Birchwood Care Home is certified as a Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1974-03-31. 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 (612) 823-7286 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Birchwood Care Home 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 (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 75.0/100, placing it #5960 of 14703 facilities nationally and #135 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 Birchwood Care Home receives a reported average of 1 hour 42 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 24 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 19 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 1 hour 25 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 44.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $3,145. 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 1 fine(s) totaling $3,145, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 72.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Birchwood Care Home ranks 5960th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 75.0/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within MN, it ranks 135th out of 338 nursing homes. In Minneapolis, it ranks 8th out of 19 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #14,134 nationally and RN hours rank #11,055 nationally (#316 in MN). Our composite quality score of 75.0/100 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 Minneapolis, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/minnesota/minneapolis/