Northwest Louisiana Veterans Home is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2007-05-08. 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 (318) 741-2763 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Northwest Louisiana Veterans Home holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (N/A★), 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 59.3/100, placing it #12252 of 14703 facilities nationally and #150 of 266 in Louisiana. 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 Northwest Louisiana Veterans Home receives a reported average of N/A of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — N/A; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — N/A; Nurse Aide — N/A. On weekends, total nurse staffing is N/A per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is N/A out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Northwest Louisiana Veterans Home has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. 2 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 26.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Northwest Louisiana Veterans Home ranks 12252nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 59.3/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within LA, it ranks 150th out of 266 nursing homes. In Bossier City, it ranks 5th out of 9 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 4. 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 Bossier City, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/louisiana/bossier-city/