Mount Ascension Transitional Care Of Cascadia
2475 Winne Ave, Helena, MT, 59601 · CCN 275044
Mount Ascension Transitional Care Of Cascadia is a CMS-certified skilled nursing facility located in Helena, Montana. This facility-specific record brings together official CMS provider, inspection, rating, and enforcement data while identifying what is missing or uncertain.
What stands out in the available record
The available records contain 51 cited deficiencies across 9 surveys. 6 were coded at G or above; 1 were coded at immediate-jeopardy levels J through L.
5 of the most frequently cited tags appear more than once in the available history: F0658 (3), F0880 (3), F0609 (3), F0585 (2), F0610 (2). Repetition can indicate a recurring compliance area, but it is not proof that the same underlying problem remained uncorrected.
Survey history
- September 2025 — Health: 3 cited deficiencies
- July 2025 — Health: 3 cited deficiencies
- January 2025 — Health: 7 cited deficiencies
- December 2024 — Health: 3 cited deficiencies
- October 2024 — Health: 5 cited deficiencies
- May 2024 — Health: 4 cited deficiencies
- December 2023 — Health: 7 cited deficiencies
- November 2023 — Health: 2 cited deficiencies
Scope and severity distribution
- Scope/severity B: 2 citations
- Scope/severity D: 28 citations
- Scope/severity E: 12 citations
- Scope/severity F: 3 citations
- Scope/severity G: 4 citations
- Scope/severity H: 1 citation
- Scope/severity L: 1 citation
6 available citations were coded at G or above, indicating actual harm or immediate jeopardy; 1 were coded J or above.
Top Deficiency Citations
- F0658 — Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (3 citations)
- F0880 — Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (3 citations)
- F0609 — Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. (3 citations)
- F0585 — Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances. (2 citations)
- F0610 — Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. (2 citations)
Deficiency categories
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies: 12 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies: 10 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies: 8 citations
- Infection Control Deficiencies: 6 citations
- Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies: 6 citations
- Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies: 4 citations
Official CMS Five-Star context
- Overall: 1 of 5 stars
- Health inspection: 1 of 5 stars
- Staffing: 3 of 5 stars
- Quality measure: 1 of 5 stars
CMS reports 3.35 total nurse staffing hours per resident day.
Five-Star values above are official CMS fields. POCDesk does not calculate or predict the official CMS rating.
Enforcement and penalties
The available CMS enforcement dataset contains 3 penalty actions, most recently dated February 2026. Monetary fines in these records total $80,366.
Sources, freshness, and limitations
Source: official CMS datasets, including Provider Information, Health Deficiencies, and Penalties. View the CMS data source. Loaded survey records window — Earliest loaded survey: January 2023; Latest loaded survey: September 2025. These dates describe records loaded by POCDesk, not a CMS release or publication timestamp. Facility statistics refreshed: October 8, 2026 at 9:48 AM UTC. The available rating record has a CMS processing date of September 2026. POCDesk last refreshed that rating record on October 2026.
POCDesk groups citations by survey date, counts recurring F-Tags across the available history, and summarizes CMS scope/severity codes. Those summaries are POCDesk organization and interpretation of public records, not official ratings or survey findings of our own. Read the governing 42 CFR Part 483 and our editorial standards and methodology.
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