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Nursing Homes in Pennsylvania: Ratings, Inspections & Safety Flags

Pennsylvania has 657 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.

657
Certified facilities
250
Rated 4★ or better
141
Rated 1★ overall
90
Abuse-flagged by CMS
25
Special Focus (worst-performer)

Highest-Rated Nursing Homes in Pennsylvania

156 Pennsylvania 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.

FacilityCityOverallStaffing
Concordia Of The South HillsPittsburgh★★★★★★★★★★
Fairmount HomesEphrata★★★★★★★★★★
Glen At Willow ValleyLancaster★★★★★★★★★★
Health Center At The Hill At Whitemarsh, TheLafayette Hill★★★★★★★★★★
Hrh Transitional Care Unit(A D/B/A Entity Of Hrhs)Meadowbrook★★★★★★★★★★
Hcc At White Horse VillageNewtown Square★★★★★★★★★★
Lakeside At Willow ValleyWillow Street★★★★★★★★★★
Lebanon Valley Brethren HomePalmyra★★★★★★★★★★
Little Flower ManorDarby★★★★★★★★★★
Masonic Village At ElizabethtownElizabethtown★★★★★★★★★★

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.

Federally Flagged Facilities in Pennsylvania

CMS currently flags 90 Pennsylvania facilities with an abuse icon and lists 25 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.

FacilityCityFederal Flag
Armstrong Rehabilitation And Nursing CenterKittanningSpecial Focus Abuse Flag
Aventura At Terrace ViewPeckvilleSpecial Focus Abuse Flag
Burgh Care CenterPittsburghSpecial Focus
Bristol Health & Rehab CenterBristolSpecial Focus Abuse Flag
Carlisle Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation CenterCarlisleSpecial Focus
Champion City Nursing And Rehabilitation CenterPittsburghSpecial Focus Abuse Flag
Embassy Of SaxonburgSaxonburgSpecial Focus Abuse Flag
Embassy Of ScrantonScrantonSpecial Focus
Embassy Of TunkhannockTunkhannockSpecial Focus
Friendship Rehab And HealthBeaverSpecial Focus Abuse Flag
Flags like these are exactly what star ratings hide. A ClearPath report screens every facility near you against the full federal record — abuse citations, inspection failures, fines, staffing collapse — starting at $47. Check the facilities near you →

Where Pennsylvania’s Facilities Are

Philadelphia (47)Pittsburgh (26)Erie (14)Lancaster (10)York (10)Scranton (9)Allentown (8)Bethlehem (8)Carlisle (8)Greensburg (8)Chambersburg (7)Lansdale (7)Johnstown (6)New Castle (6)Doylestown (5)Easton (5)Harrisburg (5)Lititz (5)Monroeville (5)Norristown (5)

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Source: 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.