Highland Pines Rehabilitation Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1990-02-01. 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 (727) 446-0581 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Highland Pines Rehabilitation Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (2★), 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 45.4/100, placing it #14410 of 14703 facilities nationally and #693 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 Highland Pines Rehabilitation Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 10 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 24 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 47 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 59 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 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 47.5%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

⚠️ CMS has flagged Highland Pines Rehabilitation Center 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. In the current reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $272,512. 35 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 3 fine(s) totaling $272,512, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 478.75 (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, Highland Pines Rehabilitation Center ranks 14410th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 45.4/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within FL, it ranks 693rd out of 694 nursing homes. In Clearwater, it ranks 13th out of 13 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 6th of 6. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #12,231 nationally and RN hours rank #10,855 nationally (#595 in FL). Our composite quality score of 45.4/100 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 Clearwater, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/florida/clearwater/