Buckingham Pavilion is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1975-04-14. 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 (773) 973-5333 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Buckingham Pavilion holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (1★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 60.6/100, placing it #11885 of 14703 facilities nationally and #331 of 668 in Illinois. 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 Buckingham Pavilion receives a reported average of 2 hours 42 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 40 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 13 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 49 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 60.9%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 7 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $36,435. 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 39.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Buckingham Pavilion ranks 11885th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 60.6/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within IL, it ranks 331st out of 668 nursing homes. In Chicago, it ranks 33rd out of 77 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 5. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #13,834 nationally and RN hours rank #5,467 nationally (#290 in IL). Our composite quality score of 60.6/100 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 Chicago, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/illinois/chicago/