Central Todd County Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1988-02-01. 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 (218) 756-3636 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Central Todd County Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (5★), 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 75.8/100, placing it #5540 of 14703 facilities nationally and #122 of 338 in Minnesota. 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 Central Todd County Care Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 27 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 43 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 48 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 56 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 43 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 36.8%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Central Todd County Care Center has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. 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 24.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Central Todd County Care Center ranks 5540th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 75.8/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within MN, it ranks 122nd out of 338 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,582 nationally and RN hours rank #4,763 nationally (#258 in MN). Our composite quality score of 75.8/100 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 Clarissa, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/minnesota/clarissa/