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Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska

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County inventory for Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska is drawn from U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare / Home Health Compare (14,710 Medicare-certified nursing homes nationwide) with cost context from the private CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey - see our methodology. Home-health agency signature

2 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Matanuska-Susitna County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 2 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Alaska medians + CMS Five-Star.

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Sheet AK-MATANUSKA-SUSITNA-ALASKA · Matanuska-Susitna, AK

NH-ONE · BEDS-FEW · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-HIGH · BOOK-FULL

  • NH-ONE 2 homes
  • BEDS-FEW 134 beds
  • STAR-MID 3.5★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 2 HH
  • RANK-MID #1,735/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-HIGH $9,882/mo
  • BOOK-FULL 2/2 NH · 2/2 HH

Stamps lead with home-health agency tercile (high) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Five-Star county average, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.

What a dense home-health map shows for Matanuska-Susitna County

Home-health coverage is the standout for Matanuska-Susitna County: 2 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 2 nursing homes and 134 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.5/5 on rated homes.

With a thinner CMS book, cost context matters more per facility: CareScout 2025 Alaska medians run assisted living $9,882/mo, semi-private nursing $27,831/mo, private nursing N/A/mo, home health aide $7,245/mo, adult day $3,792/mo. Verify rates with the named homes below.

Star counts skew stronger here (1 at 2★, 1 at 5★). Ownership leans For profit - Limited Liability company (100% of 2 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Maple Springs of Wasilla. Still weigh inspection history, staffing, bed size, and specialty units (dementia, rehab, ventilator) before visiting.

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Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.

$9,882
Assisted Living / mo
$27,831
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$7,245
Home Care / mo
3.5
Avg CMS Rating

Nursing Homes in Matanuska-Susitna County

2 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Maple Springs of Wasilla Wasilla 5/5 67 For profit - Limited Liability company
Maple Springs of Palmer Palmer 2/5 67 For profit - Limited Liability company

Home Health Agencies in Matanuska-Susitna County

Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.

Agency City Quality Rating
Ancora Home Health & Hospice Wasilla 3.0
Wellspring Home Health Center Wasilla 2.0

Read next for home-health-dense Matanuska-Susitna

Decode Five-Star for Matanuska-Susitna County homes
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Higher-star neighbourhood: A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Paying for care when Matanuska-Susitna AL medians run high
Home-health-dense path: Medicare vs Medicaid vs private pay when CareScout assisted-living medians sit in the upper band.
Cost calculator for Matanuska-Susitna County planning
Home-health-dense path: State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

Continue on the Alaska elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Alaska state-level medians from CareScout 2025 (county-level cost data is not available).

Read our methodology - how CMS Care Compare and CareScout 2025 are joined for Matanuska-Susitna County.