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Idaho State Veterans Home - Boise
⌖ Boise, ID · Ada County
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Medicare overall rating 2 of 5 stars
Certified beds122
Medicare / MedicaidMedicare & Medicaid
OwnershipGovernment (state)
About Idaho State Veterans Home - Boise
Idaho State Veterans Home - Boise is a 122-bed government-run nursing home in Boise, ID. Medicare rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (below average); the average in Idaho is 3.2. At its last full inspection (May 2025), inspectors found 12 problems, close to the Idaho average of 10.3. None of the problems in its recent inspections were found to have harmed residents. Nurses and aides spend about 4 hr 14 min a day with each resident, about the same as the Idaho average of 4 hr 03 min. About 45% of its nursing staff left in the past year. It has had no federal fines in the last three years.
Written from Medicare’s published figures; nothing here is paid for or written by the home. Our methodology
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Key details
Facility nameIdaho State Veterans Home - Boise
LocationAda County, Idaho
Phone(208) 780-1600
Address320 Collins Road, Boise, ID 83702 · Ada County
CMS provider number135131
Ownership typeGovernment (state)
Official inspection reportsRead them on Medicare.gov ↗
Medicare enrolled sinceSeptember 1, 2007 (19 years)
✓ Medicare✓ Medicaid
Certified for Medicaid; ask whether a Medicaid bed is available.
Quality & inspections
Explore this facility's official CMS inspection history, staffing levels and quality measures below — sourced directly from Medicare's public records.
Ratings and inspection data on this page come directly from CMS's public records and are never altered for any paid listing. Medicare data as of September 2026.
What Medicare found
3 strengths in Medicare's inspection, fine and staffing records for this home. 2 care-quality measures are worse than the state average in the rehab and long-term care section below.
Strengths
- Serious health citationsNone on recordNo citations for actual harm or immediate jeopardy since May 2025.Strength
- Fines and penaltiesNoneNo federal fines or payment denials in the last three years.Strength
- Registered nurse time per resident1 hr 13 min a dayIdaho average: 51 minStrength
About average
- Health citations at last inspection12 (May 2025)Idaho average: 10.3. Most citations are minor and corrected within weeks.About average
- Nurse staffing per resident4 hr 14 min a dayIdaho average: 4 hr 03 minAbout average
- Nursing staff turnover45% a yearIdaho average: 50%About average
Source: Medicare (CMS) inspection, penalty and staffing records, compared with the Idaho average. Problems may have been corrected since; ask the home about anything listed here. How we choose these
Short-term rehab or long-term care?
Medicare rates these separately, and many homes are better at one than the other.
Long-term care
For residents who live at the home for months or years.
- Falls with a major injury4.6%State average: 3.0%Worse than average
- Pressure sores (bedsores)6.2%State average: 3.2%Worse than average
- Given antipsychotic drugs24.0%State average: 20.1%About average
- Hospital stays per 1,000 resident days0.2State average: 1.2Better than average
Source: Medicare (CMS) quality measures, compared with the Idaho average. Lower is better for every rate shown.
Who pays, and how full it is
Many residents here pay privately or through insurance. In Idaho, Medicaid pays for 69% of resident days at a typical home.
- 38% Medicaid
- 0% Medicare
- 61% Private pay, insurance and other
Beds in use, on average63%Idaho typical: 72%
Cost of care per resident day$570Idaho typical: $409
Shares of resident days, from the home’s Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025. The cost per day is what care costs the home to provide, not the price you would pay; ask the home for its private-pay rate. A busy home may have fewer open beds, so ask about availability.
Ratings over time
Its overall Medicare rating is 2 stars now, the same as 2 stars in January 2019. It has ranged from 2 to 5 stars and changed 8 times.
Overall rating2★
Health inspections1★
Staffing5★
Quality of care3★
Nurse hours per resident per day4.2
20192020202120222023202420252026
Show the values by year
| Month | Overall | Inspections | Staffing | Quality | Nurse hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2019 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Jan 2020 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Jan 2021 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4.9 |
| Jan 2022 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4.4 |
| Jan 2023 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Jan 2024 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3.7 |
| Feb 2025 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3.5 |
| Feb 2026 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4.3 |
| Sep 2026 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4.2 |
Source: Medicare (CMS) monthly Care Compare releases since 2019. Medicare has changed how some ratings are calculated over the years and paused most inspections in 2020, so some jumps reflect rule changes rather than changes at the home. Our methodology
See the full inspection reportEvery citation, fine, staffing figure and quality measure Medicare publishes for this home
From Medicare’s September 2026 data. Each inspection is dated below; staffing comes from payroll records for a recent quarter, and resident outcomes cover the latest period Medicare reports.
Inspection summary
How this facility compares to state and national averages on CMS-reported problems.
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Three-survey history
Citation counts across this facility's three most recent inspection cycles, so you can see whether problems are trending up, down, or holding steady.
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