Fifth Avenue Health Care is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1983-10-13. 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 (706) 291-0521 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Fifth Avenue Health Care 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 (2★), Staffing (1★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 66.0/100, placing it #9939 of 14703 facilities nationally and #183 of 356 in Georgia. 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 Fifth Avenue Health Care receives a reported average of 3 hours 20 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 11 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 7 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 2 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 2 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 36.5%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $8,512. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $8,512, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 62.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Fifth Avenue Health Care ranks 9939th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 66.0/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within GA, it ranks 183rd out of 356 nursing homes. In Rome, it ranks 3rd out of 8 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #10,800 nationally and RN hours rank #13,934 nationally (#338 in GA). Our composite quality score of 66.0/100 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 Rome, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/georgia/rome/