Hilltop Healthcare Rehabilitation And Skilled Nurs is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1986-08-01. 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 (218) 625-6421 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Hilltop Healthcare Rehabilitation And Skilled Nurs holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (1★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 49.9/100, placing it #14019 of 14703 facilities nationally and #334 of 338 in Minnesota. 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 Hilltop Healthcare Rehabilitation And Skilled Nurs receives a reported average of 3 hours 42 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 57 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 31 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 14 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 13 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 50.9%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $244,730. 56 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 3 fine(s) totaling $244,730, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 97.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Hilltop Healthcare Rehabilitation And Skilled Nurs ranks 14019th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 49.9/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within MN, it ranks 334th out of 338 nursing homes. In Duluth, it ranks 7th out of 8 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 4th of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #7,230 nationally and RN hours rank #2,374 nationally (#168 in MN). Our composite quality score of 49.9/100 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 Duluth, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/minnesota/duluth/