Orchard Creek Skilled Nursing is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2003-10-20. 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) 932-9272 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Orchard Creek Skilled Nursing 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 (2★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 88.1/100, placing it #833 of 14703 facilities nationally and #27 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 Orchard Creek Skilled Nursing receives a reported average of 5 hours 15 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 14 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 47 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 14 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 26 minutes 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 41.4%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

⚠️ CMS has flagged Orchard Creek Skilled Nursing 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 1 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $17,350. 2 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. 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 69.0 (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, Orchard Creek Skilled Nursing ranks 833rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 88.1/100), placing it in the top 10% nationwide. Within MI, it ranks 27th out of 423 nursing homes. In Traverse City, it ranks 1st out of 5 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #875 nationally and RN hours rank #1,011 nationally (#36 in MI). Our composite quality score of 88.1/100 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 Traverse City, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/michigan/traverse-city/