Dr Susan Smith Mckinney Nursing And Rehab Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1997-12-08. 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 (718) 245-7000 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Dr Susan Smith Mckinney Nursing And Rehab 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 (5★), 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 93.0/100, placing it #292 of 14703 facilities nationally and #9 of 596 in New York. 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 Dr Susan Smith Mckinney Nursing And Rehab Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 48 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 44 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 20 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 43 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 49 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 24.9%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 1 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $52,390. 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 6.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Dr Susan Smith Mckinney Nursing And Rehab Center ranks 292nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 93.0/100), placing it in the top 5% nationwide. Within NY, it ranks 9th out of 596 nursing homes. In Brooklyn, it ranks 1st out of 40 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,603 nationally and RN hours rank #359 nationally (#17 in NY). Our composite quality score of 93.0/100 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 Brooklyn, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/new_york/brooklyn/