River City Living Community is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1992-03-01. 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 (573) 893-3404 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

River City Living Community 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 (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (1★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 50.7/100, placing it #13931 of 14703 facilities nationally and #404 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 River City Living Community receives a reported average of 4 hours 34 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 18 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 38 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 39 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 21 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 93.2%. 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 $237,995. 19 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 $237,995, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 178.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, River City Living Community ranks 13931st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 50.7/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within MO, it ranks 404th out of 487 nursing homes. In Jefferson City, it ranks 7th out of 8 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 5th of 6. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,155 nationally and RN hours rank #12,851 nationally (#342 in MO). Our composite quality score of 50.7/100 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 Jefferson City, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/missouri/jefferson-city/