Scioto Rehabilitation & Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2003-02-28. 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 (614) 491-2000 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Scioto Rehabilitation & Care 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 (1★), 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 64.4/100, placing it #10572 of 14703 facilities nationally and #812 of 922 in Ohio. 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 Scioto Rehabilitation & Care Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 18 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 33 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 33 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 12 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 31 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 76.6%. 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 $152,103. 85 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 2 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $152,103, and 2 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 4. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 213.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Scioto Rehabilitation & Care Center ranks 10572nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 64.4/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within OH, it ranks 812th out of 922 nursing homes. In Columbus, it ranks 28th out of 31 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #3,139 nationally and RN hours rank #7,556 nationally (#497 in OH). Our composite quality score of 64.4/100 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 Columbus, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/ohio/columbus/