Idaho State Veterans Home – Lewiston is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2007-12-01. 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 (208) 750-3600 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Idaho State Veterans Home – Lewiston 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 (4★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 85.2/100, placing it #1625 of 14703 facilities nationally and #13 of 80 in Idaho. 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 Idaho State Veterans Home – Lewiston receives a reported average of 4 hours 49 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 39 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 17 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 53 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 56 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 37.5%. 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 $186,850. 8 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 1 fine(s) totaling $186,850, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 36.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Idaho State Veterans Home – Lewiston ranks 1625th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 85.2/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within ID, it ranks 13th out of 80 nursing homes. In Lewiston, it ranks 1st out of 6 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 6. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,545 nationally and RN hours rank #415 nationally (#2 in ID). Our composite quality score of 85.2/100 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 Lewiston, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/idaho/lewiston/