Canal View – Houghton County is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1967-01-01. 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 (906) 482-5050 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Canal View – Houghton County 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 (2★), Staffing (5★), 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 65.5/100, placing it #10138 of 14703 facilities nationally and #284 of 423 in Michigan. 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 Canal View – Houghton County receives a reported average of 4 hours 47 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 8 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 29 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 10 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 18 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 49.5%. 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 $39,988. 4 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $39,988, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 100.25 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Canal View – Houghton County ranks 10138th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 65.5/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within MI, it ranks 284th out of 423 nursing homes. In Hancock, it ranks 2nd out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,622 nationally and RN hours rank #1,354 nationally (#60 in MI). Our composite quality score of 65.5/100 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 Hancock, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/michigan/hancock/