Medicare and Yelp Ratings of Nursing HomesBoth Medicare and Yelp rate nursing homes (sometimes called skilled nursing facilities) on a one-to-five-star scale. Rahman and her fellow researchers looked at 51 Yelp-rated nursing homes in California; they previously reviewed the Nursing Home Compare tool. “There are lots of possible reasons.”Why the 2 Types of Nursing Home Ratings Are So DifferentThe biggest one: Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare star ratings measure facilities based on quantifiable data. The Medicare Nursing Home Compare ratings are geographically comprehensive. With the steep cost of nursing homes, and often an urgency to locate a facility, you can’t afford to be.

Source: Forbes March 06, 2019 19:30 UTC