Alpha Home – A Waters Community is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2002-10-11. 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 (317) 923-1518 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Alpha Home – A Waters Community holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (2★), 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 61.6/100, placing it #11541 of 14703 facilities nationally and #443 of 507 in Indiana. 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 Alpha Home – A Waters Community receives a reported average of 3 hours 15 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 30 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 54 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 50 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 55 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 25.5%. 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 $22,386. 111 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 $22,386, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 83.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Alpha Home – A Waters Community ranks 11541st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 61.6/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within IN, it ranks 443rd out of 507 nursing homes. In Indianapolis, it ranks 41st out of 44 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #11,592 nationally and RN hours rank #8,680 nationally (#336 in IN). Our composite quality score of 61.6/100 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 Indianapolis, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/indiana/indianapolis/