Mckenzie County Healthcare Systems Long Term Care is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1978-09-01. 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 (701) 444-2331 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Mckenzie County Healthcare Systems Long Term Care 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 84.5/100, placing it #1852 of 14703 facilities nationally and #6 of 72 in North Dakota. 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 Mckenzie County Healthcare Systems Long Term Care receives a reported average of 4 hours 41 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 1 minute; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 40 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 52 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 41.5%. 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 $6,300. 6 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 1 fine(s) totaling $6,300, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 25.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Mckenzie County Healthcare Systems Long Term Care ranks 1852nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 84.5/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within ND, it ranks 6th out of 72 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,844 nationally and RN hours rank #1,908 nationally (#24 in ND). Our composite quality score of 84.5/100 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 Watford City, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/north_dakota/watford-city/