Centro De Cuidado Prolongado San Lucas is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2024-10-22. 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 (787) 761-8383 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Centro De Cuidado Prolongado San Lucas holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of N/A out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (N/A★), Staffing (N/A★), and Quality of Resident Care (N/A★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 60.0/100, placing it #12051 of 14703 facilities nationally and #6 of 9 in Puerto Rico. 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 Centro De Cuidado Prolongado San Lucas receives a reported average of N/A of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — N/A; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — N/A; Nurse Aide — N/A. On weekends, total nurse staffing is N/A per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is N/A out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Centro De Cuidado Prolongado San Lucas has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. 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. Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Centro De Cuidado Prolongado San Lucas ranks 12051st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 60.0/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within PR, it ranks 6th out of 9 nursing homes. In Rio Piedras, it ranks 2nd out of 3 facilities. Our composite quality score of 60.0/100 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 Rio Piedras, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/puerto_rico/rio-piedras/