Little Rock Senior AdvisorThe Blossoms at Midtown Rehab & Nursing Center is a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home with 154 certified beds at 5720 West Markham Street, Little Rock (Pulaski County), CMS certification number 045450. The Blossoms at Midtown Rehab & Nursing Center holds a CMS overall rating of 1 of 5 stars in CMS Care Compare data dated October 1, 2026.
What are The Blossoms at Midtown Rehab & Nursing Center's Care Compare star ratings?
The Blossoms at Midtown Rehab & Nursing Center holds a CMS overall rating of 1 of 5 stars, with 1 for health inspections, 3 for staffing and 3 for quality measures on CMS's five-star scale.
| CMS measure | Value |
|---|---|
| CMS overall | 1 of 5 |
| CMS health inspections | 1 of 5 |
| CMS staffing | 3 of 5 |
| CMS quality measures | 3 of 5 |
| Certified beds / residents on an average day | 154 / 82.8 |
| Ownership (CMS) | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Chain (CMS) | The Blossoms Rehab & Nursing Center, 23 facilities |
| Medicare/Medicaid certification since | August 1, 2012 |
| Phone (CMS) | (501) 664-6200 |
About 83 residents live here on a typical day, filling roughly 54% of certified beds, lower than the 75% midpoint for central Arkansas nursing homes.
What do The Blossoms at Midtown Rehab & Nursing Center's recent inspections show?
Surveyors from the Office of Long Term Care, working for CMS, last completed The Blossoms at Midtown Rehab & Nursing Center's standard health survey on August 28, 2025, and the cycle shows 8 health deficiencies: 5 standard and 3 complaint-driven.
Its previous standard survey, on May 8, 2024, produced 13 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.
CMS also shows its abuse icon for this home, which means an abuse citation in the past year or potential-abuse citations in each of the two years before.
How stable is the nursing staff at The Blossoms at Midtown Rehab & Nursing Center?
The Blossoms at Midtown Rehab & Nursing Center reports 3.75 total nurse hours per resident day to CMS, lower than the central Arkansas median of 4.05, and 0.57 RN 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 62.6% (higher than the central Arkansas median of 56.6%), with registered-nurse turnover at 53.8%. CMS counts 1 administrator departure in its measurement period.
Which nursing homes near The Blossoms at Midtown Rehab & Nursing Center should we compare?
At 154 certified beds it is bigger than the Pulaski County median of 120. The nearest other certified home is Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Inc in Little Rock, about 0.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Inc 516 So Rodney Parham Rd, 72205 | 0.5 | 120 | 3 of 5 | May 15, 2025 | 3 |
| The Green House Cottages of Poplar Grove 7801 Kanis Rd, 72204 | 1.5 | 140 | 4 of 5 | March 26, 2026 | 0 |
| The Blossoms at Woodland Hills Rehab & Nursing Cen 8701 Riley Drive, 72205 | 1.6 | 140 | 1 of 5 | April 3, 2025 | 8 |
| Presbyterian Village, Inc 500 Brookside Drive, 72205 | 2.0 | 70 | 5 of 5 | June 4, 2026 | 0 |
| The Blossoms at Breckenridge Rehab & Nursing Cente 800 Brookside Drive, 72205 | 2.1 | 143 | 1 of 5 | April 2, 2026 | 1 |
What hospitals are close to The Blossoms at Midtown Rehab & Nursing Center?
The Blossoms at Midtown Rehab & Nursing Center is in Little Rock, Pulaski County, and CHI St. Vincent Infirmary is the closest acute-care hospital in CMS's hospital file, about 2.2 miles away by straight line.
Second closest is UAMS Medical Center, about 2.2 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.
What should families ask The Blossoms at Midtown Rehab & Nursing Center on a visit?
Take the numbers on this page into the tour: ask for the plan of correction covering the 8 deficiencies from August 28, 2025 and what has changed since.
- Turnover of 62.6% runs above the regional median; ask what share of aides on each shift come from agencies.
- With occupancy near 54%, 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 The Blossoms at Midtown Rehab & Nursing Center keeps Medicaid long-stay beds and ask how the resident's monthly personal needs allowance is handled.
