Grand River Health Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2003-12-01. 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) 625-1514 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Grand River Health Care Center 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 (4★), 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 86.2/100, placing it #1332 of 14703 facilities nationally and #17 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 Grand River Health Care Center receives a reported average of 5 hours 14 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 14 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 43 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 16 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 26 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 35.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 9 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $10,725. 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, Grand River Health Care Center ranks 1332nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 86.2/100), placing it in the top 10% nationwide. Within CO, it ranks 17th out of 210 nursing homes. In Rifle, it ranks 1st out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #891 nationally and RN hours rank #1,030 nationally (#24 in CO). Our composite quality score of 86.2/100 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 Rifle, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/colorado/rifle/