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Top Rated Nursing Homes (2026)
2,961 nursing homes stand out in Medicare’s own ratings for short-term rehab, long-term care or both. Recognition is free and can’t be bought.
How homes are chosen
- Top Rated for Short-Term Rehab: Medicare’s short-stay quality rating of 5 stars, an overall rating of 4 or 5 stars, and a health inspection rating of 3 stars or more.
- Top Rated for Long-Term Care: Medicare’s long-stay quality rating of 5 stars, an overall rating of 4 or 5 stars, and health inspection and staffing ratings of 3 stars or more.
- Never included: homes on Medicare’s Special Focus list or candidates for it, homes with Medicare’s abuse icon, and children’s facilities.
- Free and unpaid: no home can pay to be listed or to use the badge. Any number of homes can win, of any size, and the list is redone with each month’s Medicare data.
By state
| State | Short-term rehab | Long-term care |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 17 | 16 |
| Alaska | 1 | 3 |
| Arizona | 41 | 22 |
| Arkansas | 33 | 69 |
| California | 198 | 270 |
| Colorado | 36 | 39 |
| Connecticut | 42 | 23 |
| Delaware | 8 | 6 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | 3 |
| Florida | 100 | 204 |
| Georgia | 20 | 14 |
| Hawaii | 7 | 15 |
| Idaho | 19 | 11 |
| Illinois | 36 | 38 |
| Indiana | 106 | 109 |
| Iowa | 35 | 47 |
| Kansas | 30 | 25 |
| Kentucky | 24 | 21 |
| Louisiana | 3 | 6 |
| Maine | 7 | 3 |
| Maryland | 57 | 33 |
| Massachusetts | 41 | 44 |
| Michigan | 55 | 82 |
| Minnesota | 25 | 27 |
| Mississippi | 4 | 8 |
| Missouri | 28 | 14 |
| Montana | 3 | 5 |
| Nebraska | 13 | 15 |
| Nevada | 11 | 7 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | 4 |
| New Jersey | 88 | 68 |
| New Mexico | 5 | 9 |
| New York | 123 | 94 |
| North Carolina | 48 | 29 |
| North Dakota | 0 | 4 |
| Ohio | 99 | 199 |
| Oklahoma | 10 | 17 |
| Oregon | 20 | 13 |
| Pennsylvania | 102 | 70 |
| Rhode Island | 4 | 8 |
| South Carolina | 19 | 20 |
| South Dakota | 6 | 6 |
| Tennessee | 54 | 27 |
| Texas | 95 | 60 |
| Utah | 24 | 13 |
| Vermont | 1 | 2 |
| Virginia | 48 | 24 |
| Washington | 48 | 46 |
| West Virginia | 10 | 11 |
| Wisconsin | 27 | 28 |
| Wyoming | 5 | 3 |
For homes on the list
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Medicare data as of September 2026. Our methodology