Regency Health Care And Rehabilitation Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1980-03-01. 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 (256) 852-9290 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Regency Health Care And Rehabilitation Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (2★), 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 73.0/100, placing it #6895 of 14703 facilities nationally and #91 of 224 in Alabama. 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 Regency Health Care And Rehabilitation Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 18 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 28 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 10 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 40 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 27 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 62.9%. 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 $16,801. 4 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. 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 $16,801, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 144.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Regency Health Care And Rehabilitation Center ranks 6895th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 73.0/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within AL, it ranks 91st out of 224 nursing homes. In Huntsville, it ranks 4th out of 9 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #3,155 nationally and RN hours rank #9,408 nationally (#179 in AL). Our composite quality score of 73.0/100 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 Huntsville, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/alabama/huntsville/