Clifford Chester Sims State Veterans Nursing Home is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2003-11-05. 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 (850) 747-5401 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Clifford Chester Sims State Veterans Nursing Home 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 (5★), Staffing (4★), 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 71.5/100, placing it #7577 of 14703 facilities nationally and #482 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 Clifford Chester Sims State Veterans Nursing Home receives a reported average of 5 hours 2 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 54 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 10 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 58 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 38 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 53.6%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Clifford Chester Sims State Veterans Nursing Home 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 2.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Clifford Chester Sims State Veterans Nursing Home ranks 7577th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 71.5/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within FL, it ranks 482nd out of 694 nursing homes. In Panama City, it ranks 2nd out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,177 nationally and RN hours rank #2,629 nationally (#144 in FL). Our composite quality score of 71.5/100 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 Panama City, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/florida/panama-city/