Meadow Brook Medical Care Facility is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1967-01-01. 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 (231) 533-8661 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Meadow Brook Medical Care Facility holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 71.4/100, placing it #7656 of 14703 facilities nationally and #200 of 423 in Michigan. 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 Meadow Brook Medical Care Facility receives a reported average of 4 hours 59 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 15 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 29 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 15 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 19 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 75.8%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

⚠️ CMS has flagged Meadow Brook Medical Care Facility with an abuse icon, indicating a history of reported abuse or neglect incidents. Families should review the detailed inspection reports on Medicare.gov before considering this facility. The facility has received 3 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $29,250. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 42.0 (lower scores are better). IMPORTANT: CMS has flagged this facility with an abuse icon — indicating a reported history of abuse or neglect. Families should review the full inspection report on medicare.gov/care-compare before deciding. Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Meadow Brook Medical Care Facility ranks 7656th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 71.4/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within MI, it ranks 200th out of 423 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,253 nationally and RN hours rank #974 nationally (#35 in MI). Our composite quality score of 71.4/100 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 Bellaire, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/michigan/bellaire/