Canyonland Care Center is certified as a Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2011-02-03. 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) 719-4400 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Canyonland Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), 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 79.9/100, placing it #3756 of 14703 facilities nationally and #42 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 Canyonland Care Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 27 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 7 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 28 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 52 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 3 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 21.1%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

⚠️ CMS has flagged Canyonland Care Center with an abuse icon, indicating a history of reported abuse or neglect incidents. Families should review the detailed inspection reports on Medicare.gov before considering this facility. In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $11,193. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $11,193, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 38.0 (lower scores are better). IMPORTANT: CMS has flagged this facility with an abuse icon — indicating a reported history of abuse or neglect. Families should review the full inspection report on medicare.gov/care-compare before deciding. Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Canyonland Care Center ranks 3756th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 79.9/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within UT, it ranks 42nd out of 97 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,596 nationally and RN hours rank #1,407 nationally (#39 in UT). Our composite quality score of 79.9/100 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 Moab, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/utah/moab/