Oak Hills Nursing Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1981-02-06. 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 (440) 282-9171 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Oak Hills Nursing Center 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 (3★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 79.3/100, placing it #4005 of 14703 facilities nationally and #310 of 922 in Ohio. 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 Oak Hills Nursing Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 23 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 26 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 47 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 9 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 6 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 50.0%. 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 $3,174. 10 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $3,174, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 53.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Oak Hills Nursing Center ranks 4005th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 79.3/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within OH, it ranks 310th out of 922 nursing homes. In Lorain, it ranks 2nd out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #10,321 nationally and RN hours rank #10,015 nationally (#708 in OH). Our composite quality score of 79.3/100 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 Lorain, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/ohio/lorain/