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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 (August 2026 release) — the same data ClearPath decodes and ranks in every family report.

657
Certified facilities
251
Rated 4★ or better
144
Rated 1★ overall
101
Abuse-flagged by CMS
25
Special Focus (worst-performer)

Highest-Rated Nursing Homes in Pennsylvania

154 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 101 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
Carlisle Skilled Nursing And Rehabilitation CenterCarlisleSpecial Focus
Embassy Of SaxonburgSaxonburgSpecial Focus Abuse Flag
Embassy Of ScrantonScrantonSpecial Focus
Embassy Of TunkhannockTunkhannockSpecial Focus
Friendship Rehab And HealthBeaverSpecial Focus Abuse Flag
Grandview Nursing And RehabilitationDanvilleSpecial Focus
Greenery Center For Rehab And NursingCanonsburgSpecial Focus
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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), August 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.