Craighead Nursing Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1986-01-01. 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) 933-4535 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Craighead Nursing Center 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 (4★), Staffing (1★), and Quality of Resident Care (N/A★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 74.6/100, placing it #6121 of 14703 facilities nationally and #118 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 Craighead Nursing Center 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.

Craighead Nursing Center 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 21.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Craighead Nursing Center ranks 6121st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 74.6/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within AR, it ranks 118th out of 221 nursing homes. In Jonesboro, it ranks 3rd out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. Our composite quality score of 74.6/100 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 Jonesboro, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/arkansas/jonesboro/