Elcor Nursing And Rehabilitation Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1967-01-01. 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 (607) 739-3654 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Elcor Nursing And Rehabilitation Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 64.9/100, placing it #10367 of 14703 facilities nationally and #482 of 596 in New York. 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 Elcor Nursing And Rehabilitation Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 8 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 19 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 45 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 4 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 42 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 44.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Elcor Nursing And Rehabilitation Center has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 37.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Elcor Nursing And Rehabilitation Center ranks 10367th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 64.9/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within NY, it ranks 482nd out of 596 nursing homes. In Horseheads, it ranks 2nd out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #12,478 nationally and RN hours rank #12,472 nationally (#546 in NY). Our composite quality score of 64.9/100 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 Horseheads, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/new_york/horseheads/