Montgomery County Nursing Home is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1995-02-01. 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 (870) 867-2156 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Montgomery County Nursing Home 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 (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 88.1/100, placing it #844 of 14703 facilities nationally and #11 of 221 in Arkansas. 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 Montgomery County Nursing Home receives a reported average of 5 hours 15 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 26 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 56 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 53 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 27 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 23.1%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 2 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $1,316. 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 10.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Montgomery County Nursing Home ranks 844th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 88.1/100), placing it in the top 10% nationwide. Within AR, it ranks 11th out of 221 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #861 nationally and RN hours rank #10,207 nationally (#66 in AR). Our composite quality score of 88.1/100 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 Mount Ida, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/arkansas/mount-ida/