Solaris Healthcare Lake City is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1992-05-26. 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 (386) 758-4777 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Solaris Healthcare Lake City holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), 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 83.6/100, placing it #2185 of 14703 facilities nationally and #153 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 Solaris Healthcare Lake City receives a reported average of 3 hours 57 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 35 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 57 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 25 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 37 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. Total nursing staff turnover is 28.8%. 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 $24,850. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $24,850, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 35.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Solaris Healthcare Lake City ranks 2185th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 83.6/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within FL, it ranks 153rd out of 694 nursing homes. In Lake City, it ranks 1st out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #5,094 nationally and RN hours rank #6,886 nationally (#382 in FL). Our composite quality score of 83.6/100 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 Lake City, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/florida/lake-city/