Little Rock Senior AdvisorThe Green House Cottages of Poplar Grove is a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home with 140 certified beds at 7801 Kanis Rd, Little Rock (Pulaski County), CMS certification number 045466. The Green House Cottages of Poplar Grove holds a CMS overall rating of 4 of 5 stars in CMS Care Compare data dated October 1, 2026.
How does CMS rate The Green House Cottages of Poplar Grove in Little Rock, Arkansas?
The Green House Cottages of Poplar Grove holds a CMS overall rating of 4 of 5 stars, with 3 for health inspections, 4 for staffing and 5 for quality measures on CMS's five-star scale.
| CMS measure | Value |
|---|---|
| CMS overall | 4 of 5 |
| CMS health inspections | 3 of 5 |
| CMS staffing | 4 of 5 |
| CMS quality measures | 5 of 5 |
| Certified beds / residents on an average day | 140 / 113.0 |
| Ownership (CMS) | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Chain (CMS) | Southern Administrative Services, 35 facilities |
| Medicare/Medicaid certification since | December 19, 2018 |
| Phone (CMS) | (501) 404-0500 |
About 113 residents live here on a typical day, filling roughly 81% of certified beds, higher than the 75% midpoint for central Arkansas nursing homes.
What do The Green House Cottages of Poplar Grove's recent inspections show?
The latest standard health inspection in CMS's file for The Green House Cottages of Poplar Grove is dated March 26, 2026; that cycle counts 0 health deficiencies, 0 from the annual survey and 0 from complaint investigations.
The cycle before that (survey date October 4, 2024) logged 15 deficiencies, and infection-control inspections added 0 citations. The central Arkansas median for the latest cycle is 2, which puts The Green House Cottages of Poplar Grove at or under the regional middle.
CMS shows no fines and 0 payment denials in its three-year penalty window.
Does The Green House Cottages of Poplar Grove have enough nursing staff?
Payroll data puts The Green House Cottages of Poplar Grove at 5.06 nursing hours per resident per day, higher than the central Arkansas median of 4.05, with 0.39 of those hours from registered nurses (higher than the central Arkansas median of 0.33).
On weekends the total falls to 4.78 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 44.4%. CMS counts 2 administrator departures in its measurement period.
What certified nursing homes are closest to The Green House Cottages of Poplar Grove?
At 140 certified beds it is bigger than the Pulaski County median of 120. The nearest other certified home is The Blossoms at Woodland Hills Rehab & Nursing Cen in Little Rock, in the same town, which CMS rates 1 of 5.
| Facility | Miles away | Licensed beds | CMS overall rating | Last CMS health inspection | Deficiencies cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Blossoms at Woodland Hills Rehab & Nursing Cen 8701 Riley Drive, 72205 | 0.3 | 140 | 1 of 5 | April 3, 2025 | 8 |
| The Springs of Barrow 2600 John Barrow Road, 72204 | 1.0 | 139 | 4 of 5 | March 5, 2026 | 2 |
| Briarwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Inc 516 So Rodney Parham Rd, 72205 | 1.1 | 120 | 3 of 5 | May 15, 2025 | 3 |
| Presbyterian Village, Inc 500 Brookside Drive, 72205 | 1.3 | 70 | 5 of 5 | June 4, 2026 | 0 |
| The Blossoms at Breckenridge Rehab & Nursing Cente 800 Brookside Drive, 72205 | 1.4 | 143 | 1 of 5 | April 2, 2026 | 1 |
Where is The Green House Cottages of Poplar Grove located?
The Green House Cottages of Poplar Grove is in Little Rock, Pulaski County, and CHI St. Vincent Infirmary is the closest acute-care hospital in CMS's hospital file, about 1.1 miles away by straight line.
Second closest is UAMS Medical Center, about 1.1 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 questions does The Green House Cottages of Poplar Grove's CMS record raise?
Let the public record set the agenda: ask for the full statement of deficiencies behind the 0 deficiencies recorded on March 26, 2026, 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 81%, 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 Green House Cottages of Poplar Grove keeps Medicaid long-stay beds and ask how the resident's monthly personal needs allowance is handled.
