St Gertrudes Health & Rehabilitation Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1996-11-08. 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 (952) 233-4411 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

St Gertrudes Health & Rehabilitation Center 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 (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 63.8/100, placing it #10771 of 14703 facilities nationally and #255 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 St Gertrudes Health & Rehabilitation Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 17 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 15 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 39 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 23 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 55 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 34.2%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $29,260. 11 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 2 fine(s) totaling $29,260, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 81.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, St Gertrudes Health & Rehabilitation Center ranks 10771st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 63.8/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within MN, it ranks 255th out of 338 nursing homes. In Shakopee, it ranks 2nd out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #3,283 nationally and RN hours rank #988 nationally (#77 in MN). Our composite quality score of 63.8/100 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 Shakopee, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/minnesota/shakopee/