Denver North Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1994-04-15. 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 (303) 861-4825 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Denver North Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 75.7/100, placing it #5569 of 14703 facilities nationally and #93 of 210 in Colorado. 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 Denver North Care Center receives a reported average of 2 hours 59 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 35 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 45 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 39 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 35 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 44.1%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 5 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $64,181. 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 71.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Denver North Care Center ranks 5569th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 75.7/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within CO, it ranks 93rd out of 210 nursing homes. In Denver, it ranks 11th out of 23 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #13,249 nationally and RN hours rank #7,062 nationally (#149 in CO). Our composite quality score of 75.7/100 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 Denver, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/colorado/denver/