies |
K Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program for all new and existing staff members. F0940 · Administration Deficiencies |
K Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident. F0803 · Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies |
J Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently. F0835 · Administration Deficiencies |
J Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Establish a governing body that is legally responsible for establishing and implementing policies for managing and operating the facility and appoints a properly licensed administrator responsible for managing the facility. F0837 · Administration Deficiencies |
J Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. F0677 · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies |
H Actual harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. F0600 · Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies |
G Actual harm |
Corrected 2024-01-06 |
| 2023-11-07 | 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. F0761 · Pharmacy Service Deficiencies |
F No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician. F0801 · Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies |
F No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities. F0865 · Administration Deficiencies |
F No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. F0867 · Administration Deficiencies |
F No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. F0880 · Infection Control Deficiencies |
F No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. F0881 · Infection Control Deficiencies |
F No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home. F0882 · Infection Control Deficiencies |
F No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program that includes effective communications for direct care staff members. F0941 · Administration Deficiencies |
F No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Ensure that staff members are educated on resident rights and facility responsibilities to properly care for its residents. F0942 · Resident Rights Deficiencies |
F No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation. F0943 · Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies |
F No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program. F0944 · Administration Deficiencies |
F No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Include as part of its infection prevention and control program, mandatory training that includes written standards, policies, and procedures for the program. F0945 · Infection Control Deficiencies |
F No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Provide training in compliance and ethics. F0946 · Administration Deficiencies |
F No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment. F0949 · Administration Deficiencies |
F No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. F0550 · Resident Rights Deficiencies |
E No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. F0610 · Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies |
E No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. F0656 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies |
E No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. F0692 · Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies |
E No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. F0725 · Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies |
E No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being. F0726 · Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies |
E No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. F0759 · Pharmacy Service Deficiencies |
E No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. F0552 · Resident Rights Deficiencies |
D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. F0561 · Resident Rights Deficiencies |
D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. F0580 · Resident Rights Deficiencies |
D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | 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. F0585 · Resident Rights Deficiencies |
D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
| 2023-11-07 | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. F0609 · Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies |
D No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm |
Corrected 2023-12-19 |
Severity letters A–L combine how widespread a problem was (isolated, pattern, widespread) with how serious (from potential for minimal harm to immediate jeopardy). How to read inspection results
Fines & penalties
5 penalties in the last three years, including $322,104 in fines.
| Date | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-10 | Fine | $82,856 |
| 2024-02-20 | Fine | $2,279 |
| 2024-02-12 | Fine | $1,899 |
| 2024-01-22 | Fine | $3,418 |
| 2023-11-07 | Fine | $231,652 |
Ownership & management
| Name | Role | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Ma Holdco Op LLC (organization) | 5%+ Direct Ownership Interest · 100% | |
| 180 Low ST LLC (organization) | Administrator · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Berkowitz, Benjamin (individual) | Administrator · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Curis Services LLC (organization) | Administrator · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Cynewski, Stephen (individual) | Administrator · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| David a Berkowitz Delta Trust (organization) | Administrator · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| David a Berkowitz Revoc TR David Berkowitz Ttee (organization) | Administrator · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Joseph, Joe (individual) | Administrator · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Labella, Caterina (individual) | Administrator · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Ma5 Pointe Manager LLC (organization) | Administrator · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Pointe Group Care LLC (organization) | Administrator · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Spector, Jennifer (individual) | Administrator · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Talamona, Raymond (individual) | Administrator · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Tomolonius, Barbara (individual) | Administrator · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Turofsky, Steven (individual) | Administrator · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Wilhelm, Naftali (individual) | Administrator · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Yosef Meystel Declaration of TR of Yosef Meystel Ttee (organization) | Administrator · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Yosef Meystel Delta Trust (organization) | Administrator · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Berkowitz, Benjamin (individual) | Indirect Ownership Interest · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| David a Berkowitz Revoc TR David Berkowitz Ttee (organization) | Indirect Ownership Interest · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Frederick S Frankel Trust (organization) | Indirect Ownership Interest · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Yosef Meystel Declaration of TR of Yosef Meystel Ttee (organization) | Indirect Ownership Interest · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Berkowitz, David (individual) | Individual Is An Owner, Partner Or Trustee Of Any Administrator · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Talamona, Raymond (individual) | Managing Control - Governing Body · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Tomolonius, Barbara (individual) | Managing Control - Governing Body · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Berkowitz, Benjamin (individual) | Operational/managerial Control · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Cynewski, Stephen (individual) | Operational/managerial Control · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Joseph, Joe (individual) | Operational/managerial Control · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Labella, Caterina (individual) | Operational/managerial Control · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Ma5 Pointe Manager LLC (organization) | Operational/managerial Control · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Pointe Group Care LLC (organization) | Operational/managerial Control · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Pointe Property LLC (organization) | Operational/managerial Control · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Spector, Jennifer (individual) | Operational/managerial Control · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Tomolonius, Barbara (individual) | Operational/managerial Control · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Turofsky, Steven (individual) | Operational/managerial Control · NOT APPLICABLE | |
| Wilhelm, Naftali (individual) | Operational/managerial Control · NOT APPLICABLE |
Frequently asked questions
What is the rating of Adviniacare Newburyport?
Adviniacare Newburyport has a 2-star overall rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on a scale of 1 to 5, compared with a 3.0-star average in Massachusetts.
How many beds does Adviniacare Newburyport have?
It has 111 certified beds and cares for about 104 residents per day.
Has Adviniacare Newburyport been fined?
Yes. CMS lists 5 penalties totaling $322,104 in the last three years.
Who owns Adviniacare Newburyport?
It is part of Adviniacare and is classified as for profit - limited liability company. See the ownership table above for all owners and managers reported to CMS.
What is the phone number of Adviniacare Newburyport?
(978) 465-5361. The facility is located at 180 Low Street, Newburyport, MA 01950.
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Source: CMS Care Compare, August 2026. Information is provided as published by CMS; verify details directly with the facility.