New York Center For Rehabilitation & Nursing is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2002-05-03. 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 (718) 626-4800 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

New York Center For Rehabilitation & Nursing holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 87.4/100, placing it #1000 of 14703 facilities nationally and #47 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 New York Center For Rehabilitation & Nursing receives a reported average of 4 hours 1 minute of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 18 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 8 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 34 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 23 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 24.1%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

New York Center For Rehabilitation & Nursing has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. 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 12.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, New York Center For Rehabilitation & Nursing ranks 1000th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 87.4/100), placing it in the top 10% nationwide. Within NY, it ranks 47th out of 596 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #4,765 nationally and RN hours rank #864 nationally (#30 in NY). Our composite quality score of 87.4/100 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 Astoria, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/new_york/astoria/