What does the Hilltop Health and Rehabilitation federal rating mean?

The federal rating is the Medicare/CMS Nursing Home Care Compare overall star rating. It should be reviewed alongside inspection deficiencies, penalties, ownership, staffing, quality measures, and recent source refresh dates.

Does Hilltop Health and Rehabilitation have penalties or deficiencies?

Hilltop Health and Rehabilitation has 12 indexed federal health deficiency record(s) and 1 indexed federal penalty record(s) in the current DataVerityHub carehomes dataset.

Why can a federal rating and data concern look different?

The federal star rating is one Medicare/CMS signal. Data concern also considers indexed deficiency and penalty counts, so a facility can have a higher star rating while still showing inspection or enforcement history worth reviewing.

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Hilltop Health and Rehabilitation ratings, penalties, ownership, and report.

Hilltop Health and Rehabilitation in Rutherfordton, NC is listed with a federal rating of 4 / 5, 80 certified beds, 12 deficiency record(s), and 1 penalty record(s) in the current indexed Medicare/CMS data.

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What families should review before choosing this facility

A star rating is only one signal. Before visiting or choosing Hilltop Health and Rehabilitation, review the facility's inspection history, penalties, ownership type, bed count, staffing and quality-measure context, and whether recent issues have a clear plan of correction.

Location Rutherfordton, NC 28139

Ownership typeFor profit - Limited Liability company

Deficiency records12

Total fines indexed$7,530

Ownership/control rows4

Data refreshedMay 17, 2026

How to use this page

Read Hilltop Health and Rehabilitation as a starting point, not a final answer.

This public page is designed to help families decide whether Hilltop Health and Rehabilitation deserves a deeper look. It brings the most useful public signals into one place, then points you to nearby comparisons, source notes, and the paid report when you need citations and issue-level detail.

What is free here

Facility name, location, federal rating status, bed count, deficiency count, penalty count, ownership type, refresh date, local comparison paths, and plain-English context.

What the paid report adds

Source citations, deficiency and penalty rows, ownership/control records, quality-measure highlights, staffing signals where available, score keys, and questions tailored to the facility's record.

What to verify directly

Current staffing, availability, resident fit, recent complaints, state-level updates, care-plan communication, and whether the facility can explain corrections after any public issue.

Research pathways

Keep researching Hilltop Health and Rehabilitation in context

These internal pages help users and search engines connect this facility to its local market, state, ownership type, and consumer education pages.

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Nearby comparison

Compare Hilltop Health and Rehabilitation with nearby nursing homes

Use this side-by-side view to spot rating, bed, deficiency, and penalty differences before ordering reports.

Facility	Federal rating	Beds	Deficiencies	Penalties	Ownership
Hilltop Health and RehabilitationRutherfordton, NC 28139	4 / 5	80	12	1	For profit - Limited Liability company
Willow Ridge Of NCRutherfordton, NC 28139	1 / 5	150	34	5	For profit - Corporation
Oak Grove HealthcareRutherfordton, NC 28139	4 / 5	60	5	0	For profit - Corporation

Questions to ask when you contact or visit Hilltop Health and Rehabilitation

What changed after the most recent inspection deficiency, and who verifies the correction?
How does the facility explain any penalties, fines, or payment denials in the public record?
Who owns and operates the facility day to day, and who can families contact above the administrator?
How does staffing coverage change on nights, weekends, and holidays?
What should families know about falls, infections, rehospitalizations, complaints, and resident council concerns?

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