Sterling Park Health Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1986-12-01. 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 (320) 252-9595 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Sterling Park Health Care Center 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 (3★), 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 71.0/100, placing it #7836 of 14703 facilities nationally and #178 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 Sterling Park Health Care Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 18 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 2 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 34 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 43 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 44 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 55.8%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 4 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $41,327. 8 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 80.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Sterling Park Health Care Center ranks 7836th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 71.0/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within MN, it ranks 178th out of 338 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #3,141 nationally and RN hours rank #1,841 nationally (#138 in MN). Our composite quality score of 71.0/100 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 Waite Park, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/minnesota/waite-park/