Wrangell Medical Center Ltc is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1976-07-01. 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 (907) 874-7000 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Wrangell Medical Center Ltc 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 (3★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 99.4/100, placing it #33 of 14703 facilities nationally and #1 of 20 in Alaska. 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 Wrangell Medical Center Ltc receives a reported average of 7 hours 36 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 2 hours 38 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 0 minutes; Nurse Aide — 4 hours 58 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 6 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 48.5%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 1 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $5,769. 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 36.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Wrangell Medical Center Ltc ranks 33rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 99.4/100), placing it in the top 5% nationwide. Within AK, it ranks 1st out of 20 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #123 nationally and RN hours rank #120 nationally (#6 in AK). Our composite quality score of 99.4/100 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 Wrangell, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/alaska/wrangell/