Lake Crossing Health Center Pac Llc is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1989-08-17. 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 (706) 541-0462 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Lake Crossing Health Center Pac Llc 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 (1★), 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 52.0/100, placing it #13779 of 14703 facilities nationally and #321 of 356 in Georgia. 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 Lake Crossing Health Center Pac Llc receives a reported average of 3 hours 27 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 14 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 37 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 36 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 56.6%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 5 fine(s) totaling $19,321. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 5 fine(s) totaling $19,321, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 5. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 69.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Lake Crossing Health Center Pac Llc ranks 13779th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 52.0/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within GA, it ranks 321st out of 356 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #9,520 nationally and RN hours rank #13,534 nationally (#309 in GA). Our composite quality score of 52.0/100 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 Appling, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/georgia/appling/