South Lincoln Nursing Center is certified as a Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1999-07-01. 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 (307) 877-5717 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

South Lincoln Nursing Center 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 (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 70.6/100, placing it #8026 of 14703 facilities nationally and #16 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 South Lincoln Nursing Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 28 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 3 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 38 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 47 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 30 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 45.5%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 14 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $18,700. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 86.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, South Lincoln Nursing Center ranks 8026th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 70.6/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within WY, it ranks 16th out of 36 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,536 nationally and RN hours rank #1,740 nationally (#7 in WY). Our composite quality score of 70.6/100 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 Kemmerer, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/wyoming/kemmerer/