Guam Memorial Hospital Authority is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1968-01-01. 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 (671) 633-1800 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Guam Memorial Hospital Authority 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 (1★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (N/A★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 81.5/100, placing it #3019 of 14703 facilities nationally and #1 of 1 in GU. 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 Guam Memorial Hospital Authority receives a reported average of 7 hours 23 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 2 hours 33 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 25 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 25 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 6 hours 37 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 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.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $13,247. 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 $13,247, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 152.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Guam Memorial Hospital Authority ranks 3019th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 81.5/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within GU, it ranks 1st out of 1 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #136 nationally and RN hours rank #134 nationally (#1 in GU). Our composite quality score of 81.5/100 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 Barrigada, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/gu/barrigada/