Three Rivers Care is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2025-01-15. 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 (360) 754-9792 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Three Rivers 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 (5★), Staffing (4★), 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 87.7/100, placing it #937 of 14703 facilities nationally and #15 of 194 in Washington. 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 Three Rivers Care receives a reported average of 4 hours 35 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 44 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 10 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 41 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 52 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 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.

Three Rivers Care 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. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 27.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Three Rivers Care ranks 937th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 87.7/100), placing it in the top 10% nationwide. Within WA, it ranks 15th out of 194 nursing homes. In Centralia, it ranks 1st out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,108 nationally and RN hours rank #4,415 nationally (#122 in WA). Our composite quality score of 87.7/100 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 Centralia, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/washington/centralia/