Preakness Healthcare Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1996-12-01. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (973) 585-2132 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Preakness Healthcare Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 65.1/100, placing it #10303 of 14703 facilities nationally and #322 of 348 in New Jersey. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Preakness Healthcare Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 11 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 6 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 24 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 41 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 52 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 39.6%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $15,646. 9 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $15,646, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 101.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Preakness Healthcare Center ranks 10303rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 65.1/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within NJ, it ranks 322nd out of 348 nursing homes. In Wayne, it ranks 5th out of 8 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 5th of 8. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #3,729 nationally and RN hours rank #1,494 nationally (#31 in NJ). Our composite quality score of 65.1/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Wayne, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/new_jersey/wayne/