Optalis Health And Rehabilitation Of Sterling Heig is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2013-07-12. 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 (586) 274-9044 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Optalis Health And Rehabilitation Of Sterling Heig 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 (2★), Staffing (3★), 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 70.9/100, placing it #7880 of 14703 facilities nationally and #208 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 Optalis Health And Rehabilitation Of Sterling Heig receives a reported average of 4 hours 6 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 33 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 38 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 55 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 41 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 56.8%. 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 $4,233. 124 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 $4,233, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 128.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Optalis Health And Rehabilitation Of Sterling Heig ranks 7880th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 70.9/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within MI, it ranks 208th out of 423 nursing homes. In Sterling Heights, it ranks 2nd out of 5 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #4,189 nationally and RN hours rank #7,620 nationally (#287 in MI). Our composite quality score of 70.9/100 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 Sterling Heights, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/michigan/sterling-heights/