Quality Life Services - Chicora
Nursing home in Chicora, Pennsylvania, CMS certification number 395118
160 Medical Center Road, Chicora, PA 16025 · Butler County
- CMS overall rating
- 1 of 5 stars
- Certified beds
- 114
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Last standard inspection
- December 5, 2025
- Deficiencies at that inspection
- 34
- Fines in 3 years
- $91,936 (1)
Does Quality Life Services - Chicora take Medicare and Medicaid?
Yes to both. Quality Life Services - Chicora 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 | 2 of 5 |
| Quality of resident care | 4 of 5 |
| Long-stay quality | 5 of 5 |
| Short-stay quality | 3 of 5 |
Nurse staffing hours and turnover
These are the hours Quality Life Services - Chicora 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
- 3.65
- Registered nurse hours
- 0.68
- Licensed practical nurse hours
- 0.76
- Nurse aide hours
- 2.21
- Weekend total hours
- 3.24
- Nursing staff turnover
- 52.3%
- Registered nurse turnover
- 58.3%
- Administrators who left
- 1
Health inspections and complaints
Inspectors last made a standard visit on December 5, 2025 and cited 34 deficiencies, plus 19 from complaint visits.
The visit before, on November 15, 2024, found 15.
Read every citation on the CMS Care Compare page.
Fines and payment denials
CMS fined Quality Life Services - Chicora 1 time in the past 3 years, for $91,936 in total.
Beds and residents
On an average day 103.3 residents live here, about 91% of its 114 certified beds.
- Certified beds
- 114
- Average residents per day
- 103.3
- Certified since
- January 1, 1967
- Part of a continuing care community
- Yes
- Resident or family council
- Resident
Who owns Quality Life Services - Chicora
- Legal business name
- Quality Life Services Chicora LLC
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- 10 homes nationally under Quality Life Services, 2.8-star chain average
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Who inspects nursing homes in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania'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.
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Is this your facility?
If you run Quality Life Services - Chicora, 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 Quality Life Services - Chicora
What is the CMS star rating of Quality Life Services - Chicora?
1 out of 5 stars overall.
Does Quality Life Services - Chicora accept Medicaid?
Yes, it is Medicaid certified.
What did inspectors find at Quality Life Services - Chicora?
34 cited at the last standard visit.
Who owns Quality Life Services - Chicora?
Quality Life Services Chicora LLC, for profit - limited liability company.
From the federal record: CMS Care Compare and the CMS Provider Information dataset, October 2026 release.