Milton Freewater Health & Rehabilitation Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1984-01-20. 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 (541) 938-3318 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Milton Freewater Health & Rehabilitation Center 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 (2★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 77.5/100, placing it #4761 of 14703 facilities nationally and #51 of 128 in Oregon. 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 Milton Freewater Health & Rehabilitation Center receives a reported average of 5 hours 25 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 6 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 14 minutes; Nurse Aide — 4 hours 5 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 45 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 33.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

⚠️ CMS has flagged Milton Freewater Health & Rehabilitation Center 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 1 fine(s) totaling $8,278. 27 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 1 fine(s) totaling $8,278, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 51.0 (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, Milton Freewater Health & Rehabilitation Center ranks 4761st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 77.5/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within OR, it ranks 51st out of 128 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #697 nationally and RN hours rank #1,523 nationally (#10 in OR). Our composite quality score of 77.5/100 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 Milton Freewater, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/oregon/milton-freewater/