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U.S. News & World Report Publishes 2027 Best Nursing Homes Ratings to Help Families Navigate Rehabilitation and Long-Term Care

On Tuesday, U.S. News & World Report released its 2027 Best Nursing Homes ratings, providing families with quality metrics to help navigate healthcare decisions for short-term rehabilitation and long-term care facilities.
Evaluators assessed facilities across all 50 states and Washington, D.C., using data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to calculate 17 distinct quality measures, including staffing consistency and clinical safety outcomes.
Top-Rated Best Nursing Homes feature 19% more total staffing per resident per day, offer twice as much physical therapy, and experience 21% fewer hospital readmissions compared to other institutions.
These performance-based ratings provide transparent quality metrics, enabling families to compare facilities and identify institutions demonstrating superior staffing consistency and clinical safety outcomes.
The annual rankings serve as a standardized resource for comparing facilities nationwide as families evaluate long-term care or short-term rehabilitation needs across diverse healthcare settings.

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