Barron Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1967-01-01. 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 (207) 541-6548 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Barron Center 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 (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 78.7/100, placing it #4260 of 14703 facilities nationally and #15 of 78 in Maine. 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 Barron Center receives a reported average of 5 hours 11 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 18 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 20 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 33 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 26 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 97.2%. 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 $8,278. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $8,278, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 48.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Barron Center ranks 4260th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 78.7/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within ME, it ranks 15th out of 78 nursing homes. In Portland, it ranks 2nd out of 4 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #937 nationally and RN hours rank #861 nationally (#15 in ME). Our composite quality score of 78.7/100 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 Portland, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/maine/portland/