Memorial Heights Nursing Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1992-06-22. 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 (580) 286-1065 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Memorial Heights Nursing Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (1★), 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 58.8/100, placing it #12426 of 14703 facilities nationally and #214 of 284 in Oklahoma. 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 Memorial Heights Nursing Center receives a reported average of 2 hours 59 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 7 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 46 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 6 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 40 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 52.7%. 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 $7,443. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $7,443, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 61.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Memorial Heights Nursing Center ranks 12426th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 58.8/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within OK, it ranks 214th out of 284 nursing homes. In Idabel, it ranks 2nd out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #13,201 nationally and RN hours rank #14,128 nationally (#255 in OK). Our composite quality score of 58.8/100 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 Idabel, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/oklahoma/idabel/