Nc State Veterans Home-Kinston is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2013-08-08. 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 (252) 939-8000 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Nc State Veterans Home-Kinston 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 (5★), 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 63.3/100, placing it #10953 of 14703 facilities nationally and #279 of 418 in North Carolina. 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 Nc State Veterans Home-Kinston receives a reported average of 4 hours 30 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 55 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 35 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 59 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 50 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 39.4%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

⚠️ CMS has flagged Nc State Veterans Home-Kinston 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 5 fine(s) totaling $74,987. 16 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 5 fine(s) totaling $74,987, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 5. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 98.25 (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, Nc State Veterans Home-Kinston ranks 10953rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 63.3/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within NC, it ranks 279th out of 418 nursing homes. In Kinston, it ranks 2nd out of 3 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,386 nationally and RN hours rank #2,520 nationally (#43 in NC). Our composite quality score of 63.3/100 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 Kinston, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/north_carolina/kinston/