Mainegeneral Rehab & Long Term Care – Gray Birch is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1983-08-25. 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 (207) 621-7100 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Mainegeneral Rehab & Long Term Care – Gray Birch 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 (4★), Staffing (4★), 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 71.3/100, placing it #7695 of 14703 facilities nationally and #29 of 78 in Maine. 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 Mainegeneral Rehab & Long Term Care – Gray Birch receives a reported average of 5 hours 8 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 19 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 33 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 16 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 39 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 54.5%. 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 $9,770. 6 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 $9,770, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 58.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Mainegeneral Rehab & Long Term Care – Gray Birch ranks 7695th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 71.3/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within ME, it ranks 29th out of 78 nursing homes. In Augusta, it ranks 4th out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 4th of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,016 nationally and RN hours rank #833 nationally (#14 in ME). Our composite quality score of 71.3/100 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 Augusta, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/maine/augusta/