Fircrest Nursing Facility is certified as a Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1994-05-13. 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 (206) 361-3511 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Fircrest Nursing Facility 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 (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 96.7/100, placing it #105 of 14703 facilities nationally and #2 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 Fircrest Nursing Facility receives a reported average of 8 hours 54 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 34 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 13 minutes; Nurse Aide — 7 hours 7 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 8 hours 18 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. Total nursing staff turnover is 40.7%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Fircrest Nursing Facility has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. 3 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. 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 72.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Fircrest Nursing Facility ranks 105th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 96.7/100), placing it in the top 5% nationwide. Within WA, it ranks 2nd out of 194 nursing homes. In Seattle, it ranks 1st out of 19 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #49 nationally and RN hours rank #7,372 nationally (#160 in WA). Our composite quality score of 96.7/100 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 Seattle, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/washington/seattle/