Highlands Rehabilitation And Healthcare is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1985-01-16. 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) 946-7700 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Highlands Rehabilitation And Healthcare holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 70.0/100, placing it #8311 of 14703 facilities nationally and #341 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 Highlands Rehabilitation And Healthcare receives a reported average of 3 hours 11 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 24 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 52 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 54 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 51 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 37.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Highlands Rehabilitation And Healthcare has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. 16 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 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 73.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Highlands Rehabilitation And Healthcare ranks 8311th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 70.0/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within PA, it ranks 341st out of 657 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #12,094 nationally and RN hours rank #10,800 nationally (#563 in PA). Our composite quality score of 70.0/100 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 Laporte, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/pennsylvania/laporte/