Universe Cypress LLC

Primary specialty

Skilled Nursing FacilityTaxonomy code 314000000X

Legal business name

UNIVERSE CYPRESS LLC

Doing business as

University Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Practice address

180 Epps Bridge Rd
Athens, GA 30606-3312

Phone

(706) 459-5382

Fax

(706) 613-0991

NPI assigned

Dec 18, 2013

Last updated

Jan 19, 2022By the provider in NPPES

Organization subpart

Yes

Parent organization

CYPRESS SKILLED NURSING LLCAs reported in NPPES

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Authorized official

Name

Isaac Ovits

Title

Cfo

Phone

(845) 694-6055

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other names 1

• University Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Doing business as

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in GA

Enrollment records 1

NPI to CCN mapping 1

The Medicare certification numbers (CCNs) connected to NPI 1497176465. Details of each certification follow.

• CCN 115467 Skilled nursing facility · Active · Details

Skilled nursing facility certification: CCN 115467

Legal name

UNIVERSE CYPRESS LLC

Doing business as

UNIVERSITY NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER

Certification status

Active

Provider type (POS)

Nursing home – SNF/NF dual certification

Participating since

Jan 1, 1990

Last certification

Apr 3, 2025

Beds

122

Ownership / control type

Corporation

Multi-facility organization

Cypress Skilled Nursing

Organization structure

LLCProprietary

Enrollment address

180 Epps Bridge Rd
Athens, GA 30606-3312

Nursing home name

UNIVERSITY NURSING & REHAB CENTER

Affiliated entity

CYPRESS SKILLED NURSING

Listed as

University Nursing & Rehab CenterCCN 115467 · All quality measures

Overall star rating

1 of 5

Health inspections

2 of 5

Staffing

1 of 5

Quality measures

2 of 5

Type

Medicare and Medicaid

Ownership

For profit - Corporation

Certified

Jan 1, 1990

Medicare certification status

ActiveFrom the Provider of Services file

Certified beds

12293.8 residents per day on average

Chain

Cypress Skilled Nursing5 facilities in the chain

Processed by Care Compare on Aug 1, 2026.

All disclosed owners & managing parties 20

As disclosed on the Medicare enrollment (CMS All Owners files). Individuals include officers, directors and managing employees, who may not hold ownership.

Owners & managing parties with NPI records 1

Owners and managing parties disclosed on this facility’s Medicare enrollment that are themselves Medicare-enrolled.

• Emem Udo, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Kennesaw, GA
  • NPI 1801073465

  Adp of the SNF, Operational/Managerial Control

  CMS ownership

Facilities with the same owner 6

Facilities that share an organizational owner with 5% or greater ownership or operational control.

• Carrollton Cypress LLC

  dba Carrollton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Carrollton, GA
  • NPI 1891116836

  Cypress Operating LLC, Cypress Skilled Nursing LLC

  CMS ownership
• Cedar Valley Cypress LLC

  dba Cedar Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Cedartown, GA
  • NPI 1346661386

  Cypress Skilled Nursing LLC

  CMS ownership
• Chestnut Ridge Cypress LLC

  dba Chestnut Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Cumming, GA
  • NPI 1982025920

  Cypress Operating LLC, Cypress Skilled Nursing LLC

  CMS ownership
• Haralson Cypress LLC

  dba Haralson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Bremen, GA
  • NPI 1356762322

  Cypress Operating LLC, Cypress Skilled Nursing LLC, Enin TR, SNF TR

  CMS ownership
• Pine Knoll Cypress LLC

  dba Pine Knoll Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Carrollton, GA
  • NPI 1255752226

  Cypress Operating LLC, Cypress Skilled Nursing LLC

  CMS ownership
• Social Circle Cypress LLC

  dba Social Circle Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Social Circle, GA
  • NPI 1780005751

  Cypress Operating LLC, Cypress Skilled Nursing LLC, Enin TR, SNF TR

  CMS ownership

Practitioners 3

Individual providers connected to this organization through Medicare benefit reassignment, Care Compare group membership or National Provider Directory roles, and the practitioner matching its NPPES authorized official.

• Kushal P Patel, M.D.

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Carrollton, GA
  • NPI 1346500477
  NPD (past)
• Emem Udo, MD

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Kennesaw, GA
  • NPI 1801073465
  NPD (past)
• Kobena Y Waters, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Lilburn, GA
  • NPI 1699263848
  NPD (past)

Affiliated clinicians 1

Clinicians who list this facility as an affiliation in Medicare Care Compare.

• Kushal P Patel, M.D.

  • Hospitalist Physician
  • Carrollton, GA
  • NPI 1346500477

  Nursing home

  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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• Skilled Nursing Facility in Athens, GA
• Providers in Athens, GA by specialty
• Skilled Nursing Facility in Georgia

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jan 19, 2022; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; facility enrollments, owners and changes of ownership; Provider of Services certification data.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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