Willowbend Health And Rehabilitation, Llc is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2006-04-30. 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 (870) 739-3268 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Willowbend Health And Rehabilitation, Llc 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 (2★), 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 72.8/100, placing it #6988 of 14703 facilities nationally and #137 of 221 in Arkansas. 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 Willowbend Health And Rehabilitation, Llc receives a reported average of 3 hours 43 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 25 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 49 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 29 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 1 minute 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 40.2%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $30,771. 11 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $30,771, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 81.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Willowbend Health And Rehabilitation, Llc ranks 6988th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 72.8/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within AR, it ranks 137th out of 221 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #7,092 nationally and RN hours rank #10,376 nationally (#69 in AR). Our composite quality score of 72.8/100 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 Marion, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/arkansas/marion/