Little Rock Senior AdvisorSouthern Trace Rehabilitation and Care Center is a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home with 116 certified beds at 22515 I 30, Bryant (Saline County), CMS certification number 045305. Southern Trace Rehabilitation and Care Center holds a CMS overall rating of 3 of 5 stars in CMS Care Compare data dated October 1, 2026.
How does CMS rate Southern Trace Rehabilitation and Care Center in Bryant, Arkansas?
Southern Trace Rehabilitation and Care Center holds a CMS overall rating of 3 of 5 stars, with 3 for health inspections, 4 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 | 4 of 5 |
| CMS quality measures | 4 of 5 |
| Certified beds / residents on an average day | 116 / 84.9 |
| Ownership (CMS) | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Chain (CMS) | Southern Administrative Services, 35 facilities |
| Medicare/Medicaid certification since | April 1, 1996 |
| Phone (CMS) | (501) 847-0777 |
About 85 residents live here on a typical day, filling roughly 73% of certified beds, lower than the 75% midpoint for central Arkansas nursing homes.
What do Southern Trace Rehabilitation and Care Center's recent inspections show?
Surveyors from the Office of Long Term Care, working for CMS, last completed Southern Trace Rehabilitation and Care Center's standard health survey on August 21, 2025, and the cycle shows 1 health deficiency: 0 standard and 1 complaint-driven.
Going back one cycle, the May 31, 2024 survey found 10 deficiencies, with 0 infection-control citations on top. Measured against the 2-deficiency regional median, Southern Trace Rehabilitation and Care Center's latest count is at or below the middle.
In CMS's three-year penalty window it shows 1 fine totaling $46,053 and 1 payment denial.
How stable is the nursing staff at Southern Trace Rehabilitation and Care Center?
Payroll data puts Southern Trace Rehabilitation and Care Center at 4.12 nursing hours per resident per day, about the same as the central Arkansas median of 4.05, with 0.46 of those hours from registered nurses (higher than the central Arkansas median of 0.33).
On weekends the total falls to 3.60 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 50.0%. CMS counts 0 administrator departures in its measurement period.
Which nursing homes near Southern Trace Rehabilitation and Care Center should we compare?
At 116 certified beds it is smaller than the Saline County median of 118. The nearest other certified home is Evergreen Living Center at Stagecoach in Bryant, about 1.7 miles away as the crow flies, which CMS rates 4 of 5.
| Facility | Miles away | Licensed beds | CMS overall rating | Last CMS health inspection | Deficiencies cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Living Center at Stagecoach 6907 Highway 5 North, 72022 | 1.7 | 116 | 4 of 5 | June 4, 2026 | 2 |
| Amberwood Health and Rehabilitation 6420 Alcoa Road, 72015 | 3.3 | 101 | 5 of 5 | January 15, 2026 | 0 |
| Alcoa Pines Health and Rehabilitation 3300 Alcoa Road, 72015 | 4.6 | 120 | 3 of 5 | May 30, 2025 | 3 |
| Heartland Rehabilitation and Care Center 19701 Interstate 30, 72015 | 7.0 | 140 | 5 of 5 | July 31, 2025 | 1 |
| Colonel Glenn Health and Rehab, llc 13700 David O Dodd Road, 72210 | 7.3 | 120 | 2 of 5 | August 14, 2026 | 5 |
Where is Southern Trace Rehabilitation and Care Center located?
Southern Trace Rehabilitation and Care Center is in Bryant, Saline County, and Arkansas Heart Hospital Encore (Bryant) is the closest acute-care hospital in CMS's hospital file, about 0.6 miles away by straight line.
Second closest is Saline Memorial Hospital, about 5.7 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.
What should families ask Southern Trace Rehabilitation and Care Center on a visit?
Take the numbers on this page into the tour: ask for the full statement of deficiencies behind the 1 deficiency recorded on August 21, 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.
- Ask what led to $46,053 in CMS fines and how the problem was fixed.
- With occupancy near 73%, 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 Southern Trace Rehabilitation and Care Center keeps Medicaid long-stay beds and ask how the resident's monthly personal needs allowance is handled.
