Berkshire Retirement Home, Inc.

Primary specialty

Skilled Nursing FacilityTaxonomy code 314000000X

License

0742 Issued in MA

Legal business name

BERKSHIRE RETIREMENT HOME, INC.

Doing business as

Berkshire Place

Practice address

290 South St
Pittsfield, MA 01201-6824

Phone

(413) 445-4056

Fax

(413) 997-3923

NPI assigned

Sep 28, 2006

Last updated

Dec 26, 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

Mr. Edward Forfa

Title

Administrator

Phone

(413) 445-4056

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other names 1

• Berkshire Place Doing business as

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in MA

Enrollment records 1

NPI to CCN mapping 1

The Medicare certification numbers (CCNs) connected to NPI 1942391461. Details of each certification follow.

• CCN 225762 Skilled nursing facility · Active · Details

Skilled nursing facility certification: CCN 225762

Legal name

BERKSHIRE RETIREMENT HOME INC

Doing business as

BERKSHIRE PLACE

Certification status

Active

Provider type (POS)

Nursing home – SNF (Medicare) only

Participating since

Oct 29, 2001

Last certification

Oct 28, 2024

Beds

54

Ownership / control type

Nonprofit Corporation

Organization structure

CorporationNon-profit

Incorporated

Jan 1, 1990 in MA

Enrollment address

290 South St
Pittsfield, MA 01201-6824

Nursing home name

BERKSHIRE PLACE

Listed as

Berkshire PlaceCCN 225762 · All quality measures

Overall star rating

4 of 5

Health inspections

4 of 5

Staffing

4 of 5

Quality measures

4 of 5

Type

Medicare

Ownership

Non profit - Corporation

Certified

Oct 29, 2001

Medicare certification status

ActiveFrom the Provider of Services file

Certified beds

5450.5 residents per day on average

Processed by Care Compare on Aug 1, 2026.

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.

Practitioners 1

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.

• Katrina L Mayo, OTR

  • Occupational Therapist
  • Schenectady, NY
  • NPI 1194112441
  NPD (past)

Affiliated clinicians 2

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

• James R Gittzus, MD

  • Internal Medicine Physician
  • Pittsfield, MA
  • NPI 1649359845

  Nursing home

  Care Compare affiliation
• Daniel Eric Wollman, M.D, PHD

  • Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
  • Shelton, CT
  • NPI 1659344596

  Nursing home

  Care Compare affiliation

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

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-2",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1735171200000",
    "number": "1942391461",
    "addresses": [
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "290 SOUTH ST",
            "city": "PITTSFIELD",
            "state": "MA",
            "postal_code": "012016824",
            "telephone_number": "413-445-4056",
            "fax_number": "413-997-3923"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "290 SOUTH ST",
            "city": "PITTSFIELD",
            "state": "MA",
            "postal_code": "012016824",
            "telephone_number": "413-445-4056",
            "fax_number": "413-997-3923"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "organization_name": "BERKSHIRE RETIREMENT HOME, INC.",
        "organizational_subpart": "NO",
        "enumeration_date": "2006-09-28",
        "last_updated": "2024-12-26",
        "certification_date": "2024-12-26",
        "status": "A",
        "authorized_official_last_name": "FORFA",
        "authorized_official_first_name": "EDWARD",
        "authorized_official_title_or_position": "ADMINISTRATOR",
        "authorized_official_telephone_number": "413-445-4056",
        "authorized_official_name_prefix": "Mr."
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "314000000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Skilled Nursing Facility",
            "state": "MA",
            "license": "0742",
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": [
        {
            "organization_name": "Berkshire Place",
            "code": "3",
            "type": "Doing Business As"
        }
    ]
}

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• Skilled Nursing Facility in Pittsfield, MA
• Providers in Pittsfield, MA by specialty
• Skilled Nursing Facility in Massachusetts

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Dec 26, 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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