Riverbend Nursing And Rehabilitation Center, Inc is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1999-11-18. 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 (504) 656-0068 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Riverbend Nursing And Rehabilitation Center, Inc holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (3★), 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 54.4/100, placing it #13387 of 14703 facilities nationally and #205 of 266 in Louisiana. 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 Riverbend Nursing And Rehabilitation Center, Inc receives a reported average of 3 hours 58 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 13 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 15 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 30 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 36 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 50.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Riverbend Nursing And Rehabilitation Center, Inc has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. 23 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 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 38.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Riverbend Nursing And Rehabilitation Center, Inc ranks 13387th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 54.4/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within LA, it ranks 205th out of 266 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #5,015 nationally and RN hours rank #13,714 nationally (#160 in LA). Our composite quality score of 54.4/100 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 Belle Chasse, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/louisiana/belle-chasse/