Little Rock Senior AdvisorHeartland Rehabilitation and Care Center is a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home with 140 certified beds at 19701 Interstate 30, Benton (Saline County), CMS certification number 045199. Heartland Rehabilitation and Care Center holds a CMS overall rating of 5 of 5 stars in CMS Care Compare data dated October 1, 2026.
How does CMS rate Heartland Rehabilitation and Care Center in Benton, Arkansas?
Heartland Rehabilitation and Care Center holds a CMS overall rating of 5 of 5 stars, with 4 for health inspections, 4 for staffing and 5 for quality measures on CMS's five-star scale.
| CMS measure | Value |
|---|---|
| CMS overall | 5 of 5 |
| CMS health inspections | 4 of 5 |
| CMS staffing | 4 of 5 |
| CMS quality measures | 5 of 5 |
| Certified beds / residents on an average day | 140 / 87.5 |
| Ownership (CMS) | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Chain (CMS) | Southern Administrative Services, 35 facilities |
| Medicare/Medicaid certification since | August 6, 1992 |
| Phone (CMS) | (501) 778-8200 |
About 88 residents live here on a typical day, filling roughly 62% of certified beds, lower than the 75% midpoint for central Arkansas nursing homes.
What have inspectors found at Heartland Rehabilitation and Care Center?
CMS records 1 health deficiency for Heartland Rehabilitation and Care Center in the cycle anchored by the July 31, 2025 standard survey, split 1 standard and 0 from complaints.
The cycle before that (survey date April 25, 2024) logged 6 deficiencies, and infection-control inspections added 0 citations. The central Arkansas median for the latest cycle is 2, which puts Heartland Rehabilitation and Care Center at or under the regional middle.
CMS shows no fines and 0 payment denials in its three-year penalty window.
How do staffing hours at Heartland Rehabilitation and Care Center compare locally?
Residents at Heartland Rehabilitation and Care Center get roughly 3.99 hours of nursing staff time a day (about the same as the central Arkansas median of 4.05); registered nurses account for 0.41 hours (higher than the central Arkansas median of 0.33).
On weekends the total falls to 3.32 hours per resident per day. Nursing staff turnover is 50.0% (lower than the central Arkansas median of 56.6%), with registered-nurse turnover at 42.9%. CMS counts 0 administrator departures in its measurement period.
What certified nursing homes are closest to Heartland Rehabilitation and Care Center?
At 140 certified beds it is bigger than the Saline County median of 118. The nearest other certified home is Alcoa Pines Health and Rehabilitation in Benton, about 2.7 miles away as the crow flies, which CMS rates 3 of 5.
| Facility | Miles away | Licensed beds | CMS overall rating | Last CMS health inspection | Deficiencies cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcoa Pines Health and Rehabilitation 3300 Alcoa Road, 72015 | 2.7 | 120 | 3 of 5 | May 30, 2025 | 3 |
| Arkansas Health Center 6701 Hwy 67, 72015 | 2.8 | 290 | 5 of 5 | May 15, 2025 | 0 |
| Amberwood Health and Rehabilitation 6420 Alcoa Road, 72015 | 3.7 | 101 | 5 of 5 | January 15, 2026 | 0 |
| Evergreen Living Center at Stagecoach 6907 Highway 5 North, 72022 | 6.3 | 116 | 4 of 5 | June 4, 2026 | 2 |
| Southern Trace Rehabilitation and Care Center 22515 I 30, 72022 | 7.0 | 116 | 3 of 5 | August 21, 2025 | 1 |
What else is near Heartland Rehabilitation and Care Center in Benton?
Heartland Rehabilitation and Care Center is in Benton, Saline County, and Saline Memorial Hospital is the closest acute-care hospital in CMS's hospital file, about 1.3 miles away by straight line.
Second closest is Arkansas Heart Hospital Encore (Bryant), about 6.6 miles off; distances run from the home's CMS coordinates to the hospital's town center, not along roads.
Central Arkansas's emergencies are mostly tornadoes, ice storms and summer heat with power loss rather than hurricanes, so ask where residents shelter during a tornado warning and what the generator keeps running.
How should we prepare to tour Heartland Rehabilitation and Care Center?
Let the public record set the agenda: ask for the full statement of deficiencies behind the 1 deficiency recorded on July 31, 2025, even if the count is low.
- With turnover at 50.0%, at or under the regional median, ask which charge nurses have been on the night shift longest.
- With occupancy near 62%, 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 Heartland Rehabilitation and Care Center keeps Medicaid long-stay beds and ask how the resident's monthly personal needs allowance is handled.
