Providence Child Center is certified as a Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1974-09-01. 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 (503) 215-2400 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Providence Child Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (5★), Staffing (4★), 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 89.1/100, placing it #688 of 14703 facilities nationally and #12 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 Providence Child Center receives a reported average of 7 hours 58 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 3 hours 48 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 39 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 31 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 6 hours 33 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. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $13,286. 3 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 $13,286, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 19.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Providence Child Center ranks 688th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 89.1/100), placing it in the top 5% nationwide. Within OR, it ranks 12th out of 128 nursing homes. In Portland, it ranks 5th out of 30 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #94 nationally and RN hours rank #55 nationally (#1 in OR). Our composite quality score of 89.1/100 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 Portland, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/oregon/portland/