Okeechobee Health Care Facility is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1984-12-13. 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 (863) 763-2226 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Okeechobee Health Care Facility holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (4★), 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 84.1/100, placing it #2014 of 14703 facilities nationally and #137 of 694 in Florida. 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 Okeechobee Health Care Facility receives a reported average of 4 hours 6 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 45 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 51 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 30 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 39 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 30.4%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 2 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $1,310. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. 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 38.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Okeechobee Health Care Facility ranks 2014th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 84.1/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within FL, it ranks 137th out of 694 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #4,243 nationally and RN hours rank #4,127 nationally (#231 in FL). Our composite quality score of 84.1/100 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 Okeechobee, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/florida/okeechobee/