Forest Hills Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1979-12-01. 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 (570) 427-8683 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Forest Hills Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center 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 62.7/100, placing it #11189 of 14703 facilities nationally and #463 of 657 in Pennsylvania. 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 Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center receives a reported average of N/A of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — N/A; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — N/A; Nurse Aide — N/A. On weekends, total nurse staffing is N/A 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. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

⚠️ CMS has flagged Forest Hills Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center with an abuse icon, indicating a history of reported abuse or neglect incidents. Families should review the detailed inspection reports on Medicare.gov before considering this facility. In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $69,160. 75 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 1 fine(s) totaling $69,160, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 91.0 (lower scores are better). IMPORTANT: CMS has flagged this facility with an abuse icon — indicating a reported history of abuse or neglect. Families should review the full inspection report on medicare.gov/care-compare before deciding. Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Forest Hills Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center ranks 11189th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 62.7/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within PA, it ranks 463rd out of 657 nursing homes. For 2025 staffing: total nurse hours rank #10,672 nationally and RN hours rank #11,450 nationally (#622 in PA). Our composite quality score of 62.7/100 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 Weatherly, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/pennsylvania/weatherly/