Mcalester Nursing & Rehab is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2005-09-10. 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 (918) 426-4010 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Mcalester Nursing & Rehab 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 (2★), 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 55.3/100, placing it #13220 of 14703 facilities nationally and #242 of 284 in Oklahoma. 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 Mcalester Nursing & Rehab receives a reported average of 3 hours 36 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 15 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 3 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 18 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 40 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 98.1%. 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 $17,193. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $17,193, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 63.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Mcalester Nursing & Rehab ranks 13220th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 55.3/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within OK, it ranks 242nd out of 284 nursing homes. In Mcalester, it ranks 4th out of 5 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 4th of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #8,079 nationally and RN hours rank #13,271 nationally (#174 in OK). Our composite quality score of 55.3/100 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 Mcalester, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/oklahoma/mcalester/