Emerald Health & Rehab Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1978-01-01. 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 (910) 814-8030 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Emerald Health & Rehab 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 (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 69.7/100, placing it #8433 of 14703 facilities nationally and #188 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 Emerald Health & Rehab Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 18 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 23 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 59 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 56 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 44 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 49.5%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 4 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $21,190. 15 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 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 54.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Emerald Health & Rehab Center ranks 8433rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 69.7/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within NC, it ranks 188th out of 418 nursing homes. In Lillington, it ranks 1st out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #11,082 nationally and RN hours rank #11,188 nationally (#297 in NC). Our composite quality score of 69.7/100 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 Lillington, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/north_carolina/lillington/