Buckeye Forest at Akron LLC

Primary specialty

Skilled Nursing FacilityTaxonomy code 314000000X

Legal business name

BUCKEYE FOREST AT AKRON LLC

Practice address

1211 W Market St
Akron, OH 44313-7107

Phone

(330) 867-8530

NPI assigned

Nov 4, 2021

Organization subpart

No

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

Authorized official

Name

Larry Katz

Title

Authorized Official

Phone

(908) 327-6982

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Other names 1

• Highland Square Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Doing business as

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in OH

Enrollment records 1

Skilled nursing facility certification: CCN 365316

Legal name

BUCKEYE FOREST AT AKRON LLC

Doing business as

HIGHLAND SQUARE NURSING AND REHABILITATION

Certification status

Active

Provider type (POS)

Nursing home – SNF/NF dual certification

Participating since

Dec 6, 1974

Last certification

Feb 24, 2025

Beds

91

Ownership / control type

Corporation

Multi-facility organization

Garden Health Care

Most recent change of ownership

Dec 31, 2021

Organization structure

LLCProprietary

Incorporated

Aug 17, 2021 in NY

Enrollment address

1211 W Market St
Akron, OH 44313-7107

Nursing home name

HIGHLAND SQUARE NURSING AND REHABILITATION

Listed as

Highland Square Nursing and RehabilitationCCN 365316

Overall star rating

2 of 5

Health inspections

1 of 5

Staffing

1 of 5

Quality measures

5 of 5

Type

Medicare and Medicaid

Ownership

For profit - Corporation

Certified

Dec 6, 1974

Medicare certification status

ActiveFrom the Provider of Services file

Certified beds

9167.5 residents per day on average

Abuse citation

Cited for abuse (Care Compare abuse icon)

Penalties (3 years)

5Fines totaling $299,782

Processed by Care Compare on Aug 1, 2026.

All disclosed owners & managing parties 12

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.

• Benson S. Bonyo, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Akron, OH
  • NPI 1386725125

  Adp of the SNF, Managing Control - Governing Body, Operational/Managerial Control

  CMS ownership

Practitioners 2

Individual providers connected to this organization through Medicare benefit reassignment, Care Compare group membership or National Provider Directory roles.

• Chimezie C Amanambu, M.D.

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Akron, OH
  • NPI 1174537138
  NPD (past)
• Benson S. Bonyo, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Akron, OH
  • NPI 1386725125
  NPD (past)

Affiliated clinicians 1

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

• Benson S. Bonyo, D.O.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Akron, OH
  • NPI 1386725125

  Nursing home

  Care Compare affiliation

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

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            "city": "MONTVALE",
            "state": "NJ",
            "postal_code": "076451823",
            "telephone_number": "908-327-6982"
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            "city": "AKRON",
            "state": "OH",
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        "organizational_subpart": "NO",
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        "certification_date": "2025-12-11",
        "status": "A",
        "authorized_official_last_name": "KATZ",
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    },
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    ],
    "endpoints": [
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            "affiliation": "Y",
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            "contentType": "CSV",
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            "address_1": "64 S Price Rd Ste B",
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        }
    ]
}

• Sue Buchanan
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• Daniel H Buck Jr.
• Janette Buck
• Lamya Buck
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• Demico Buckley
• Jada Buckley
• Sondra Karen Buckner

• Skilled Nursing Facility in Akron, OH
• Providers in Akron, OH by specialty
• Skilled Nursing Facility in Ohio

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Dec 11, 2025; 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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