BH West River LLC

Primary specialty

Skilled Nursing FacilityTaxonomy code 314000000X

Legal business name

BH WEST RIVER LLC

Practice address

245 Orange Ave
Milford, CT 06461-2104

Phone

(203) 876-5123

NPI assigned

May 27, 2024

Organization subpart

No

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

Authorized official

Name

Yehuda Pepper

Title

Owner

Phone

(203) 876-5123

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in CT

Enrollment records 1

Skilled nursing facility certification: CCN 075377

Legal name

BH WEST RIVER LLC

Doing business as

CIVITA CARE CENTER AT WEST RIVER

Certification status

Active

Provider type (POS)

Nursing home – SNF/NF dual certification

Participating since

Aug 4, 1992

Last certification

Jan 29, 2025

Beds

120

Ownership / control type

Limited Liability Corporation

Multi-facility organization

MATERA

Most recent change of ownership

Oct 1, 2024

Organization structure

LLCProprietary

Enrollment address

245 Orange Ave
Milford, CT 06460-2104

Nursing home name

CIVITA CARE CENTER AT WEST RIVER

Affiliated entity

CIVITA CARE CENTERS

Listed as

Civita Care Center at West RiverCCN 075377

Overall star rating

4 of 5

Health inspections

3 of 5

Staffing

3 of 5

Quality measures

5 of 5

Type

Medicare and Medicaid

Ownership

For profit - Limited Liability company

Certified

Aug 4, 1992

Medicare certification status

ActiveFrom the Provider of Services file

Certified beds

120111.5 residents per day on average

Chain

Civita Care Centers6 facilities in the chain

Processed by Care Compare on Aug 1, 2026.

These CMS records do not include an NPI. They are shown because their name and street address match this provider’s.

CLIA laboratory certificates

Locations

All disclosed owners & managing parties 13

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.

• Joseph Balsamo, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Guilford, CT
  • NPI 1487650222

  Adp of the SNF

  CMS ownership

Facilities with the same owner 8

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

• BH Cheshire LLC

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Cheshire, CT
  • NPI 1699515841

  CT6 Opco Holdco LLC, Esnh LLC, JPNH LLC

  CMS ownership
• BH Danbury LLC

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Danbury, CT
  • NPI 1013757269

  CT6 Opco Holdco LLC, Esnh LLC, JPNH LLC

  CMS ownership
• BH Long Ridge LLC

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Stamford, CT
  • NPI 1134969389

  CT6 Opco Holdco LLC, Esnh LLC, JPNH LLC

  CMS ownership
• BH Milford LLC

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Milford, CT
  • NPI 1962242115

  CT6 Opco Holdco LLC, Esnh LLC, JPNH LLC

  CMS ownership
• BH Newington LLC

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Newington, CT
  • NPI 1396585543

  CT6 Opco Holdco LLC, Esnh LLC, JPNH LLC

  CMS ownership
• BH Epsom LLC

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Epsom, NH
  • NPI 1891415329

  Esnh LLC, JPNH LLC

  CMS ownership
• BH Maple Leaf LLC

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Manchester, NH
  • NPI 1477273100

  Esnh LLC, JPNH LLC

  CMS ownership
• BH Villa Crest LLC

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Manchester, NH
  • NPI 1609596345

  Esnh LLC, JPNH LLC

  CMS ownership

Affiliated clinicians 3

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

• Asefeh Heiat, M.D., M.P.H.

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • New Haven, CT
  • NPI 1033119813

  Nursing home

  Care Compare affiliation
• Leonid Karkanitsa, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Stratford, CT
  • NPI 1669435087

  Nursing home

  Care Compare affiliation
• Sarah Marone Trainor, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • West Haven, CT
  • NPI 1659936243

  Nursing home

  Care Compare affiliation

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

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    "number": "1669212817",
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            "address_1": "317 S LITTLE TOR RD",
            "city": "NEW CITY",
            "state": "NY",
            "postal_code": "109561431"
        },
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            "address_1": "245 ORANGE AVE",
            "city": "MILFORD",
            "state": "CT",
            "postal_code": "064612104",
            "telephone_number": "203-876-5123"
        }
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        "last_updated": "2025-01-09",
        "certification_date": "2025-01-09",
        "status": "A",
        "authorized_official_last_name": "PEPPER",
        "authorized_official_first_name": "YEHUDA",
        "authorized_official_title_or_position": "OWNER",
        "authorized_official_telephone_number": "203-876-5123"
    },
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}

• Patrick J. Benton, M.D.
• Alan J Berkson, D. D. S.
• Cindy Bernfeld, LCSW
• Kristina Berry, BA
• BH Milford LLC
• Lisa Biagioni, LCSW
• Alex Bibikau, M.D.
• Isabella Bierezowiec
• Big Smiles Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, PC
• Gerald Birmingham, DMD

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• Skilled Nursing Facility in Connecticut

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• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; facility enrollments, owners and changes of ownership; Provider of Services certification data.
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