Skilled Nursing Facility At North Hill (The) is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1985-01-10. 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 (781) 444-9910 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Skilled Nursing Facility At North Hill (The) holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 84.1/100, placing it #2011 of 14703 facilities nationally and #60 of 341 in Massachusetts. 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 Skilled Nursing Facility At North Hill (The) receives a reported average of 6 hours 20 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 28 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 45 minutes; Nurse Aide — 4 hours 7 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 5 hours 56 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 17.3%. 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 $16,153. 2 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 $16,153, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 53.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Skilled Nursing Facility At North Hill (The) ranks 2011th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 84.1/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within MA, it ranks 60th out of 341 nursing homes. In Needham, it ranks 1st out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #268 nationally and RN hours rank #600 nationally (#8 in MA). Our composite quality score of 84.1/100 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 Needham, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/massachusetts/needham/