Overview
Merwick Post Acute has a Medicare overall rating of 3 out of 5, below the New Jersey average of 3.5. It is the only Medicare-rated nursing home in Plainsboro. Its strongest area is quality of care (5 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (2 of 5).
Its most recent standard inspection, on April 25, 2025, found 13 health deficiencies, more than the New Jersey average of 8.4. 5 of them came from complaint investigations. Medicare records 1 fine totaling $22,205 in the past three years.
Merwick Post Acute is a for-profit facility with 200 certified beds. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1967.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- April 25, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 13
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 5
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 1 totaling $22,205
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 1
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 200
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- January 1, 1967
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes