George E. Wahlen Ogden Veterans Home is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2010-02-03. 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 (801) 334-4300 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

George E. Wahlen Ogden Veterans Home holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), 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 88.4/100, placing it #791 of 14703 facilities nationally and #13 of 97 in Utah. 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 George E. Wahlen Ogden Veterans Home receives a reported average of 5 hours of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 30 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 27 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 3 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 29.8%. 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 $12,363. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $12,363, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 77.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, George E. Wahlen Ogden Veterans Home ranks 791st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 88.4/100), placing it in the top 10% nationwide. Within UT, it ranks 13th out of 97 nursing homes. In Ogden, it ranks 2nd out of 8 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,213 nationally and RN hours rank #567 nationally (#21 in UT). Our composite quality score of 88.4/100 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 Ogden, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/utah/ogden/