Eventide Lutheran Home is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1987-04-01. 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) 233-7508 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Eventide Lutheran Home 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 #7829 of 14703 facilities nationally and #177 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 Eventide Lutheran Home receives a reported average of 4 hours 25 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 36 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 39 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 10 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 3 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. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 4 fine(s) totaling $59,005. 16 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 4 fine(s) totaling $59,005, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 4. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 75.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Eventide Lutheran Home ranks 7829th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 71.0/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within MN, it ranks 177th out of 338 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,696 nationally and RN hours rank #6,612 nationally (#289 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 Moorhead, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/minnesota/moorhead/