Blue Ridge Rehabilitation And Nursing is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1984-11-01. 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 (540) 433-2791 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Blue Ridge Rehabilitation And Nursing 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 (2★), Staffing (1★), 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 53.0/100, placing it #13613 of 14703 facilities nationally and #272 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 Blue Ridge Rehabilitation And Nursing receives a reported average of 2 hours 46 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 23 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 42 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 40 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 24 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 46.6%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 7 fine(s) totaling $50,436. 31 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 7 fine(s) totaling $50,436, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 7. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 132.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Blue Ridge Rehabilitation And Nursing ranks 13613th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 53.0/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within VA, it ranks 272nd out of 289 nursing homes. In Harrisonburg, it ranks 4th out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #13,735 nationally and RN hours rank #11,171 nationally (#224 in VA). Our composite quality score of 53.0/100 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 Harrisonburg, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/virginia/harrisonburg/