Heritage Square is certified as a Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1984-11-09. 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 (815) 288-2251 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Heritage Square 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 (5★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (1★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 68.4/100, placing it #9029 of 14703 facilities nationally and #207 of 668 in Illinois. 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 Heritage Square receives a reported average of 6 hours 49 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 2 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 17 minutes; Nurse Aide — 4 hours 30 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 5 hours 47 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 61.9%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Heritage Square 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 22.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Heritage Square ranks 9029th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 68.4/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within IL, it ranks 207th out of 668 nursing homes. In Dixon, 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 #186 nationally and RN hours rank #1,800 nationally (#100 in IL). Our composite quality score of 68.4/100 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 Dixon, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/illinois/dixon/