Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1986-11-05. 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 (202) 328-7400 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), 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 63.6/100, placing it #10856 of 14703 facilities nationally and #17 of 17 in District of Columbia. 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 Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home receives a reported average of 2 hours 30 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 41 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 0 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 48 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 3 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 58.0%. 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 $97,426. 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 2 fine(s) totaling $97,426, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 177.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Stoddard Baptist Nursing Home ranks 10856th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 63.6/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within DC, it ranks 17th out of 17 nursing homes. In Washington, it ranks 17th out of 17 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #13,999 nationally and RN hours rank #5,099 nationally (#16 in DC). Our composite quality score of 63.6/100 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 Washington, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/district_of_columbia/washington/