Singing River Skilled Nursing Facility is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2017-09-23. 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 (228) 809-5060 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Singing River Skilled Nursing Facility holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 87.0/100, placing it #1115 of 14703 facilities nationally and #6 of 202 in Mississippi. 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 Singing River Skilled Nursing Facility receives a reported average of 9 hours 4 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 3 hours 16 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 2 hours 48 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 6 hours 34 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 58.5%. 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 $31,437. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 4 fine(s) totaling $31,437, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 4. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 27.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Singing River Skilled Nursing Facility ranks 1115th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 87.0/100), placing it in the top 10% nationwide. Within MS, it ranks 6th out of 202 nursing homes. In Pascagoula, it ranks 1st out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #44 nationally and RN hours rank #77 nationally (#2 in MS). Our composite quality score of 87.0/100 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 Pascagoula, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/mississippi/pascagoula/