Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1983-06-01. 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 (570) 454-8888 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation 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 (1★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 53.8/100, placing it #13488 of 14703 facilities nationally and #594 of 657 in Pennsylvania. 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 Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 23 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 19 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 1 minute; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 3 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 5 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 40.7%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

⚠️ CMS has flagged Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation 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 2 fine(s) totaling $179,593. 85 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $179,593, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 227.0 (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, Mountain City Nursing & Rehabilitation Center ranks 13488th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 53.8/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within PA, it ranks 594th out of 657 nursing homes. In Hazleton, it ranks 3rd out of 3 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #10,258 nationally and RN hours rank #12,438 nationally (#620 in PA). Our composite quality score of 53.8/100 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 Hazleton, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/pennsylvania/hazleton/