Idaho State Veterans Home – Pocatello is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2007-11-01. 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 (208) 235-7800 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Idaho State Veterans Home – Pocatello 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 (3★), Staffing (5★), 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 81.5/100, placing it #3010 of 14703 facilities nationally and #27 of 80 in Idaho. 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 Idaho State Veterans Home – Pocatello receives a reported average of 5 hours 6 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 37 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 28 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 1 minute. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 12 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 45.5%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 7 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $11,189. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 45.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Idaho State Veterans Home – Pocatello ranks 3010th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 81.5/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within ID, it ranks 27th out of 80 nursing homes. In Pocatello, it ranks 3rd out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,071 nationally and RN hours rank #441 nationally (#3 in ID). 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 Pocatello, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/idaho/pocatello/