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.
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.
| Facility | City | Overall | Staffing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concordia Of The South Hills | Pittsburgh | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| Fairmount Homes | Ephrata | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| Glen At Willow Valley | Lancaster | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| Health Center At The Hill At Whitemarsh, The | Lafayette Hill | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| Hrh Transitional Care Unit(A D/B/A Entity Of Hrhs) | Meadowbrook | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| Hcc At White Horse Village | Newtown Square | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| Lakeside At Willow Valley | Willow Street | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| Lebanon Valley Brethren Home | Palmyra | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| Little Flower Manor | Darby | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
| Masonic Village At Elizabethtown | Elizabethtown | ★★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
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 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.
| Facility | City | Federal Flag |
|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Rehabilitation And Nursing Center | Kittanning | Special Focus Abuse Flag |
| Aventura At Terrace View | Peckville | Special Focus Abuse Flag |
| Burgh Care Center | Pittsburgh | Special Focus |
| Bristol Health & Rehab Center | Bristol | Special Focus Abuse Flag |
| Carlisle Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation Center | Carlisle | Special Focus |
| Champion City Nursing And Rehabilitation Center | Pittsburgh | Special Focus Abuse Flag |
| Embassy Of Saxonburg | Saxonburg | Special Focus Abuse Flag |
| Embassy Of Scranton | Scranton | Special Focus |
| Embassy Of Tunkhannock | Tunkhannock | Special Focus |
| Friendship Rehab And Health | Beaver | Special Focus Abuse Flag |
Star ratings are only the surface. ClearPath reads the full federal record for every certified facility in your Pennsylvania 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.