Salem Hills Rehabilitation And Nursing Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1987-07-23. 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 (914) 277-3691 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Salem Hills Rehabilitation And Nursing 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 (3★), 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 71.5/100, placing it #7619 of 14703 facilities nationally and #376 of 596 in New York. 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 Salem Hills Rehabilitation And Nursing Center receives a reported average of 2 hours 44 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 25 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 36 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 44 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 30 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 21.7%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Salem Hills Rehabilitation And Nursing Center has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. 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 27.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Salem Hills Rehabilitation And Nursing Center ranks 7619th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 71.5/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within NY, it ranks 376th out of 596 nursing homes. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #13,780 nationally and RN hours rank #10,710 nationally (#470 in NY). Our composite quality score of 71.5/100 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 Purdys, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/new_york/purdys/