Wood Aven Health And Rehabilitation is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1993-01-01. 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 (715) 675-9451 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Wood Aven 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 (3★), 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 81.7/100, placing it #2937 of 14703 facilities nationally and #62 of 323 in Wisconsin. 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 Wood Aven Health And Rehabilitation receives a reported average of 4 hours of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 5 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 40 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 15 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 21 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. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Wood Aven Health And Rehabilitation 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 38.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Wood Aven Health And Rehabilitation ranks 2937th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 81.7/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within WI, it ranks 62nd out of 323 nursing homes. In Wausau, it ranks 1st out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #4,848 nationally and RN hours rank #1,583 nationally (#100 in WI). Our composite quality score of 81.7/100 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 Wausau, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/wisconsin/wausau/