Aspire Physical Recovery Center Of West Alabama is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2016-06-08. 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 (205) 330-8412 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Aspire Physical Recovery Center Of West Alabama 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 (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 66.8/100, placing it #9660 of 14703 facilities nationally and #160 of 224 in Alabama. 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 Aspire Physical Recovery Center Of West Alabama receives a reported average of 4 hours 25 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 49 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 5 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 32 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 42 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 64.9%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Aspire Physical Recovery Center Of West Alabama has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 11.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Aspire Physical Recovery Center Of West Alabama ranks 9660th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 66.8/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within AL, it ranks 160th out of 224 nursing homes. In Northport, it ranks 4th out of 5 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,701 nationally and RN hours rank #3,536 nationally (#36 in AL). Our composite quality score of 66.8/100 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 Northport, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/alabama/northport/