Mississippi has 202 Medicare & Medicaid–certified nursing homes on federal record. Below is the current landscape from the CMS Care Compare database (July 2026 release) — the same data ClearPath decodes and ranks in every family report.
34 Mississippi facilities hold a 5-star overall rating — more than fit this list. The ten shown lead within that group on CMS health-inspection, staffing, and quality-measure ratings.
| Facility | City | Overall | Staffing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forrest General Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit | Hattiesburg | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| Jnh-Madison Inn | Whitfield | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| Ashland Health And Rehabilitation | Ashland | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| Vicksburg Convalescent Center | Vicksburg | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| Merit Health Wesley | Hattiesburg | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| Shady Lawn Health And Rehabilitation | Vicksburg | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| Carthage Senior Care | Carthage | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| Methodist Sepcialty Care Center | Flowood | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| Pontotoc Health & Rehab Center | Pontotoc | ★★★★★ | ★★★★☆ |
| Bedford Care Center Of Petal | Petal | ★★★★★ | ★★★★☆ |
Ranked by CMS overall and staffing star ratings. A ClearPath report goes deeper — inspection citations, fines, staffing turnover, review analysis, and safety-flag screening for every facility in your search area.
CMS currently flags 17 Mississippi facilities with an abuse icon and lists 6 in the Special Focus program for persistent quality problems. These designations appear automatically in every ClearPath report and cap a facility’s ranking regardless of its star rating.
| Facility | City | Federal Flag |
|---|---|---|
| Bedford Care Center Of Picayune | Picayune | Special Focus Abuse Flag |
| Courtyard Health And Rehabilitation | Mccomb | Special Focus Abuse Flag |
| Edgewood Health & Rehabilitation | Byram | Special Focus Abuse Flag |
| Starkville Manor Health Care And Rehabilitation Ce | Starkville | Special Focus |
| Sunplex Sub-Acute Center | Ocean Springs | Special Focus Abuse Flag |
| Yazoo City Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center | Yazoo City | Special Focus |
Star ratings are only the surface. ClearPath reads the full federal record for every certified facility in your Mississippi search area — abuse citations, inspection failures, fines, staffing collapse — and hands you a ranked, plain-English report in minutes. Reports start at $47, one-time. Paid by families, never by facilities.
Get Your Ranked Report →See a free sample report firstSource: CMS Care Compare (data.cms.gov), July 2026 monthly release. Ratings and flags change monthly — ClearPath refreshes automatically. ClearPath Senior Guide is independent and accepts no referral fees or placement incentives from any facility.