Covington Court Health And Rehabilitation Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2001-04-03. 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 (479) 646-5700 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Covington Court Health And Rehabilitation Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), 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 69.5/100, placing it #8523 of 14703 facilities nationally and #162 of 221 in Arkansas. 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 Covington Court Health And Rehabilitation Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 3 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 24 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 50 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 49 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 26 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 47.5%. 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 $12,196. 32 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 $12,196, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 52.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Covington Court Health And Rehabilitation Center ranks 8523rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 69.5/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within AR, it ranks 162nd out of 221 nursing homes. In Fort Smith, it ranks 5th out of 7 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #4,524 nationally and RN hours rank #10,834 nationally (#79 in AR). Our composite quality score of 69.5/100 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 Fort Smith, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/arkansas/fort-smith/