Lawrence Hall Health & Rehabilitation is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2013-05-10. 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) 886-1295 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Lawrence Hall Health & Rehabilitation holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (4★), 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 69.4/100, placing it #8581 of 14703 facilities nationally and #165 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 Lawrence Hall Health & Rehabilitation receives a reported average of 4 hours 16 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 31 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 45 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 25 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 43.9%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $7,446. 4 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $7,446, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 41.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Lawrence Hall Health & Rehabilitation ranks 8581st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 69.4/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within AR, it ranks 165th out of 221 nursing homes. In Walnut Ridge, it ranks 2nd out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #3,292 nationally and RN hours rank #8,274 nationally (#35 in AR). Our composite quality score of 69.4/100 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 Walnut Ridge, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/arkansas/walnut-ridge/