Southern Oaks Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2000-03-01. 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 (918) 762-2515 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Southern Oaks Care Center 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 (4★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 63.2/100, placing it #11002 of 14703 facilities nationally and #177 of 284 in Oklahoma. 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 Southern Oaks Care Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 31 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 28 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 3 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 22 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 60.0%. 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 $3,174. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $3,174, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 19.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Southern Oaks Care Center ranks 11002nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 63.2/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within OK, it ranks 177th out of 284 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #8,861 nationally and RN hours rank #9,492 nationally (#46 in OK). Our composite quality score of 63.2/100 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 Pawnee, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/oklahoma/pawnee/