Lakeview Health Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2018-01-01. 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 (608) 786-1400 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Lakeview Health Center 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 (5★), 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 77.4/100, placing it #4814 of 14703 facilities nationally and #89 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 Lakeview Health Center receives a reported average of 5 hours 38 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 33 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 37 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 28 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 5 hours 15 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 39.1%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Lakeview Health Center 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 11.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Lakeview Health Center ranks 4814th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 77.4/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within WI, it ranks 89th out of 323 nursing homes. In West Salem, it ranks 1st out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #540 nationally and RN hours rank #522 nationally (#19 in WI). Our composite quality score of 77.4/100 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 West Salem, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/wisconsin/west-salem/