Maple Lawn Nursing Home is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1984-05-09. 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) 769-2213 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Maple Lawn Nursing Home 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 (2★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 63.7/100, placing it #10816 of 14703 facilities nationally and #208 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 Maple Lawn Nursing Home receives a reported average of 4 hours 28 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 27 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 59 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 2 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 52 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 50.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

⚠️ CMS has flagged Maple Lawn Nursing Home with an abuse icon, indicating a history of reported abuse or neglect incidents. Families should review the detailed inspection reports on Medicare.gov before considering this facility. In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $74,653. 25 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 2 fine(s) totaling $74,653, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 140.0 (lower scores are better). IMPORTANT: CMS has flagged this facility with an abuse icon — indicating a reported history of abuse or neglect. Families should review the full inspection report on medicare.gov/care-compare before deciding. Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Maple Lawn Nursing Home ranks 10816th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 63.7/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within MO, it ranks 208th out of 487 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,522 nationally and RN hours rank #9,981 nationally (#191 in MO). Our composite quality score of 63.7/100 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 Palmyra, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/missouri/palmyra/