Meadowbrook At Black River Falls is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1992-05-01. 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 (715) 284-4396 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Meadowbrook At Black River Falls holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 56.0/100, placing it #13072 of 14703 facilities nationally and #282 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 Meadowbrook At Black River Falls receives a reported average of 3 hours 54 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 7 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 42 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 5 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 19 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 68.2%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $138,975. 44 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 2 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $138,975, and 2 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 5. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 111.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Meadowbrook At Black River Falls ranks 13072nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 56.0/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within WI, it ranks 282nd out of 323 nursing homes. In Black River Falls, 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 #5,552 nationally and RN hours rank #1,438 nationally (#91 in WI). Our composite quality score of 56.0/100 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 Black River Falls, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/wisconsin/black-river-falls/