St Gerard’S Community Of Care is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1978-05-01. 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 (701) 242-7891 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

St Gerard’S Community Of Care holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 68.2/100, placing it #9078 of 14703 facilities nationally and #47 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 St Gerard’S Community Of Care receives a reported average of 4 hours 52 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 59 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 36 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 17 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 13 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 35.1%. 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 $48,233. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $48,233, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 78.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, St Gerard’S Community Of Care ranks 9078th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 68.2/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within ND, it ranks 47th out of 72 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,457 nationally and RN hours rank #2,081 nationally (#28 in ND). Our composite quality score of 68.2/100 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 Hankinson, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/north_dakota/hankinson/