Heritage Park Health Center By Harborview is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1986-01-23. 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 (941) 792-8480 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Heritage Park Health Center By Harborview holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 57.7/100, placing it #12675 of 14703 facilities nationally and #668 of 694 in Florida. 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 Heritage Park Health Center By Harborview receives a reported average of 3 hours 26 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 25 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 56 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 6 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 9 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 56.8%. 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 $4,475. 12 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $4,475, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 37.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Heritage Park Health Center By Harborview ranks 12675th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 57.7/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within FL, it ranks 668th out of 694 nursing homes. In Bradenton, it ranks 9th out of 10 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #9,690 nationally and RN hours rank #10,654 nationally (#586 in FL). Our composite quality score of 57.7/100 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 Bradenton, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/florida/bradenton/