Uintah Health Care Special Service District is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1984-02-01. 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 (435) 781-3505 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Uintah Health Care Special Service District 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 (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 87.2/100, placing it #1044 of 14703 facilities nationally and #17 of 97 in Utah. 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 Uintah Health Care Special Service District receives a reported average of 6 hours 15 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 47 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 40 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 47 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 5 hours 53 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. 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 $28,038. 3 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 $28,038, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 42.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Uintah Health Care Special Service District ranks 1044th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 87.2/100), placing it in the top 10% nationwide. Within UT, it ranks 17th out of 97 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #286 nationally and RN hours rank #319 nationally (#13 in UT). Our composite quality score of 87.2/100 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 Vernal, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/utah/vernal/