Bethany St Joseph Care Ctr is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1977-01-17. 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 (608) 788-5700 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Bethany St Joseph Care Ctr 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 (3★), Staffing (5★), 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 78.5/100, placing it #4349 of 14703 facilities nationally and #77 of 323 in Wisconsin. 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 Bethany St Joseph Care Ctr receives a reported average of 4 hours 30 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 14 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 23 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 53 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 3 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 43.7%. 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 $3,145. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $3,145, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 45.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Bethany St Joseph Care Ctr ranks 4349th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 78.5/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within WI, it ranks 77th out of 323 nursing homes. In La Crosse, it ranks 1st out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,412 nationally and RN hours rank #1,029 nationally (#57 in WI). Our composite quality score of 78.5/100 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 La Crosse, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/wisconsin/la-crosse/