Appleton Area Health is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1982-08-01. 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 (320) 289-2422 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Appleton Area Health 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 (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 68.1/100, placing it #9133 of 14703 facilities nationally and #208 of 338 in Minnesota. 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 Appleton Area Health receives a reported average of 4 hours 50 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 33 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 54 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 24 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 58 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 38.8%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 12 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $134,120. 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 40.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Appleton Area Health ranks 9133rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 68.1/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within MN, it ranks 208th out of 338 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,510 nationally and RN hours rank #7,672 nationally (#300 in MN). Our composite quality score of 68.1/100 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 Appleton, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/minnesota/appleton/