Bethesda Southgate is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2003-04-03. 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 (314) 846-2000 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Bethesda Southgate 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 (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 89.5/100, placing it #615 of 14703 facilities nationally and #8 of 487 in Missouri. 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 Bethesda Southgate receives a reported average of 4 hours 30 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 36 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 22 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 32 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 4 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 27.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Bethesda Southgate 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 23.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Bethesda Southgate ranks 615th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 89.5/100), placing it in the top 5% nationwide. Within MO, it ranks 8th out of 487 nursing homes. In Saint Louis, it ranks 1st out of 36 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,419 nationally and RN hours rank #6,655 nationally (#78 in MO). Our composite quality score of 89.5/100 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 Saint Louis, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/missouri/saint-louis/