Montana Veterans Home N H is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1982-01-07. 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 (406) 892-3256 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Montana Veterans Home N H 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 (5★), 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 69.2/100, placing it #8695 of 14703 facilities nationally and #27 of 61 in Montana. 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 Montana Veterans Home N H receives a reported average of 5 hours 22 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 15 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 26 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 41 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 56 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 43.2%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

⚠️ CMS has flagged Montana Veterans Home N H with an abuse icon, indicating a history of reported abuse or neglect incidents. Families should review the detailed inspection reports on Medicare.gov before considering this facility. In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $142,240. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $142,240, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 114.75 (lower scores are better). IMPORTANT: CMS has flagged this facility with an abuse icon — indicating a reported history of abuse or neglect. Families should review the full inspection report on medicare.gov/care-compare before deciding. Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Montana Veterans Home N H ranks 8695th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 69.2/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within MT, it ranks 27th out of 61 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #741 nationally and RN hours rank #989 nationally (#13 in MT). Our composite quality score of 69.2/100 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 Columbia Falls, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/montana/columbia-falls/