Lehigh Valley Hospital Tsu is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1995-03-23. 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 (610) 969-4225 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Lehigh Valley Hospital Tsu 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 (1★), Staffing (5★), 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 94.3/100, placing it #203 of 14703 facilities nationally and #13 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 Lehigh Valley Hospital Tsu receives a reported average of 6 hours 9 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 3 hours 34 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 20 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 14 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 5 hours 18 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 22.4%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 4 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $3,250. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 131.25 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Lehigh Valley Hospital Tsu ranks 203rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 94.3/100), placing it in the top 5% nationwide. Within PA, it ranks 13th out of 657 nursing homes. In Allentown, it ranks 1st out of 8 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #317 nationally and RN hours rank #65 nationally (#5 in PA). Our composite quality score of 94.3/100 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 Allentown, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/pennsylvania/allentown/