Walsh Healthcare Center is certified as a Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1991-07-01. 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 (719) 324-5262 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Walsh Healthcare 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 (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 77.2/100, placing it #4903 of 14703 facilities nationally and #80 of 210 in Colorado. 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 Walsh Healthcare Center receives a reported average of 5 hours 6 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 36 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 9 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 20 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 57 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. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 3 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $1,973. 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 48.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Walsh Healthcare Center ranks 4903rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 77.2/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within CO, it ranks 80th out of 210 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,074 nationally and RN hours rank #6,660 nationally (#144 in CO). Our composite quality score of 77.2/100 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 Walsh, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/colorado/walsh/