Shepherd Of The Hills Living Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1989-08-24. 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 (417) 334-6431 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Shepherd Of The Hills Living Center 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 69.9/100, placing it #8332 of 14703 facilities nationally and #129 of 487 in Missouri. 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 Shepherd Of The Hills Living Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 10 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 12 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 44 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 14 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 48 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 52.6%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Shepherd Of The Hills Living Center has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. 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 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 60.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Shepherd Of The Hills Living Center ranks 8332nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 69.9/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within MO, it ranks 129th out of 487 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #12,265 nationally and RN hours rank #13,817 nationally (#421 in MO). Our composite quality score of 69.9/100 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 Branson, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/missouri/branson/