Destination Health And Rehabilitation Center is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2023-11-30. 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 (850) 654-4588 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Destination Health And Rehabilitation 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 (5★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). 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 #374 of 694 in Florida. 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 Destination Health And Rehabilitation Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 51 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 38 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 4 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 9 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 25 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 71.2%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Destination Health And Rehabilitation 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 0.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Destination Health And Rehabilitation Center ranks 5540th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 75.8/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within FL, it ranks 374th out of 694 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #5,900 nationally and RN hours rank #6,020 nationally (#334 in FL). 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 Destin, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/florida/destin/