Birchwood Park Rehabilitation is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1984-12-01. 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 (757) 340-6611 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Birchwood Park Rehabilitation holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (2★), 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 54.0/100, placing it #13461 of 14703 facilities nationally and #268 of 289 in Virginia. 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 Birchwood Park Rehabilitation receives a reported average of 3 hours 25 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 31 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 59 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 54 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 54 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 66.1%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

⚠️ CMS has flagged Birchwood Park Rehabilitation with an abuse icon, indicating a history of reported abuse or neglect incidents. Families should review the detailed inspection reports on Medicare.gov before considering this facility. In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $131,178. 43 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 1 fine(s) totaling $131,178, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 622.5 (lower scores are better). IMPORTANT: CMS has flagged this facility with an abuse icon — indicating a reported history of abuse or neglect. Families should review the full inspection report on medicare.gov/care-compare before deciding. Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Birchwood Park Rehabilitation ranks 13461st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 54.0/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within VA, it ranks 268th out of 289 nursing homes. In Virginia Beach, it ranks 13th out of 14 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #9,984 nationally and RN hours rank #8,249 nationally (#144 in VA). Our composite quality score of 54.0/100 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 Virginia Beach, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/virginia/virginia-beach/