Little Rock Senior AdvisorBriarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Inc is a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home with 120 certified beds at 516 So Rodney Parham Rd, Little Rock (Pulaski County), CMS certification number 045387. Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Inc holds a CMS overall rating of 3 of 5 stars in CMS Care Compare data dated October 1, 2026.
What are Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Inc's Care Compare star ratings?
Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Inc holds a CMS overall rating of 3 of 5 stars, with 3 for health inspections, 3 for staffing and 4 for quality measures on CMS's five-star scale.
| CMS measure | Value |
|---|---|
| CMS overall | 3 of 5 |
| CMS health inspections | 3 of 5 |
| CMS staffing | 3 of 5 |
| CMS quality measures | 4 of 5 |
| Certified beds / residents on an average day | 120 / 104.8 |
| Ownership (CMS) | For profit - Corporation |
| Chain (CMS) | Central Arkansas Nursing Centers, 38 facilities |
| Medicare/Medicaid certification since | September 18, 2003 |
| Phone (CMS) | (501) 224-9000 |
About 105 residents live here on a typical day, filling roughly 87% of certified beds, higher than the 75% midpoint for central Arkansas nursing homes.
What have inspectors found at Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Inc?
The latest standard health inspection in CMS's file for Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Inc is dated May 15, 2025; that cycle counts 3 health deficiencies, 3 from the annual survey and 0 from complaint investigations.
Its previous standard survey, on March 7, 2024, produced 11 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 higher than most.
CMS shows no fines and 0 payment denials in its three-year penalty window.
How do staffing hours at Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Inc compare locally?
Payroll data puts Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Inc at 3.83 nursing hours per resident per day, lower than the central Arkansas median of 4.05, with 0.15 of those hours from registered nurses (lower than the central Arkansas median of 0.33).
On weekends the total falls to 3.41 hours per resident per day. Nursing staff turnover is 40.4% (lower than the central Arkansas median of 56.6%). CMS counts 0 administrator departures in its measurement period.
How does Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Inc stack up against nearby homes?
At 120 certified beds it is equal to the Pulaski County median of 120. The nearest other certified home is The Blossoms at Midtown Rehab & Nursing Center in Little Rock, about 0.5 miles away as the crow flies, which CMS rates 1 of 5.
| Facility | Miles away | Licensed beds | CMS overall rating | Last CMS health inspection | Deficiencies cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Blossoms at Midtown Rehab & Nursing Center 5720 West Markham Street, 72205 | 0.5 | 154 | 1 of 5 | August 28, 2025 | 8 |
| The Green House Cottages of Poplar Grove 7801 Kanis Rd, 72204 | 1.1 | 140 | 4 of 5 | March 26, 2026 | 0 |
| The Blossoms at Woodland Hills Rehab & Nursing Cen 8701 Riley Drive, 72205 | 1.2 | 140 | 1 of 5 | April 3, 2025 | 8 |
| Presbyterian Village, Inc 500 Brookside Drive, 72205 | 1.6 | 70 | 5 of 5 | June 4, 2026 | 0 |
| The Blossoms at Breckenridge Rehab & Nursing Cente 800 Brookside Drive, 72205 | 1.6 | 143 | 1 of 5 | April 2, 2026 | 1 |
What hospitals are close to Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Inc?
Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Inc is in Little Rock, Pulaski County, and CHI St. Vincent Infirmary is the closest acute-care hospital in CMS's hospital file, about 2.0 miles away by straight line.
Second closest is UAMS Medical Center, about 2.0 miles off; distances run from the home's CMS coordinates to the hospital's town center, not along roads.
Ask to see the emergency plan: CMS requires one, and in this part of Arkansas the realistic tests are a tornado warning in the night, an ice storm that cuts power for days, and a July heat wave.
How should we prepare to tour Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Inc?
Take the numbers on this page into the tour: ask for the plan of correction covering the 3 deficiencies from May 15, 2025 and what has changed since.
- With turnover at 40.4%, at or under the regional median, ask which charge nurses have been on the night shift longest.
- With occupancy near 87%, 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 Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Inc keeps Medicaid long-stay beds and ask how the resident's monthly personal needs allowance is handled.
