Beaver Dam Health Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1983-09-01. 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 (920) 887-7191 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Beaver Dam Health Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (1★), 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 56.8/100, placing it #12907 of 14703 facilities nationally and #274 of 323 in Wisconsin. 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 Beaver Dam Health Care Center receives a reported average of 2 hours 37 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 21 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 40 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 36 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 25 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 60.6%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

⚠️ CMS has flagged Beaver Dam Health 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 4 fine(s) totaling $144,764. 46 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 3 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 4 fine(s) totaling $144,764, and 3 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 7. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 263.25 (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, Beaver Dam Health Care Center ranks 12907th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 56.8/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within WI, it ranks 274th out of 323 nursing homes. In Beaver Dam, it ranks 2nd out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #13,932 nationally and RN hours rank #11,836 nationally (#311 in WI). Our composite quality score of 56.8/100 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 Beaver Dam, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/wisconsin/beaver-dam/