The Woodlands Healthcare Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2000-01-01. 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 (337) 239-6578 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

The Woodlands Healthcare Center 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 (1★), 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 59.6/100, placing it #12173 of 14703 facilities nationally and #146 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 The Woodlands Healthcare Center receives a reported average of 3 hours of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 19 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 59 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 41 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 26 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 45.1%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 16 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $27,352. 28 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 31.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, The Woodlands Healthcare Center ranks 12173rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 59.6/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within LA, it ranks 146th out of 266 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #13,147 nationally and RN hours rank #12,342 nationally (#57 in LA). Our composite quality score of 59.6/100 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 Leesville, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/louisiana/leesville/