Oak Lane Wellness & Rehabilitative Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2003-08-13. 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 (337) 550-7200 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Oak Lane Wellness & Rehabilitative 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 (3★), 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 64.8/100, placing it #10437 of 14703 facilities nationally and #95 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 Oak Lane Wellness & Rehabilitative Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 3 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 16 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 16 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 31 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 23 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 41.9%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $96,785. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. 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 $96,785, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 106.25 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Oak Lane Wellness & Rehabilitative Center ranks 10437th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 64.8/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within LA, it ranks 95th out of 266 nursing homes. In Eunice, it ranks 1st out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #4,507 nationally and RN hours rank #13,183 nationally (#103 in LA). Our composite quality score of 64.8/100 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 Eunice, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/louisiana/eunice/