Forest Hills Of Dc is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2000-12-27. 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 (202) 966-7623 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Forest Hills Of Dc 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 (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 89.2/100, placing it #678 of 14703 facilities nationally and #6 of 17 in District of Columbia. 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 Forest Hills Of Dc receives a reported average of 4 hours 37 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 31 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 25 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 40 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 24 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 27.6%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $9,311. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $9,311, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 55.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Forest Hills Of Dc ranks 678th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 89.2/100), placing it in the top 5% nationwide. Within DC, it ranks 6th out of 17 nursing homes. In Washington, it ranks 6th out of 17 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,020 nationally and RN hours rank #551 nationally (#7 in DC). Our composite quality score of 89.2/100 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 Washington, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/district_of_columbia/washington/