Oaklawn Care & Rehabilitation Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1988-02-01. 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 (507) 388-2913 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Oaklawn Care & Rehabilitation 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 (4★), 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 69.1/100, placing it #8733 of 14703 facilities nationally and #195 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 Oaklawn Care & Rehabilitation Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 56 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 6 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 32 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 19 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 30 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 44.7%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 6 fine(s) totaling $59,001. 18 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 6 fine(s) totaling $59,001, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 7. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 60.25 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Oaklawn Care & Rehabilitation Center ranks 8733rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 69.1/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within MN, it ranks 195th out of 338 nursing homes. In Mankato, it ranks 2nd out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #5,253 nationally and RN hours rank #1,505 nationally (#115 in MN). Our composite quality score of 69.1/100 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 Mankato, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/minnesota/mankato/