Sanford Hillsboro Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1978-06-01. 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) 636-3235 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Sanford Hillsboro Care 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 (4★), 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 66.2/100, placing it #9871 of 14703 facilities nationally and #51 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 Sanford Hillsboro Care Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 38 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 43 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 43 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 12 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 49 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 42.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $42,488. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $42,488, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 69.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Sanford Hillsboro Care Center ranks 9871st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 66.2/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within ND, it ranks 51st out of 72 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,956 nationally and RN hours rank #4,609 nationally (#57 in ND). Our composite quality score of 66.2/100 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 Hillsboro, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/north_dakota/hillsboro/