Winchester Health & Rehabilitation is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2006-10-01. 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 (540) 667-7830 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Winchester Health & Rehabilitation 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 (1★), Staffing (1★), 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 70.7/100, placing it #7991 of 14703 facilities nationally and #169 of 289 in Virginia. 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 Winchester Health & Rehabilitation receives a reported average of 2 hours 59 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 41 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 43 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 35 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 34 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. Total nursing staff turnover is 60.4%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 7 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $23,327. 56 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 158.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Winchester Health & Rehabilitation ranks 7991st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 70.7/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within VA, it ranks 169th out of 289 nursing homes. In Winchester, it ranks 4th out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #13,247 nationally and RN hours rank #5,213 nationally (#79 in VA). Our composite quality score of 70.7/100 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 Winchester, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/virginia/winchester/