Upmc Northwest Transitional Care Unit is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1995-09-19. 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 (814) 678-4642 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Upmc Northwest Transitional Care Unit holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (5★), Staffing (5★), 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 92.9/100, placing it #302 of 14703 facilities nationally and #21 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 Upmc Northwest Transitional Care Unit receives a reported average of 8 hours 17 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 4 hours 8 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 48 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 21 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 7 hours 26 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 30.4%. 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 $7,800. 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 8.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Upmc Northwest Transitional Care Unit ranks 302nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 92.9/100), placing it in the top 5% nationwide. Within PA, it ranks 21st out of 657 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #79 nationally and RN hours rank #41 nationally (#2 in PA). Our composite quality score of 92.9/100 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 Seneca, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/pennsylvania/seneca/