Mary Free Bed Sub-Acute Rehabilitation is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2015-09-30. 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 (616) 840-8931 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Mary Free Bed Sub-Acute Rehabilitation 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 (3★), Staffing (5★), 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 83.7/100, placing it #2160 of 14703 facilities nationally and #64 of 423 in Michigan. 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 Mary Free Bed Sub-Acute Rehabilitation receives a reported average of 5 hours 28 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 24 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 16 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 47 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 47 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 44.1%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 6 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $4,970. 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 47.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Mary Free Bed Sub-Acute Rehabilitation ranks 2160th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 83.7/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within MI, it ranks 64th out of 423 nursing homes. In Grand Rapids, it ranks 9th out of 19 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #657 nationally and RN hours rank #694 nationally (#19 in MI). Our composite quality score of 83.7/100 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 Grand Rapids, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/michigan/grand-rapids/