Baptist Village, Inc. is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1996-09-01. 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 (912) 283-7050 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Baptist Village, Inc. holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (5★), 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 73.2/100, placing it #6829 of 14703 facilities nationally and #99 of 356 in Georgia. 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 Baptist Village, Inc. receives a reported average of 4 hours 54 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 21 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 16 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 18 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 22 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 36.2%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $10,218. 3 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 2 fine(s) totaling $10,218, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 8.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Baptist Village, Inc. ranks 6829th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 73.2/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within GA, it ranks 99th out of 356 nursing homes. In Waycross, it ranks 1st out of 3 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,380 nationally and RN hours rank #11,877 nationally (#233 in GA). Our composite quality score of 73.2/100 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 Waycross, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/georgia/waycross/