St Luke's Elmore Long Term Care
Nursing home in Mountain Home, Idaho, CMS certification number 135006
895 North 6th East, Mountain Home, ID 83647 · Elmore County
- CMS overall rating
- 5 of 5 stars
- Certified beds
- 38
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Last standard inspection
- January 23, 2026
- Deficiencies at that inspection
- 5
- Fines in 3 years
- No fines
Does St Luke's Elmore Long Term Care take Medicare and Medicaid?
Yes to both. St Luke's Elmore Long Term Care 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 | 5 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 |
| Staffing | 5 of 5 |
| Quality of resident care | 4 of 5 |
| Long-stay quality | 4 of 5 |
| Short-stay quality | Not rated |
Nurse staffing hours and turnover
These are the hours St Luke's Elmore Long Term Care 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
- 6.74
- Registered nurse hours
- 1.91
- Licensed practical nurse hours
- 0.85
- Nurse aide hours
- 3.98
- Weekend total hours
- 5.65
- Nursing staff turnover
- 30.8%
- Registered nurse turnover
- 16.7%
- Administrators who left
- 0
Health inspections and complaints
Inspectors last made a standard visit on January 23, 2026 and cited 5 deficiencies, plus 0 from complaint visits.
The visit before, on January 24, 2025, found 3.
Read every citation on the CMS Care Compare page.
Fines and payment denials
CMS lists no fines for St Luke's Elmore Long Term Care in the past 3 years.
Beds and residents
On an average day 15.9 residents live here, about 42% of its 38 certified beds.
- Certified beds
- 38
- Average residents per day
- 15.9
- Certified since
- January 1, 1967
- Resident or family council
- Resident
Who owns St Luke's Elmore Long Term Care
- Legal business name
- St Lukes Regional Medical Center
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Corporation
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Who inspects nursing homes in Idaho
Idaho'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 Idaho, or see how assisted living and nursing homes differ.
Is this your facility?
If you run St Luke's Elmore Long Term Care, 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 St Luke's Elmore Long Term Care
What is the CMS star rating of St Luke's Elmore Long Term Care?
5 out of 5 stars overall.
Does St Luke's Elmore Long Term Care accept Medicaid?
Yes, it is Medicaid certified.
What did inspectors find at St Luke's Elmore Long Term Care?
5 cited at the last standard visit.
Who owns St Luke's Elmore Long Term Care?
St Lukes Regional Medical Center, non profit - corporation.
From the federal record: CMS Care Compare and the CMS Provider Information dataset, October 2026 release.