Life Care Center Of Waynesville is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1989-06-26. 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 (573) 774-6456 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Life Care Center Of Waynesville holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), 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 72.2/100, placing it #7273 of 14703 facilities nationally and #99 of 487 in Missouri. 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 Life Care Center Of Waynesville receives a reported average of 3 hours 18 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 22 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 2 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 55 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 50 minutes 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 55.6%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $22,081. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $22,081, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 102.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Life Care Center Of Waynesville ranks 7273rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 72.2/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within MO, it ranks 99th out of 487 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #11,008 nationally and RN hours rank #11,599 nationally (#272 in MO). Our composite quality score of 72.2/100 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 Waynesville, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/missouri/waynesville/