Rehabilitation And Nursing Center Of The Rockies is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1984-09-01. 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 (970) 484-7981 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Rehabilitation And Nursing Center Of The Rockies 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 (2★), Staffing (2★), 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 75.6/100, placing it #5628 of 14703 facilities nationally and #95 of 210 in Colorado. 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 Rehabilitation And Nursing Center Of The Rockies receives a reported average of 3 hours 17 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 29 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 38 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 10 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 42 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 47.3%. 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 $21,327. 9 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 $21,327, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 114.25 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Rehabilitation And Nursing Center Of The Rockies ranks 5628th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 75.6/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within CO, it ranks 95th out of 210 nursing homes. In Fort Collins, it ranks 6th out of 8 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #11,196 nationally and RN hours rank #9,065 nationally (#182 in CO). Our composite quality score of 75.6/100 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 Fort Collins, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/colorado/fort-collins/