Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc

Primary specialty

Nursing Facility/Intermediate Care FacilityTaxonomy code 313M00000X

License

971502 Issued in PA

Legal business name

ACTS RETIREMENT-LIFE COMMUNITIES INC

Doing business as

Spring House Estates

Practice address

728 Norristown Rd
Lower Gwynedd, PA 19002-2110

Phone

(215) 628-8110

Fax

(215) 628-9701

NPI assigned

Jun 12, 2006

Last updated

Feb 20, 2024By the provider in NPPES

Organization subpart

No

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

Authorized official

Name

Susan Ahern

Title

SVP, Cfo

Phone

(215) 661-8330

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Other identifiers 5

Other names 1

• Spring House Estates Doing business as

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in PA

Enrollment records 1

NPI to CCN mapping 1

The Medicare certification numbers (CCNs) connected to NPI 1700828001. Details of each certification follow.

• CCN 395495 Skilled nursing facility · Active · Details

Skilled nursing facility certification: CCN 395495

Legal name

ACTS RETIREMENT-LIFE COMMUNITIES INC

Doing business as

WILLOWBROOKE COURT AT SPRING HOUSE ESTATES

Certification status

Active

Provider type (POS)

Nursing home – SNF (Medicare) only

Participating since

Jan 31, 1981

Last certification

Apr 17, 2025

Beds

96 (16 certified)

Ownership / control type

Nonprofit Corporation

Multi-facility organization

Acts Retirement Life Communities

Organization structure

CorporationNon-profit

Incorporated

Jan 20, 1971 in PA

Enrollment address

728 Norristown Rd
Lower Gwynedd, PA 19002-2125

Nursing home name

WILLOWBROOKE COURT-SPRING HOUS

Affiliated entity

ACTS RETIREMENT-LIFE COMMUNITIES

Listed as

Willowbrooke Court-Spring HousCCN 395495 · All quality measures

Overall star rating

5 of 5

Health inspections

5 of 5

Staffing

5 of 5

Quality measures

5 of 5

Type

Medicare

Ownership

Non profit - Corporation

Certified

Jan 31, 1981

Medicare certification status

ActiveFrom the Provider of Services file

Certified beds

1610.0 residents per day on average

Chain

Acts Retirement-Life Communities27 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

Tax ID family

Southampton Estates Med47 organizations share this tax ID, including this one

Other organizations with this tax ID 46

Organizations that report the same tax identification number in the National Provider Directory.

• Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc

  dba Lima Estates

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Media, PA
  • NPI 1174565824
  NPD tax ID
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc

  dba Granite Farms Estates Willowbrooke Court at Granite Farms

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Media, PA
  • NPI 1265474910
  NPD tax ID
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc

  dba Southampton Estates

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Southampton, PA
  • NPI 1508808932
  NPD tax ID
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc

  dba Normandy Farms Estates

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Blue Bell, PA
  • NPI 1558303206
  NPD tax ID
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc

  dba Fort Washington Estates

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Fort Washington, PA
  • NPI 1598707119
  NPD tax ID
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities, Inc.

  dba Primary Care Services at Fort Washington Estates

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Fort Washington, PA
  • NPI 1003784646
  NPD tax ID
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities, Inc.

  dba Primary Care Services at Normandy Farms Estates

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Blue Bell, PA
  • NPI 1164390795
  NPD tax ID
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities, Inc.

  dba Primary Care Services at Gwynedd Estates

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Ambler, PA
  • NPI 1174491708
  NPD tax ID
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities, Inc.

  dba Primary Care Services at Lima Estates

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Media, PA
  • NPI 1215805858
  NPD tax ID
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities, Inc.

  dba Acts Palliative Care Services of Pennsylvania

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Fort Washington, PA
  • NPI 1396613949
  NPD tax ID
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities, Inc.

  dba Primary Care Services at Southampton Estates

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Southampton, PA
  • NPI 1497623037
  NPD tax ID
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities, Inc.

  dba ACTS Home Health Agency

  • Home Health Agency
  • Fort Washington, PA
  • NPI 1568831303
  NPD tax ID

Member of 4

Organizations this organization is a member of, according to the National Provider Directory.

• Acts Signature Community Services, Inc.

  dba Primary Care Services at Brittany Pointe Estates

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Lansdale, PA
  • NPI 1104374537

  Member Of

  NPD member
• Acts Communities of Maryland, Inc.

  dba Primary Care Services at Bayleigh Chase

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Easton, MD
  • NPI 1164061610

  Member Of

  NPD member
• Bonita Springs Retirement Village, Inc.

  dba The Terraces at Bonita Springs

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Bonita Springs, FL
  • NPI 1700126802

  Member Of

  NPD member
• Mease Life Inc

  dba The Cedar at Mease Life

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Dunedin, FL
  • NPI 1487640389

  Member Of

  NPD member

All disclosed owners & managing parties 35

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 22

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

• Acts Retirement-Life Communities, Inc.

  dba ACTS Home Health Agency

  • Home Health Agency
  • Fort Washington, PA
  • NPI 1568831303

  Indirect Ownership Interest

  CMS ownership
• Acts Signature Community Services, Inc.

  dba Primary Care Services at Spring House Estates

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Ambler, PA
  • NPI 1760842538

  Indirect Ownership Interest

  CMS ownership
• Robert J Chalfin, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Warminster, PA
  • NPI 1841295318

  Adp of the SNF

  CMS ownership
• John Esterhai, MD

  • Orthopaedic Surgery Physician
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • NPI 1932137437

  Corporate Director

  CMS ownership
• Acts Communities of Maryland, Inc.

  dba WillowBrooke Court Skilled Care Center at Fairhaven

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Sykesville, MD
  • NPI 1194709121

  Indirect Ownership Interest

  CMS ownership
• Acts Communities of Maryland, Inc.

  dba WillowBrooke Court Skilled Care Center at Buckingham's Choice

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Adamstown, MD
  • NPI 1265403703

  Indirect Ownership Interest

  CMS ownership
• Acts Communities of Maryland, Inc.

  dba WillowBrooke Court Skilled Care Center at Heron Point

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Chestertown, MD
  • NPI 1497755045

  Indirect Ownership Interest

  CMS ownership
• Acts Communities of Maryland, Inc.

  dba Primary Care Services at Fairhaven

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Sykesville, MD
  • NPI 1538708946

  Indirect Ownership Interest

  CMS ownership
• Acts Communities of Maryland, Inc.

  dba WillowBrooke Court Skilled Care Center at Bayleigh Chase

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Easton, MD
  • NPI 1730119876

  Indirect Ownership Interest

  CMS ownership
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities, Inc.

  dba ACTS Signature Hospice-Delaware

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Hockessin, DE
  • NPI 1417467002

  Indirect Ownership Interest

  CMS ownership
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities, Inc.

  dba Acts Home Care

  • Home Health Agency
  • Boca Raton, FL
  • NPI 1942874292

  Indirect Ownership Interest

  CMS ownership
• Acts Signature Community Services, Inc.

  dba Primary Care Services at Azalea Trace

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Pensacola, FL
  • NPI 1215326335

  Indirect Ownership Interest

  CMS ownership

All facility ownership & control disclosures 25

Facilities whose Medicare enrollment lists this provider’s PECOS associate ID as an owner or managing party.

Facilities with the same owner 30

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

• Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc

  dba Lima Estates

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Media, PA
  • NPI 1174565824

  Acts Management Services, Inc., Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc, Acts Retirement-Life Communities Management, LLC

  CMS ownership
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc

  dba Granite Farms Estates Willowbrooke Court at Granite Farms

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Media, PA
  • NPI 1265474910

  Acts Management Services, Inc., Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc, Acts Retirement-Life Communities Management, LLC

  CMS ownership
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc

  dba Southampton Estates

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Southampton, PA
  • NPI 1508808932

  Acts Management Services, Inc., Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc, Acts Retirement-Life Communities Management, LLC

  CMS ownership
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc

  dba Normandy Farms Estates

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Blue Bell, PA
  • NPI 1558303206

  Acts Management Services, Inc., Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc, Acts Retirement-Life Communities Management, LLC

  CMS ownership
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc

  dba Fort Washington Estates

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Fort Washington, PA
  • NPI 1598707119

  Acts Management Services, Inc., Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc, Acts Retirement-Life Communities Management, LLC

  CMS ownership
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities, Inc.

  dba ACTS Signature Hospice

  • Community Based Hospice Care Agency
  • Fort Washington, PA
  • NPI 1265507495

  Acts Management Services, Inc., Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc, Acts Retirement-Life Communities Management, LLC

  CMS ownership
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities, Inc.

  dba ACTS Home Health Agency

  • Home Health Agency
  • Fort Washington, PA
  • NPI 1568831303

  Acts Management Services, Inc., Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc

  CMS ownership
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities, Inc.

  dba Brittany Pointe Estates

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Lansdale, PA
  • NPI 1962444398

  Acts Management Services, Inc., Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc, Acts Retirement-Life Communities Management, LLC

  CMS ownership
• Acts Communities of Maryland, Inc.

  dba WillowBrooke Court Skilled Care Center at Fairhaven

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Sykesville, MD
  • NPI 1194709121

  Acts Management Services, Inc., Acts Retirement-Life Communities Management, LLC

  CMS ownership
• Acts Communities of Maryland, Inc.

  dba WillowBrooke Court Skilled Care Center at Buckingham's Choice

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Adamstown, MD
  • NPI 1265403703

  Acts Management Services, Inc., Acts Retirement-Life Communities Management, LLC

  CMS ownership
• Acts Communities of Maryland, Inc.

  dba WillowBrooke Court Skilled Care Center at Heron Point

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Chestertown, MD
  • NPI 1497755045

  Acts Management Services, Inc., Acts Retirement-Life Communities Management, LLC

  CMS ownership
• Acts Communities of Maryland, Inc.

  dba WillowBrooke Court Skilled Care Center at Bayleigh Chase

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Easton, MD
  • NPI 1730119876

  Acts Management Services, Inc., Acts Retirement-Life Communities Management, LLC

  CMS ownership

Affiliated clinicians 6

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

• Andres Botero, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Jenkintown, PA
  • NPI 1902996309

  Nursing home

  Care Compare affiliation
• Robert J Chalfin, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Warminster, PA
  • NPI 1841295318

  Nursing home

  Care Compare affiliation
• Nirali Desai Dave, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Jenkintown, PA
  • NPI 1346426749

  Nursing home

  Care Compare affiliation
• Theresa J Davies, ARNP

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Lower Gwynedd, PA
  • NPI 1144311267

  Nursing home

  Care Compare affiliation
• Michelle Ecker, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Lower Gwynedd, PA
  • NPI 1942295415

  Nursing home

  Care Compare affiliation
• Allen J Samuels, MD

  • Rheumatology Physician
  • Erie, PA
  • NPI 1811033764

  Nursing home

  Care Compare affiliation

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

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        }
    ]
}

• Abington Memorial Hospital (Family Medicine Geriatric and Wellness)
• Abington Memorial Hospital (Lower Gwynedd Family Care)
• Abington Memorial Hospital (Medical Center at Gwynedd)
• Achieving Better Control
• Active Care Rehabilitation & Chiropractic
• Acts Retirement-Life Communities, Inc. (Primary Care Services at Spring House Estates)
• Advocare , LLC (Advocare Ambler Primary Care)
• Lisa K Albert, CRNP
• Charles M Alexander, MD
• Molly S Anderson

• Nursing Facility/Intermediate Care Facility in Lower Gwynedd, PA
• Providers in Lower Gwynedd, PA by specialty
• Nursing Facility/Intermediate Care Facility in Pennsylvania

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Feb 20, 2024; 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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