Chatuge Regional Nursing Home is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2005-10-01. 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 (706) 896-2231 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Chatuge Regional Nursing Home 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 (1★), Staffing (3★), 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 56.9/100, placing it #12885 of 14703 facilities nationally and #287 of 356 in Georgia. 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 Chatuge Regional Nursing Home receives a reported average of 3 hours 21 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 37 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 56 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 48 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 52 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 46.9%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $64,214. 5 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 1 fine(s) totaling $64,214, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 150.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Chatuge Regional Nursing Home ranks 12885th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 56.9/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within GA, it ranks 287th out of 356 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #10,536 nationally and RN hours rank #6,349 nationally (#82 in GA). Our composite quality score of 56.9/100 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 Hiawassee, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/georgia/hiawassee/