Lenoir Health And Rehabilitation Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1977-02-01. 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 (828) 758-7326 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Lenoir Health And Rehabilitation 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 (1★), 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 72.1/100, placing it #7301 of 14703 facilities nationally and #160 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 Lenoir Health And Rehabilitation Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 13 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 14 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 32 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 26 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 47 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 62.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $119,890. 60 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 2 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $119,890, and 2 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 5. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 102.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Lenoir Health And Rehabilitation Center ranks 7301st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 72.1/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within NC, it ranks 160th out of 418 nursing homes. In Lenoir, it ranks 3rd out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #11,890 nationally and RN hours rank #13,497 nationally (#385 in NC). Our composite quality score of 72.1/100 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 Lenoir, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/north_carolina/lenoir/