Carrie Elligson Gietner Health Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1997-03-12. 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 (314) 752-0000 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Carrie Elligson Gietner Health Care 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 (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 52.7/100, placing it #13663 of 14703 facilities nationally and #368 of 487 in Missouri. 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 Carrie Elligson Gietner Health Care Center receives a reported average of 2 hours 40 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 8 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 28 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 4 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 28 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. 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 $92,561. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. 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 $92,561, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 166.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Carrie Elligson Gietner Health Care Center ranks 13663rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 52.7/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within MO, it ranks 368th out of 487 nursing homes. In Saint Louis, it ranks 24th out of 36 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #13,879 nationally and RN hours rank #14,092 nationally (#451 in MO). Our composite quality score of 52.7/100 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 Saint Louis, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/missouri/saint-louis/