Bear Creek Nursing Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1981-09-15. 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 (727) 863-5488 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Bear Creek Nursing Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (3★), 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 70.0/100, placing it #8314 of 14703 facilities nationally and #522 of 694 in Florida. 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 Bear Creek Nursing Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 27 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 42 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 36 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 9 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 12 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 57.1%. 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 $37,198. 9 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 $37,198, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 72.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Bear Creek Nursing Center ranks 8314th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 70.0/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within FL, it ranks 522nd out of 694 nursing homes. In Hudson, it ranks 3rd out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #9,496 nationally and RN hours rank #4,834 nationally (#275 in FL). Our composite quality score of 70.0/100 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 Hudson, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/florida/hudson/