Mount Vernon Healthcare Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1990-07-02. 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 (703) 360-4000 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Mount Vernon 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 (1★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 59.3/100, placing it #12240 of 14703 facilities nationally and #247 of 289 in Virginia. 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 Mount Vernon Healthcare Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 33 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 25 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 7 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 1 minute. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 8 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 23.6%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

⚠️ CMS has flagged Mount Vernon 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. The facility has received 13 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $632,957. 81 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 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 720.75 (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, Mount Vernon Healthcare Center ranks 12240th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 59.3/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within VA, it ranks 247th out of 289 nursing homes. In Alexandria, it ranks 5th out of 5 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #8,622 nationally and RN hours rank #10,564 nationally (#199 in VA). Our composite quality score of 59.3/100 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 Alexandria, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/virginia/alexandria/