Eagle Ridge Post Acute is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1990-12-10. 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 (970) 243-3381 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Eagle Ridge Post Acute 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 (2★), 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 65.2/100, placing it #10297 of 14703 facilities nationally and #163 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 Eagle Ridge Post Acute receives a reported average of 3 hours 9 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 26 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 42 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 1 minute. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 54 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 61.5%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $58,386. 15 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $58,386, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 4. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 154.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Eagle Ridge Post Acute ranks 10297th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 65.2/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within CO, it ranks 163rd out of 210 nursing homes. In Grand Junction, it ranks 3rd out of 6 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #12,383 nationally and RN hours rank #10,355 nationally (#194 in CO). Our composite quality score of 65.2/100 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 Grand Junction, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/colorado/grand-junction/