Waycross Health And Rehabilitation is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1996-10-01. 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 (912) 285-4721 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Waycross Health And Rehabilitation holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 63.9/100, placing it #10750 of 14703 facilities nationally and #204 of 356 in Georgia. 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 Waycross Health And Rehabilitation receives a reported average of 3 hours 40 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 52 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 23 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 25 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 18 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. Total nursing staff turnover is 50.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 4 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $49,055. 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 16.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Waycross Health And Rehabilitation ranks 10750th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 63.9/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within GA, it ranks 204th out of 356 nursing homes. In Waycross, it ranks 2nd out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #7,487 nationally and RN hours rank #3,043 nationally (#21 in GA). Our composite quality score of 63.9/100 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 Waycross, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/georgia/waycross/