BUENA VISTA HEALTH CARE CORP — Assisted Living in Miami Gardens, Florida
Buena Vista Health Care Corp is a 6-bed assisted living facility in Miami Gardens, Florida. Its CareQED Score is 51 out of 100 (Notable concerns), based on Florida AHCA inspection findings. AHCA records show no serious (Class 1 or 2) violations. The record also includes 2 state sanctions or final orders, a formal enforcement signal. It accepts the Medicaid Assisted Living waiver. It has operated under Buena Vista Health Care Corp for about 13 years.
Routine deficiencies are the main driver of this score, reflecting a relatively large and recent number of lower severity citations even though there were no serious findings or active enforcement. Citations have centered on staffing standards, records, admissions, resident care, food service and the physical plant; many of the records, admissions and food service citations have been corrected and the overall pattern looks steady rather than clearly improving or worsening.
CareQED Score
CareQED Score: 51/100 — Notable concerns. This is CareQED's summary of Florida AHCA's published inspection findings, not an AHCA rating. How the Score works.
Inspection & Enforcement (AHCA)
- Class 1 violations: 0
- Class 2 violations: 0
- Class 3 violations: 11
- Class 4 violations: 0
- Unclassified: 3
- Substantiated complaints: 0
- Sanctions/final orders: 2
- Serious findings: 0
Care & Payment
- Accepts Medicaid Assisted Living waiver
- Accepts Medicaid
Activities & Services
- Nurse availability: None
- Activities: Arts and Crafts, Cooking Classes, Dancing, Exercise Classes, Games/Cards, Gardening, Music Programs, Shopping, Social Events/Outings, Theater and Movies, Yoga, Other
- Special programs & services: Other
Licensed beds: 6 · For-Profit · Operator since 2013 · Fines: $1,000 · 4230 NW 196TH ST, MIAMI GARDENS, FL, 33055-1813 · (786) 838-5937
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Source: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), as of 2026-06-21. Not affiliated with AHCA; verify directly. Methodology.
Inspection History (Florida AHCA)
Last inspected May 2026. 13 operational inspection(s) on record, including 2 complaint investigation(s) of which 2 substantiated. 47 deficiency citation(s), 94% corrected. Recurring findings: Staffing Standards (cited in 6 inspections), Records (cited in 4 inspections), Admissions (cited in 4 inspections), Resident Care (cited in 3 inspections), Food Service (cited in 3 inspections), Physical Plant (cited in 3 inspections), Medication (cited in 3 inspections), Assistive Devices (cited in 2 inspections), Training (cited in 2 inspections), Emergency Environmental Control (cited in 2 inspections).
May 13, 2026 · Standard
- Resident Care (Class Unclassified) — open
- Food Service (Class Unclassified) — open
Feb 25, 2026 · Standard
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — open
- Alzheimer Disease/dementia; Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2026
- Records (Class 3) — corrected May 2026
Sep 25, 2024 · Monitor
- Food Service (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2025
Oct 23, 2023 · Standard
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2024
- Fiscal (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2024
- Assistive Devices (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2024
- Resident Care (Class Unclassified) — corrected Jan 2024
- Physical Restraints (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2024
Jan 5, 2022 · Standard
- Assistive Devices (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2022
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2022
- Training (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2022
Dec 7, 2020 · Monitor
- Staffing Standards (Class 2) — corrected Jan 2021
- Background Screening; Prohibited Offenses (Class Unclassified) — corrected Jan 2021
Aug 17, 2020 · Monitor
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2021
- Emergency Environmental Control (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2021
May 28, 2019 · Standard
- Emergency Environmental Control (Class 3) — corrected Sep 2019
Feb 12, 2019 · Standard
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Records (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Background Screening-compliance Attestation (Class 4) — corrected May 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Background Screening Clearinghouse (Class 4) — corrected May 2019
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
- Training (Class 3) — corrected May 2019
Mar 29, 2017 · Standard
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Food Service (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
- Emergency Plan Approval (Class 3) — corrected Jun 2017
Jan 19, 2016 · Complaint
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2016
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2016
Nov 12, 2015 · Complaint
- Physical Plant (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2016
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2016
- Resident Care (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2016
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Jan 2016
Jan 12, 2015 · Standard
- Admissions (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2015
- Records (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2015
- Medication (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2015
- Resident Contracts (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2015
- Staffing Standards (Class 3) — corrected Mar 2015