Lee Memorial Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2017-06-20. 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 (239) 343-3390 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Lee Memorial Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit 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 (5★), Staffing (1★), 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 82.4/100, placing it #2645 of 14703 facilities nationally and #190 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 Lee Memorial Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit receives a reported average of N/A of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — N/A; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — N/A; Nurse Aide — N/A. On weekends, total nurse staffing is N/A 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 13.6%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Lee Memorial Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. 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 0.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Lee Memorial Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit ranks 2645th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 82.4/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within FL, it ranks 190th out of 694 nursing homes. In Fort Myers, it ranks 5th out of 13 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2025 staffing: total nurse hours rank #411 nationally and RN hours rank #81 nationally (#3 in FL). Our composite quality score of 82.4/100 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 Fort Myers, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/florida/fort-myers/