Waters Of Hartford City Skilled Nursing Facility is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1995-09-01. 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 (765) 348-1072 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Waters Of Hartford City Skilled Nursing Facility 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 (5★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 85.8/100, placing it #1435 of 14703 facilities nationally and #43 of 507 in Indiana. 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 Waters Of Hartford City Skilled Nursing Facility receives a reported average of 3 hours 58 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 38 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 4 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 16 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 8 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 40.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Waters Of Hartford City Skilled Nursing Facility has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. 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 2.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Waters Of Hartford City Skilled Nursing Facility ranks 1435th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 85.8/100), placing it in the top 10% nationwide. Within IN, it ranks 43rd out of 507 nursing homes. In Hartford City, it ranks 1st out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #5,014 nationally and RN hours rank #5,985 nationally (#225 in IN). Our composite quality score of 85.8/100 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 Hartford City, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/indiana/hartford-city/