Watsontown Rehabilitation And Nursing Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1990-03-07. 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 (570) 538-2561 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Watsontown Rehabilitation And Nursing 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 (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 68.4/100, placing it #9015 of 14703 facilities nationally and #371 of 657 in Pennsylvania. 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 Watsontown Rehabilitation And Nursing Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 31 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 23 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 57 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 10 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 16 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 46.4%. 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 $29,208. 67 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 3 fine(s) totaling $29,208, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 117.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Watsontown Rehabilitation And Nursing Center ranks 9015th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 68.4/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within PA, it ranks 371st out of 657 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #9,014 nationally and RN hours rank #11,221 nationally (#582 in PA). Our composite quality score of 68.4/100 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 Watsontown, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/pennsylvania/watsontown/