Springs At Boca Ciega Bay is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1986-04-04. 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 (727) 828-3500 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Springs At Boca Ciega Bay holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (4★), 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 80.9/100, placing it #3262 of 14703 facilities nationally and #227 of 694 in Florida. 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 Springs At Boca Ciega Bay receives a reported average of 4 hours 41 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 13 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 3 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 25 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 46 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. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

⚠️ CMS has flagged Springs At Boca Ciega Bay with an abuse icon, indicating a history of reported abuse or neglect incidents. Families should review the detailed inspection reports on Medicare.gov before considering this facility. Springs At Boca Ciega Bay 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 240.5 (lower scores are better). IMPORTANT: CMS has flagged this facility with an abuse icon — indicating a reported history of abuse or neglect. Families should review the full inspection report on medicare.gov/care-compare before deciding. Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Springs At Boca Ciega Bay ranks 3262nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 80.9/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within FL, it ranks 227th out of 694 nursing homes. In South Pasadena, it ranks 2nd out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 5. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,859 nationally and RN hours rank #1,086 nationally (#62 in FL). Our composite quality score of 80.9/100 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 South Pasadena, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/florida/south-pasadena/