Coral Desert Rehabilitation And Care is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2005-02-03. 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 (435) 674-5195 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Coral Desert Rehabilitation And Care 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 (4★), Staffing (3★), 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 89.6/100, placing it #596 of 14703 facilities nationally and #11 of 97 in Utah. 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 Coral Desert Rehabilitation And Care receives a reported average of 5 hours 4 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 37 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 47 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 40 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 29 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 57.5%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Coral Desert Rehabilitation And Care has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. 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 21.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Coral Desert Rehabilitation And Care ranks 596th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 89.6/100), placing it in the top 5% nationwide. Within UT, it ranks 11th out of 97 nursing homes. In St. George, it ranks 1st out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,110 nationally and RN hours rank #443 nationally (#18 in UT). Our composite quality score of 89.6/100 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 St. George, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/utah/st-george/