Salem Memorial District Hospital is certified as a Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1992-06-25. 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) 729-6626 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Salem Memorial District Hospital 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 (4★), 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 67.0/100, placing it #9564 of 14703 facilities nationally and #171 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 Salem Memorial District Hospital receives a reported average of 5 hours 27 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 53 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 5 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 28 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 27 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. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 13 fine(s) totaling $106,623. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 13 fine(s) totaling $106,623, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 13. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 36.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Salem Memorial District Hospital ranks 9564th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 67.0/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within MO, it ranks 171st out of 487 nursing homes. In Salem, it ranks 1st out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #665 nationally and RN hours rank #2,817 nationally (#18 in MO). Our composite quality score of 67.0/100 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 Salem, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/missouri/salem/