Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1981-08-21. 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 (541) 474-1901 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 64.0/100, placing it #10734 of 14703 facilities nationally and #113 of 128 in Oregon. 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 Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 24 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 20 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 5 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 59 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 43 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 54.5%. 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 $36,852. 105 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 $36,852, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 165.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center ranks 10734th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 64.0/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within OR, it ranks 113th out of 128 nursing homes. In Grants Pass, it ranks 4th out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 4th of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,758 nationally and RN hours rank #12,127 nationally (#112 in OR). Our composite quality score of 64.0/100 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 Grants Pass, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/oregon/grants-pass/