Nursing Homes · Medicare certified
Emerald Care
209 North Ahtanum Avenue · Wapato, WA 98951 · 82 certified beds
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About Emerald Care
Emerald Care is a nursing home in Wapato, Washington. Its capacity is 82 beds, below the Yakima County median of 85 for nursing homes. It is run by a nonprofit operator. It is Medicare certified. Its public inspection record shows 23 citations, the most recent on March 24, 2026. CMS also lists 1 fine or payment denial against it. Nurse staffing averages 3.75 hours per resident per day. Its public records were last updated in October 2026.
Public record
CMS Care Compare, updated October 2026
Certification
Medicare-certified.
Ratings
Overall
4.0Staffing
3.0Quality measures
5.0CMS Care Compare, October 2026.
Inspection history (23)
Records from March 2024 to March 2026.
March 5, 2024
Tag F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Severity E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected April 9, 2024.
March 5, 2024
Tag F0657Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected April 9, 2024.
March 5, 2024
Tag F0698Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected April 9, 2024.
Penalties (1)
Total fines: $12,735
March 24, 2026 · Fine
CMS recorded a civil money penalty of $12,735 against this nursing home on March 24, 2026.
Staffing
3.75 nurse hours per resident per day in Q2 2026, about the same as in Q4 2025.
From the payroll records nursing homes file with CMS.
Ownership
Non profit - Corporation
Typical cost
CareScout Cost of Care Survey, 2025
This provider's prices aren't public. Here is what the same care typically costs in Washington.
What Medicaid pays nursing homes
This is what Washington Medicaid pays a nursing home for each resident per day. It is not what a family pays privately, but it shows what the state treats as the cost of a day of care.
Day-weighted mean daily rate
$404.31per day
About $12,291 a month.
Median we calculated from the state's own facility rate file, July 1, 2026. Based on 183 facilities.
Median facility daily rate
$389.86per day
About $11,852 a month.
Median we calculated from the state's own facility rate file, July 1, 2026. Based on 183 facilities.
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