Mount Carmel Bluffs is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2021-08-31. 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 (563) 556-5474 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Mount Carmel Bluffs 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 (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 71.6/100, placing it #7530 of 14703 facilities nationally and #193 of 390 in Iowa. 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 Mount Carmel Bluffs receives a reported average of 4 hours 34 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 15 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 8 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 11 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 1 minute 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 24.2%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Mount Carmel Bluffs 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 16.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Mount Carmel Bluffs ranks 7530th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 71.6/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within IA, it ranks 193rd out of 390 nursing homes. In Dubuque, it ranks 4th out of 8 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,160 nationally and RN hours rank #976 nationally (#16 in IA). Our composite quality score of 71.6/100 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 Dubuque, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/iowa/dubuque/