Robert Packer Hospital Skilled Care And Rehabilit is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1975-12-01. 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 (570) 268-2239 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Robert Packer Hospital Skilled Care And Rehabilit 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 (3★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (1★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 58.2/100, placing it #12570 of 14703 facilities nationally and #543 of 657 in Pennsylvania. 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 Robert Packer Hospital Skilled Care And Rehabilit receives a reported average of 3 hours 49 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 50 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 14 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 46 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 46 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 23.4%. 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 $50,046. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $50,046, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 37.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Robert Packer Hospital Skilled Care And Rehabilit ranks 12570th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 58.2/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within PA, it ranks 543rd out of 657 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #6,119 nationally and RN hours rank #3,319 nationally (#195 in PA). Our composite quality score of 58.2/100 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 Towanda, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/pennsylvania/towanda/