Walnut Cove Health And Rehabilitation is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1974-05-01. 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 (336) 591-4353 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Walnut Cove Health And Rehabilitation 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 (2★), 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 60.4/100, placing it #11963 of 14703 facilities nationally and #311 of 418 in North Carolina. 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 Walnut Cove Health And Rehabilitation receives a reported average of 2 hours 49 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 24 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 41 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 43 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 23 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 53.5%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $40,149. 13 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 3 fine(s) totaling $40,149, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 53.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Walnut Cove Health And Rehabilitation ranks 11963rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 60.4/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within NC, it ranks 311th out of 418 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #13,657 nationally and RN hours rank #10,788 nationally (#287 in NC). Our composite quality score of 60.4/100 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 Walnut Cove, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/north_carolina/walnut-cove/