Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1973-04-11. 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 (808) 338-9431 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital 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 (1★), 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 75.5/100, placing it #5693 of 14703 facilities nationally and #32 of 42 in Hawaii. 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 Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital receives a reported average of 1 hour 31 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 33 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 5 minutes; Nurse Aide — 53 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 1 hour 15 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 10.0%. 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 $34,300. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $34,300, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 134.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital ranks 5693rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 75.5/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within HI, it ranks 32nd out of 42 nursing homes. In Waimea, 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 #14,148 nationally and RN hours rank #7,814 nationally (#41 in HI). Our composite quality score of 75.5/100 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 Waimea, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/hawaii/waimea/