Little Rock Senior AdvisorArkansas Health Center is a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home with 290 certified beds at 6701 Hwy 67, Benton (Saline County), CMS certification number 04A293. Arkansas Health Center holds a CMS overall rating of 5 of 5 stars in CMS Care Compare data dated October 1, 2026.
How many stars does Arkansas Health Center have from CMS?
Arkansas Health Center holds a CMS overall rating of 5 of 5 stars, with 5 for health inspections, 5 for staffing and 3 for quality measures on CMS's five-star scale.
| CMS measure | Value |
|---|---|
| CMS overall | 5 of 5 |
| CMS health inspections | 5 of 5 |
| CMS staffing | 5 of 5 |
| CMS quality measures | 3 of 5 |
| Certified beds / residents on an average day | 290 / 158.1 |
| Ownership (CMS) | Government - State |
| Chain (CMS) | No chain listed |
| Medicare/Medicaid certification since | December 1, 2003 |
| Phone (CMS) | (501) 860-0500 |
About 158 residents live here on a typical day, filling roughly 55% of certified beds, lower than the 75% midpoint for central Arkansas nursing homes.
What do Arkansas Health Center's recent inspections show?
The latest standard health inspection in CMS's file for Arkansas Health Center is dated May 15, 2025; that cycle counts 0 health deficiencies, 0 from the annual survey and 0 from complaint investigations.
Its previous standard survey, on March 1, 2024, produced 6 deficiencies; 0 more citations came from infection-control reviews. Nursing homes across the six counties have a median of 2 deficiencies in the latest cycle, so this count is typical or better.
CMS shows no fines and 0 payment denials in its three-year penalty window.
How do staffing hours at Arkansas Health Center compare locally?
Residents at Arkansas Health Center get roughly 6.10 hours of nursing staff time a day (higher than the central Arkansas median of 4.05); registered nurses account for 1.16 hours (higher than the central Arkansas median of 0.33).
On weekends the total falls to 5.06 hours per resident per day. Nursing staff turnover is 34.6% (lower than the central Arkansas median of 56.6%), with registered-nurse turnover at 19.5%. CMS counts 0 administrator departures in its measurement period.
Which nursing homes near Arkansas Health Center should we compare?
At 290 certified beds it is bigger than the Saline County median of 118. The nearest other certified home is Heartland Rehabilitation and Care Center in Benton, about 2.8 miles away as the crow flies, which CMS rates 5 of 5.
| Facility | Miles away | Licensed beds | CMS overall rating | Last CMS health inspection | Deficiencies cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heartland Rehabilitation and Care Center 19701 Interstate 30, 72015 | 2.8 | 140 | 5 of 5 | July 31, 2025 | 1 |
| Alcoa Pines Health and Rehabilitation 3300 Alcoa Road, 72015 | 5.3 | 120 | 3 of 5 | May 30, 2025 | 3 |
| Amberwood Health and Rehabilitation 6420 Alcoa Road, 72015 | 6.4 | 101 | 5 of 5 | January 15, 2026 | 0 |
| Evergreen Living Center at Stagecoach 6907 Highway 5 North, 72022 | 8.9 | 116 | 4 of 5 | June 4, 2026 | 2 |
| Southern Trace Rehabilitation and Care Center 22515 I 30, 72022 | 9.7 | 116 | 3 of 5 | August 21, 2025 | 1 |
What else is near Arkansas Health Center in Benton?
Arkansas Health Center is in Benton, Saline County, and Saline Memorial Hospital is the closest acute-care hospital in CMS's hospital file, about 4.0 miles away by straight line.
Second closest is Arkansas Heart Hospital Encore (Bryant), about 9.3 miles off; distances run from the home's CMS coordinates to the hospital's town center, not along roads.
Federal certification rules require an emergency plan with shelter-in-place and evacuation procedures and backup power arrangements. In central Arkansas that plan is tested by tornado warnings, ice storms and summer heat, so ask how the building handles each.
How should we prepare to tour Arkansas Health Center?
Start with what CMS's data suggests: ask for the full statement of deficiencies behind the 0 deficiencies recorded on May 15, 2025, even if the count is low.
- With turnover at 34.6%, at or under the regional median, ask which charge nurses have been on the night shift longest.
- With occupancy near 55%, ask which halls have open beds and why.
- CMS lists a resident council; ask when it meets and how families take part.
- If Arkansas Medicaid will pay later, confirm Arkansas Health Center keeps Medicaid long-stay beds and ask how the resident's monthly personal needs allowance is handled.
