Bishop Rehabilitation And Nursing Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1971-11-14. 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 (315) 474-1561 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Bishop Rehabilitation And Nursing Center 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 (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 48.5/100, placing it #14158 of 14703 facilities nationally and #584 of 596 in New York. 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 Bishop Rehabilitation And Nursing Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 24 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 22 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 18 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 44 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 44 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 56.0%. 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 $699,602. 268 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 2 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $699,602, and 2 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 4. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 218.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Bishop Rehabilitation And Nursing Center ranks 14158th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 48.5/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within NY, it ranks 584th out of 596 nursing homes. In Syracuse, it ranks 5th out of 7 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,773 nationally and RN hours rank #11,625 nationally (#511 in NY). Our composite quality score of 48.5/100 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 Syracuse, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/new_york/syracuse/