Dexter House Healthcare
Nursing home in Malden, Massachusetts, CMS certification number 225137
120 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148 · Middlesex County
- CMS overall rating
- 2 of 5 stars
- Certified beds
- 130
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Last standard inspection
- September 26, 2025
- Deficiencies at that inspection
- 9
- Fines in 3 years
- No fines
Does Dexter House Healthcare take Medicare and Medicaid?
Yes to both. Dexter House Healthcare 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 | 2 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 |
| Staffing | 4 of 5 |
| Quality of resident care | 4 of 5 |
| Long-stay quality | 4 of 5 |
| Short-stay quality | 4 of 5 |
Nurse staffing hours and turnover
These are the hours Dexter House Healthcare 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
- 3.37
- Registered nurse hours
- 1.06
- Licensed practical nurse hours
- 0.43
- Nurse aide hours
- 1.88
- Weekend total hours
- 3.03
- Nursing staff turnover
- 18.9%
- Registered nurse turnover
- 25%
- Administrators who left
- 0
Health inspections and complaints
Inspectors last made a standard visit on September 26, 2025 and cited 9 deficiencies, plus 0 from complaint visits.
The visit before, on October 2, 2024, found 8.
Read every citation on the CMS Care Compare page.
Fines and payment denials
CMS lists no fines for Dexter House Healthcare in the past 3 years.
Beds and residents
On an average day 94.8 residents live here, about 73% of its 130 certified beds.
- Certified beds
- 130
- Average residents per day
- 94.8
- Certified since
- August 7, 1967
- Resident or family council
- Resident
Who owns Dexter House Healthcare
- Legal business name
- 120 Main Street Operator LLC
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- 14 homes nationally under Next Step Healthcare, 1.7-star chain average
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- Leonard Florence Center for Living165 Captain's Row, Chelsea 02150
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Who inspects nursing homes in Massachusetts
Massachusetts'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 Massachusetts, or see how assisted living and nursing homes differ.
Is this your facility?
If you run Dexter House Healthcare, 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 Dexter House Healthcare
What is the CMS star rating of Dexter House Healthcare?
2 out of 5 stars overall.
Does Dexter House Healthcare accept Medicaid?
Yes, it is Medicaid certified.
What did inspectors find at Dexter House Healthcare?
9 cited at the last standard visit.
Who owns Dexter House Healthcare?
120 Main Street Operator LLC, for profit - limited liability company.
From the federal record: CMS Care Compare and the CMS Provider Information dataset, October 2026 release.