Tallahatchie General Hosp Ecf is certified as a Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1976-10-01. 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 (662) 647-5535 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Tallahatchie General Hosp Ecf 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 (4★), 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 75.0/100, placing it #5973 of 14703 facilities nationally and #43 of 202 in Mississippi. 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 Tallahatchie General Hosp Ecf receives a reported average of 4 hours 21 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 27 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 23 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 31 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 48 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 40.4%. 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 $11,450. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $11,450, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 15.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Tallahatchie General Hosp Ecf ranks 5973rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 75.0/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within MS, it ranks 43rd out of 202 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,988 nationally and RN hours rank #9,824 nationally (#138 in MS). Our composite quality score of 75.0/100 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 Charleston, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/mississippi/charleston/