Tioga Medical Center Ltc is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1978-03-01. 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 (701) 664-3305 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Tioga Medical Center Ltc 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 (3★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (1★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 70.8/100, placing it #7912 of 14703 facilities nationally and #41 of 72 in North Dakota. 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 Tioga Medical Center Ltc receives a reported average of 6 hours 34 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 59 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 41 minutes; Nurse Aide — 4 hours 53 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 5 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 59.6%. 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 $11,408. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $11,408, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 26.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Tioga Medical Center Ltc ranks 7912th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 70.8/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within ND, it ranks 41st out of 72 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #225 nationally and RN hours rank #2,108 nationally (#29 in ND). Our composite quality score of 70.8/100 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 Tioga, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/north_dakota/tioga/