Picayune Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1991-09-01. 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 (601) 798-1811 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Picayune Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center 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 (2★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (1★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 56.5/100, placing it #12958 of 14703 facilities nationally and #164 of 202 in Mississippi. 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 Picayune Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 48 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 33 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 9 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 5 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 10 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 31.6%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

⚠️ CMS has flagged Picayune Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center with an abuse icon, indicating a history of reported abuse or neglect incidents. Families should review the detailed inspection reports on Medicare.gov before considering this facility. In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $8,281. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $8,281, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 58.0 (lower scores are better). IMPORTANT: CMS has flagged this facility with an abuse icon — indicating a reported history of abuse or neglect. Families should review the full inspection report on medicare.gov/care-compare before deciding. Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Picayune Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center ranks 12958th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 56.5/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within MS, it ranks 164th out of 202 nursing homes. In Picayune, it ranks 1st out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #6,292 nationally and RN hours rank #7,536 nationally (#105 in MS). Our composite quality score of 56.5/100 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 Picayune, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/mississippi/picayune/