Harlan Health And Rehabilitation Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1981-11-02. 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 (606) 573-7250 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Harlan Health And Rehabilitation 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 58.9/100, placing it #12375 of 14703 facilities nationally and #228 of 268 in Kentucky. 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 Harlan Health And Rehabilitation Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 26 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 53 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 33 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 54 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 44.6%. 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 $10,868. 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 2 fine(s) totaling $10,868, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 70.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Harlan Health And Rehabilitation Center ranks 12375th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 58.9/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within KY, it ranks 228th out of 268 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,634 nationally and RN hours rank #2,868 nationally (#57 in KY). Our composite quality score of 58.9/100 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 Harlan, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/kentucky/harlan/