Carriage Square Rehab And Healthcare Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1989-01-01. 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 (816) 364-1526 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Carriage Square Rehab And Healthcare Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (1★), 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 54.6/100, placing it #13334 of 14703 facilities nationally and #342 of 487 in Missouri. 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 Carriage Square Rehab And Healthcare Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 34 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 23 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 34 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 37 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 57 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 67.5%. 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 $48,685. 24 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 $48,685, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 246.25 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Carriage Square Rehab And Healthcare Center ranks 13334th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 54.6/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within MO, it ranks 342nd out of 487 nursing homes. In Saint Joseph, it ranks 5th out of 6 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #8,499 nationally and RN hours rank #11,317 nationally (#255 in MO). Our composite quality score of 54.6/100 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 Saint Joseph, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/missouri/saint-joseph/