Smp Health – Ave Maria is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1978-10-01. 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) 252-5660 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Smp Health – Ave Maria holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), 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 77.4/100, placing it #4836 of 14703 facilities nationally and #22 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 Smp Health – Ave Maria receives a reported average of 5 hours 25 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 59 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 28 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 58 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 24 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 33.3%. 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 $6,788. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $6,788, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 19.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Smp Health – Ave Maria ranks 4836th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 77.4/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within ND, it ranks 22nd out of 72 nursing homes. In Jamestown, 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 #683 nationally and RN hours rank #2,070 nationally (#27 in ND). Our composite quality score of 77.4/100 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 Jamestown, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/north_dakota/jamestown/