# Ballard Nursing Center Ballard Nursing Center is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified nursing home (Nursing home · SNF / NF) in Ada, OK, CMS Certification Number 375263, with 73 certified beds and about 59 residents per day. CMS rates it 2/5 overall (health inspections 3/5, staffing 2/5, quality measures 1/5). ## Key facts - Status: Active CMS certification - Address: 201 West 5th Street, Ada, OK 74820 (Pontotoc County) - Ownership type: For profit - Individual - Operator (legal business name): [Ihs Ballard Nursing Center Inc](https://carefield.site/operator/op-ihs-ballard-nursing-center-inc) - CMS chain: [Ihs Management Consultants](https://carefield.site/chain/cms-chain-280) — 5 facilities - Phone: 5804361414 - Medicare Care Compare: https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/details/nursing-home/375263 ## Inspection record 7 inspections in the CMS window (latest 2025-08-28); 22 citations (18 health, 4 fire safety); 0 at actual harm and 1 at immediate jeopardy; 0 without a verified correction at last report. CMS publishes about the three most recent standard surveys plus complaint and infection-control inspections from the prior three years; no citation in that window is not proof of a clean history. - 2025-05-20 — [F-0689](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0689) Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. — scope/severity J (Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety); Past non-compliance; complaint survey - 2025-08-28 — [K-0351](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-k0351) Install an approved automatic sprinkler system. — scope/severity E (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2025-08-28 — [K-0362](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-k0362) Ensure that corridors are separated from use areas by walls constructed to limit the passage of smoke. — scope/severity F (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2025-08-28 — [K-0741](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-k0741) Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed. — scope/severity F (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2025-08-28 — [F-0656](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0656) Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. — scope/severity D (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2025-08-28 — [F-0812](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0812) Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. — scope/severity E (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2025-08-28 — [F-0887](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0887) Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status. — scope/severity F (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2024-03-27 — [F-0554](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0554) Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. — scope/severity D (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2024-03-27 — [F-0558](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0558) Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. — scope/severity D (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2024-03-27 — [F-0578](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0578) Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. — scope/severity D (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2024-03-27 — [F-0584](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0584) Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. — scope/severity E (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected; complaint survey - 2024-03-27 — [F-0610](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0610) Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. — scope/severity E (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected; complaint survey - 2024-03-27 — [F-0657](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0657) Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. — scope/severity D (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2024-03-27 — [F-0661](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0661) Ensure necessary information is communicated to the resident, and receiving health care provider at the time of a planned discharge. — scope/severity D (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2024-03-27 — [F-0698](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0698) Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. — scope/severity E (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2024-03-27 — [F-0755](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0755) Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. — scope/severity E (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2024-03-27 — [F-0758](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0758) Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited. — scope/severity D (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2024-03-27 — [F-0812](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0812) Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. — scope/severity E (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2024-03-27 — [F-0880](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0880) Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. — scope/severity E (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - 2024-03-27 — [F-0883](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0883) Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. — scope/severity E (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected - …and 2 more on the source page. ## Penalties - 2025-05-20 — Civil money penalty (fine): $8,281 ## Staffing (PBJ, hours per resident per day) - Total nurse: 3.00101 (state avg 3.81512, US 3.90085) - RN: 0.35014 - Nursing staff turnover: 78.8% ## Owners and managers of record (CMS disclosures) - [Ihs Holding Inc](https://carefield.site/owner/org-ihs-holding-inc) — Direct owner, 100%, since 1997-05-05 - Bart Reed — Indirect owner, 100%, since 1997-05-05 - [Ihs Management Consultants Inc](https://carefield.site/owner/org-ihs-management-consultants-inc) — Operational / managerial control, since 2019-07-29 ## Nearby nursing homes - [Jan Frances Care Center](https://carefield.site/facility/cms-375243) — 2.6 km, CMS overall 1/5 - [Ada Care Center](https://carefield.site/facility/cms-375464) — 2.6 km, CMS overall 2/5 ## Sources - cms_provider_info: https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/api/1/datastore/query/4pq5-n9py/0?conditions%5B0%5D%5Bproperty%5D=cms_certification_number_ccn&conditions%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D=375263&conditions%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=%3D - cms_ownership: https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/api/1/datastore/query/y2hd-n93e/0?conditions%5B0%5D%5Bproperty%5D=cms_certification_number_ccn&conditions%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D=375263&conditions%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=%3D - cms_health_deficiencies: https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/api/1/datastore/query/r5ix-sfxw/0?conditions%5B0%5D%5Bproperty%5D=cms_certification_number_ccn&conditions%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D=375263&conditions%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=%3D - cms_fire_safety_deficiencies: https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/api/1/datastore/query/ifjz-ge4w/0?conditions%5B0%5D%5Bproperty%5D=cms_certification_number_ccn&conditions%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D=375263&conditions%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=%3D - cms_penalties: https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/api/1/datastore/query/g6vv-u9sr/0?conditions%5B0%5D%5Bproperty%5D=cms_certification_number_ccn&conditions%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D=375263&conditions%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=%3D - cms_inspection_dates: https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/api/1/datastore/query/svdt-c123/0?conditions%5B0%5D%5Bproperty%5D=cms_certification_number_ccn&conditions%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D=375263&conditions%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=%3D --- Source page: https://carefield.site/facility/cms-375263 · Carefield — Senior Care Intelligence. Facts come from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (Medicare/Medicaid-certified nursing homes). Missing data never means no issue exists.