Wyoming Veterans’ Skilled Nursing Facility is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2024-08-30. 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 (307) 684-5511 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Wyoming Veterans’ Skilled Nursing Facility 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 (2★), Staffing (1★), 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 66.9/100, placing it #9634 of 14703 facilities nationally and #19 of 36 in Wyoming. 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 Wyoming Veterans’ Skilled Nursing Facility receives a reported average of N/A of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — N/A; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — N/A; Nurse Aide — N/A. On weekends, total nurse staffing is N/A 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. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

⚠️ CMS has flagged Wyoming Veterans’ Skilled Nursing Facility 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. Wyoming Veterans’ Skilled Nursing Facility 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 69.0 (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, Wyoming Veterans’ Skilled Nursing Facility ranks 9634th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 66.9/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within WY, it ranks 19th out of 36 nursing homes. In Buffalo, it ranks 2nd out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. Our composite quality score of 66.9/100 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 Buffalo, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/wyoming/buffalo/