Nursing homes in Idaho
80 Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes, with an average CMS overall rating of 3.2/5 — +0.16 stars vs. the national average of 3.0. 32% are rated below average, and federal fines on record total $1,069,954.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, processing date 2026-09-01. Ratings are official CMS figures, not endorsements.
Top-rated nursing homes in Idaho
Sorted by CMS overall rating, then by size.
Life Care Center of Boise
5/5Boise · 153 bedsMuch above average →Life Care Center of Lewiston
5/5Lewiston · 121 bedsMuch above average →Life Care Center of Post Falls
5/5Post Falls · 120 bedsMuch above average →Twin Falls Transitional Care of Cascadia
5/5Twin Falls · 116 bedsMuch above average →Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center
5/5Pocatello · 113 bedsMuch above average →Parke View Rehabilitation & Care Center
5/5Burley · 86 bedsMuch above average →All 80 facilities in Idaho
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Beds are CMS-certified beds. Fines are the total dollar value of civil money penalties on record. Abuse icon and Watch list are CMS designations explained on the national directory.
Nursing homes by city in Idaho
Pick a city to compare its facilities on rating, staffing, and fines.
City pages cover the 8 cities with three or more facilities. Smaller towns appear in the full table below.
Facilities carrying a CMS flag in Idaho
8 with a substantiated abuse citation and 5 on the Special Focus Facility watch list. These are official CMS designations, listed here as they appear in the source data.
| Facility | City | Overall | Beds | Fines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Transitional Rehabilitation Abuse icon | Meridian, ID | 3/5 | 30 | — |
| Cascadia of Nampa Watch list | Nampa, ID | 2/5 | 100 | $64,285 |
| Terraces of Boise, The Abuse icon | Boise, ID | 2/5 | 48 | $20,501 |
| Franklin County Transitional Care Abuse icon | Preston, ID | 2/5 | 35 | $23,001 |
| Timber Springs Transitional Care Abuse icon Watch list | Boise, ID | 1/5 | 120 | $30,654 |
| Karcher Post Acute Abuse icon Watch list | Nampa, ID | 1/5 | 66 | $41,603 |
| Idaho State Veterans Home - Post Falls Abuse icon | Post Falls, ID | 1/5 | 64 | $36,855 |
| Cascades at Desert View Watch list | Buhl, ID | 1/5 | 57 | — |
| Oak Creek Rehabilitation Center of Kimberly Abuse icon | Kimberly, ID | 1/5 | 57 | $13,627 |
| Meridian Meadows Transitional Care Abuse icon | Meridian, ID | 1/5 | 52 | — |
| Cherry Ridge of Cascadia Watch list | Emmett, ID | 1/5 | 40 | — |
Choosing between nursing homes in Idaho
The state average hides wide variation. In Idaho the facilities in this directory run from one star to five, and that gap matters more than the average when you are choosing for a specific person.
Work the list in this order: filter to 4- and 5-star facilities, check the staffing and turnover numbers on each profile, then read the inspection and fine history. Distance from family, Medicaid acceptance, and the specific clinical services offered — ventilator care, dialysis, memory units — usually narrow the list faster than ratings do.
If the person needs this level of care for more than a short rehabilitation stay, ask each facility's admissions office directly how Medicaid is handled, whether they accept a pending application, and what happens if private funds run out. Those answers vary by facility, not by state, and they matter more than any published average.
How many nursing homes are there in Idaho?
80 CMS-certified nursing homes, holding 6115 certified beds in total.
What is the average nursing home rating in Idaho?
3.2 out of 5 stars across 79 rated facilities, against a national average of 3.0.
Which nursing home in Idaho has the highest rating?
CMS rates facilities, not states, and every 5-star home in the state is listed above. Compare staffing and inspection detail on the individual profiles.
Does Medicare pay for a nursing home in Idaho?
Medicare Part A covers up to 100 days of skilled nursing after a qualifying hospital stay, with cost sharing after day 20. Longer stays are generally paid privately or through Medicaid.