Lake Mariam Health And Rehabilitation Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1983-02-07. 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 (863) 293-1989 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Lake Mariam 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 (1★), Staffing (4★), 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 64.0/100, placing it #10709 of 14703 facilities nationally and #617 of 694 in Florida. 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 Mariam Health And Rehabilitation Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 36 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 33 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 56 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 6 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 8 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 52.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 4 fine(s) totaling $353,123. 39 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 4 fine(s) totaling $353,123, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 4. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 522.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Lake Mariam Health And Rehabilitation Center ranks 10709th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 64.0/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within FL, it ranks 617th out of 694 nursing homes. In Winter Haven, it ranks 7th out of 7 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 4th of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,077 nationally and RN hours rank #7,637 nationally (#432 in FL). Our composite quality score of 64.0/100 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 Winter Haven, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/florida/winter-haven/