J G Alexander Nursing Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2006-03-20. 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 (601) 774-5065 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

J G Alexander Nursing Center 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 (2★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (1★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 59.7/100, placing it #12140 of 14703 facilities nationally and #143 of 202 in Mississippi. 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 J G Alexander Nursing Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 42 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 50 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 57 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 56 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 29 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. Total nursing staff turnover is 49.4%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $16,720. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $16,720, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 77.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, J G Alexander Nursing Center ranks 12140th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 59.7/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within MS, it ranks 143rd out of 202 nursing homes. In Union, it ranks 2nd out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,785 nationally and RN hours rank #3,357 nationally (#28 in MS). Our composite quality score of 59.7/100 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 Union, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/mississippi/union/