Overview
Port Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center has a Medicare overall rating of 2 out of 5, below the Massachusetts average of 3.1. It ranks 2nd of 3 nursing homes in Newburyport. It scores best on quality of care (4 of 5) and lowest on staffing (1 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.7 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 57% of nursing homes in Massachusetts (the state average is 3.9 hours). Of that, 0.5 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on August 28, 2025, found 8 health deficiencies, more than the Massachusetts average of 6.4. It has no fines on record for the past three years, while 45% of Massachusetts nursing homes have been fined.
Port Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center is a for-profit facility with 123 certified beds, caring for about 123 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1983.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 67%
Top 65%
Top 65%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- August 28, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 8
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 0
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 0
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 0
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.66 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.49 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)1.12 hrs
- Nurse aides2.05 hrs
- Physical therapists0.03 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 123
- Average residents per day
- 123
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- January 1, 1983
- 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