Washington State Walla Walla Veterans Home is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2018-03-05. 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 (509) 394-6800 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Washington State Walla Walla Veterans Home holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (5★), 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 87.9/100, placing it #888 of 14703 facilities nationally and #14 of 194 in Washington. 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 Washington State Walla Walla Veterans Home receives a reported average of 6 hours 7 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 33 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 3 minutes; Nurse Aide — 4 hours 31 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 5 hours 22 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 15.1%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 9 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $237,722. 11 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 41.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Washington State Walla Walla Veterans Home ranks 888th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 87.9/100), placing it in the top 10% nationwide. Within WA, it ranks 14th out of 194 nursing homes. In Walla Walla, it ranks 2nd out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #330 nationally and RN hours rank #513 nationally (#7 in WA). Our composite quality score of 87.9/100 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 Walla Walla, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/washington/walla-walla/