Ellsworth Health Services is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1992-04-01. 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 (715) 273-5821 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Ellsworth Health Services 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 (4★), Staffing (5★), 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 81.7/100, placing it #2951 of 14703 facilities nationally and #64 of 323 in Wisconsin. 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 Ellsworth Health Services receives a reported average of 4 hours of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 16 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 31 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 12 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 26 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 26.7%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 3 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $23,000. 2 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 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 16.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Ellsworth Health Services ranks 2951st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 81.7/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within WI, it ranks 64th out of 323 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #4,813 nationally and RN hours rank #932 nationally (#51 in WI). Our composite quality score of 81.7/100 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 Ellsworth, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/wisconsin/ellsworth/