Karlstad Healthcare Center Inc is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1987-04-01. 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 (218) 436-2161 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Karlstad Healthcare Center Inc holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (5★), Staffing (4★), 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 80.0/100, placing it #3710 of 14703 facilities nationally and #79 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 Karlstad Healthcare Center Inc receives a reported average of 3 hours 34 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 52 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 24 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 18 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 5 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 22.2%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 5 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $49,649. 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 7.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Karlstad Healthcare Center Inc ranks 3710th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 80.0/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within MN, it ranks 79th out of 338 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #8,448 nationally and RN hours rank #3,034 nationally (#203 in MN). Our composite quality score of 80.0/100 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 Karlstad, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/minnesota/karlstad/