Upper East Side Rehabilitation And Nursing Center
Nursing home in New York, New York, CMS certification number 335232
211 East 79th Street, New York, NY 10075 · New York County
- CMS overall rating
- 5 of 5 stars
- Certified beds
- 499
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Last standard inspection
- May 8, 2026
- Deficiencies at that inspection
- 3
- Fines in 3 years
- No fines
Does Upper East Side Rehabilitation And Nursing Center take Medicare and Medicaid?
Yes to both. Upper East Side Rehabilitation And Nursing 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 | 5 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 5 of 5 |
| Staffing | 3 of 5 |
| Quality of resident care | 5 of 5 |
| Long-stay quality | 5 of 5 |
| Short-stay quality | 5 of 5 |
Nurse staffing hours and turnover
These are the hours Upper East Side Rehabilitation And Nursing 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
- 3.44
- Registered nurse hours
- 1.25
- Licensed practical nurse hours
- 0.00
- Nurse aide hours
- 2.19
- Weekend total hours
- 3.02
- Nursing staff turnover
- 40.6%
- Registered nurse turnover
- 50%
- Administrators who left
- 0
Health inspections and complaints
Inspectors last made a standard visit on May 8, 2026 and cited 3 deficiencies, plus 2 from complaint visits.
The visit before, on January 23, 2024, found 4.
Read every citation on the CMS Care Compare page.
Fines and payment denials
CMS lists no fines for Upper East Side Rehabilitation And Nursing Center in the past 3 years.
Beds and residents
On an average day 438.5 residents live here, about 88% of its 499 certified beds.
- Certified beds
- 499
- Average residents per day
- 438.5
- Certified since
- July 1, 1967
- Resident or family council
- Both
Who owns Upper East Side Rehabilitation And Nursing Center
- Legal business name
- Dewitt Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Inc
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- 13 homes nationally under Cassena Care, 4-star chain average
Other nursing homes near Upper East Side Rehabilitation And Nursing Center
- Mary Manning Walsh Nursing Home Co Inc1339 York Avenue, New York 10021
- Coler Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center900 Main Street, Roosevelt Island 10044
- Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care Center1249 Fifth Avenue, New York 10029
- The Riverside150 Riverside Drive, New York 10024
- New York Center For Rehabilitation & Nursing26-13 21st Street, Astoria 11102
See also all nursing homes in New York.
Who inspects nursing homes in New York
New York'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 Upper East Side Rehabilitation And Nursing 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 Upper East Side Rehabilitation And Nursing Center
What is the CMS star rating of Upper East Side Rehabilitation And Nursing Center?
5 out of 5 stars overall.
Does Upper East Side Rehabilitation And Nursing Center accept Medicaid?
Yes, it is Medicaid certified.
What did inspectors find at Upper East Side Rehabilitation And Nursing Center?
3 cited at the last standard visit.
Who owns Upper East Side Rehabilitation And Nursing Center?
Dewitt Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Inc, for profit - limited liability company.
From the federal record: CMS Care Compare and the CMS Provider Information dataset, October 2026 release.