LOPATCONG CENTER — Nursing Home in PHILLIPSBURG, NJ

390 RED SCHOOL LANE, PHILLIPSBURG, NJ, 08865 | 9088590200

CMS Five-Star Rating

★★☆☆☆ 2/5

Based on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures

Facility Overview

Medicare Medicaid
Certified Beds153
Average Residents/Day131.5
CMS Certification Number315202

Staffing Levels

Hours Per Resident Day (HPRD)

Total Nurse Staffing 3.18 HPRD
RN Staffing 0.68 HPRD

Health Inspection Findings & Deficiencies

Most Recent Inspection June 16, 2025
Total Deficiencies 7

LOPATCONG CENTER had 7 health inspection deficiencies on its most recent inspection (June 16, 2025).

Inspection Findings — June 16, 2025

  • Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. (Level E)
    Corrected — August 9, 2025
  • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. (Level D)
    Corrected — August 9, 2025
  • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. (Level E)
    Corrected — August 9, 2025
  • Ensure meals and snacks are served at times in accordance with resident’s needs, preferences, and requests. Suitable and nourishing alternative meals and snacks must be provided for residents who want to eat at non-traditional times or outside of scheduled meal times. (Level F)
    Corrected — August 9, 2025
  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (Level D)
    Corrected — August 9, 2025
  • Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. (Level D)
    Corrected — August 9, 2025
  • Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area. (Level F)
    Corrected — August 9, 2025
CareQED Analysis

Lopatcong Center is a 153-bed nursing home in Phillipsburg, New Jersey. It holds a 2-star CMS overall rating. Total nurse staffing is 3.2 hours per resident day, below the New Jersey average of 3.9. Its most recent inspection, in June 2025, cited 7 deficiencies, none of them severe.

The facility’s most recent inspection did identify several care-related citations, but none were classified as severe, which suggests problems were recognized and documented rather than indicating immediate, extreme harm. You should ask how the home plans to address its below-average nurse staffing and what steps are being taken to ensure adequate assessments, care planning and infection control are reliably carried out.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is LOPATCONG CENTER Medicare and Medicaid certified?

LOPATCONG CENTER is Medicare certified and Medicaid certified according to CMS data.

What is LOPATCONG CENTER's CMS star rating?

LOPATCONG CENTER has an overall CMS rating of 2 out of 5 stars.

How is staffing at LOPATCONG CENTER?

LOPATCONG CENTER reports 3.18228 total nurse hours per resident day.

Has LOPATCONG CENTER had health inspection deficiencies?

On its most recent inspection, LOPATCONG CENTER had 7 total deficiencies, including 0 classified as severe.

How many beds does LOPATCONG CENTER have?

LOPATCONG CENTER has 153 certified beds.

Data Source

This information is sourced from official CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) public datasets.

CMS Provider Information updated May 1, 2026.

CMS Survey Summary updated May 1, 2026.

CMS Health Deficiencies updated May 1, 2026.

CareQED last updated June 22, 2026.

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