St Jude’S Health & Wellness Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2000-11-20. 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 (504) 895-3953 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

St Jude’S Health & Wellness 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 (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (1★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 45.3/100, placing it #14412 of 14703 facilities nationally and #259 of 266 in Louisiana. 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 St Jude’S Health & Wellness Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 29 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 13 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 26 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 50 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 5 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 72.4%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 8 fine(s) totaling $389,001. 28 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 8 fine(s) totaling $389,001, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 8. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 394.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, St Jude’S Health & Wellness Center ranks 14412th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 45.3/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within LA, it ranks 259th out of 266 nursing homes. In New Orleans, it ranks 11th out of 11 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,450 nationally and RN hours rank #13,683 nationally (#155 in LA). Our composite quality score of 45.3/100 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 New Orleans, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/louisiana/new-orleans/