The Cardinal At North Hills is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2017-06-28. 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 (984) 204-8444 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

The Cardinal At North Hills holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (N/A★), 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 71.9/100, placing it #7384 of 14703 facilities nationally and #162 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 The Cardinal At North Hills receives a reported average of N/A of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — N/A; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — N/A; Nurse Aide — N/A. On weekends, total nurse staffing is N/A per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is N/A out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. 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 $7,901. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $7,901, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 15.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, The Cardinal At North Hills ranks 7384th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 71.9/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within NC, it ranks 162nd out of 418 nursing homes. In Raleigh, it ranks 4th out of 11 facilities. For 2025 staffing: total nurse hours rank #414 nationally and RN hours rank #1,366 nationally (#25 in NC). Our composite quality score of 71.9/100 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 Raleigh, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/north_carolina/raleigh/