Booker T.Washington Skilled Nursing And Rehabilita is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2004-10-03. 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 (318) 219-2608 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Booker T.Washington Skilled Nursing And Rehabilita holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (1★), and Quality of Resident Care (1★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 52.5/100, placing it #13703 of 14703 facilities nationally and #223 of 266 in Louisiana. 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 Booker T.Washington Skilled Nursing And Rehabilita receives a reported average of 2 hours 52 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 10 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 5 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 37 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 34 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 60.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Booker T.Washington Skilled Nursing And Rehabilita has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. 8 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 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 36.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Booker T.Washington Skilled Nursing And Rehabilita ranks 13703rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 52.5/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within LA, it ranks 223rd out of 266 nursing homes. In Shreveport, it ranks 18th out of 21 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #13,552 nationally and RN hours rank #13,962 nationally (#201 in LA). Our composite quality score of 52.5/100 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 Shreveport, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/louisiana/shreveport/