Country Aire Retirement Center
Nursing home in Lewistown, Missouri, CMS certification number 265474
18540 State Highway 16, Lewistown, MO 63452 · Lewis County
- CMS overall rating
- 1 of 5 stars
- Certified beds
- 60
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Last standard inspection
- July 11, 2024
- Deficiencies at that inspection
- 16
- Fines in 3 years
- No fines
Does Country Aire Retirement Center take Medicare and Medicaid?
Yes to both. Country Aire Retirement Center is certified for Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare can pay for a short skilled stay after a qualifying hospital stay; Medicaid can pay for long-term care once you qualify.
Certification isn't a promise of an open bed. Ask how many Medicaid beds it has free and whether it keeps residents who move from Medicare to Medicaid. Our guide explains what Medicare pays for.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every certified nursing home from 1 to 5 stars. The overall rating starts from health inspections, then moves up or down for staffing and quality. These come from the CMS Provider Information, October 2026 release.
| Measure | CMS stars |
|---|---|
| Overall | 1 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 |
| Staffing | 1 of 5 |
| Quality of resident care | 3 of 5 |
| Long-stay quality | 4 of 5 |
| Short-stay quality | 3 of 5 |
Nurse staffing hours and turnover
These are the hours Country Aire Retirement Center reported to CMS, split across residents and days. More hours per resident usually means more hands at the bedside.
- Total nurse hours per resident per day
- 2.92
- Registered nurse hours
- 0.28
- Licensed practical nurse hours
- 0.72
- Nurse aide hours
- 1.93
- Weekend total hours
- 2.40
- Nursing staff turnover
- 66.7%
- Registered nurse turnover
- 71.4%
- Administrators who left
- 2
Health inspections and complaints
Inspectors last made a standard visit on July 11, 2024 and cited 16 deficiencies, plus 6 from complaint visits.
The visit before, on January 18, 2023, found 41.
The last standard inspection was more than two years ago.
Read every citation on the CMS Care Compare page.
Fines and payment denials
CMS lists no fines for Country Aire Retirement Center in the past 3 years.
It also had 1 payment denial, when Medicare stopped paying for new admissions for a time.
Beds and residents
On an average day 39.3 residents live here, about 65% of its 60 certified beds.
- Certified beds
- 60
- Average residents per day
- 39.3
- Certified since
- November 14, 1991
- Resident or family council
- Resident
Who owns Country Aire Retirement Center
- Legal business name
- Legal Business Name Not Available
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
Other nursing homes near Country Aire Retirement Center
- La Belle Manor Care Center1002 Central, La Belle 63447
- Lewis County Nursing Home District17528 State Highway 81, Canton 63435
- Knox County Nursing Home District55774 State Highway 6, Edina 63537
- Clark County Nursing Home1260 North Johnson Street, Kahoka 63445
- Maple Lawn Nursing Home1410 West Line Street, Palmyra 63461
Who inspects nursing homes in Missouri
Missouri's state survey agency licenses nursing homes and carries out the federal inspections for CMS. A home must keep its state licence and meet the federal rules to take Medicare or Medicaid.
Compare all nursing homes in Missouri, or see how assisted living and nursing homes differ.
Is this your facility?
If you run Country Aire Retirement Center, email contact@assistedlivingaccess.com from your work address. We can add your own rates, photos and contact details next to the state record, or take the listing down.
Questions about Country Aire Retirement Center
What is the CMS star rating of Country Aire Retirement Center?
1 out of 5 stars overall.
Does Country Aire Retirement Center accept Medicaid?
Yes, it is Medicaid certified.
What did inspectors find at Country Aire Retirement Center?
16 cited at the last standard visit.
Who owns Country Aire Retirement Center?
Legal Business Name Not Available, for profit - limited liability company.
From the federal record: CMS Care Compare and the CMS Provider Information dataset, October 2026 release.