Wise County, Virginia
County inventory for Wise County, Virginia 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
5 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Wise County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 3 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Virginia medians + CMS Five-Star.
County care plate
Sheet VA-WISE-VIRGINIA · Wise, VA
NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 3 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 321 beds
- STAR-MID 3.7★ avg
- HH-SMALL 5 HH
- RANK-MID #1,370/2,851
- PHOTO-NONE No peer
- AL-MID $6,945/mo
- BOOK-FULL 3/3 NH · 5/5 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 Wise County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Wise County: 5 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 3 nursing homes and 321 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.7/5 on rated homes.
CareScout 2025 Virginia medians frame mid-pack counties like this: assisted living $6,945/mo, semi-private nursing $10,250/mo, private nursing $11,680/mo, home health aide $6,673/mo, adult day $1,750/mo. Local Wise County providers may sit above or below those state medians.
Star counts skew stronger here (1 at 3★, 2 at 4★). Ownership leans For profit - Limited Liability company (33% of 3 homes). Named 4★+ examples include Heritage Hall Wise, Norton Community Hospital SNF Unit. Still weigh inspection history, staffing, bed size, and specialty units (dementia, rehab, ventilator) before visiting.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Top facilities in Wise, VA
Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.
- 1 4★
- 2 4★
- 3 3★
Nursing Homes in Wise County
3 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Hall Wise | Wise | 4/5 | 97 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Norton Community Hospital SNF Unit | Norton | 4/5 | 44 | Non profit - Corporation |
| Heritage Hall Big Stone Gap | Big Stone Gap | 3/5 | 180 | For profit - Corporation |
Home Health Agencies in Wise County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Adoration Home Health | Wise | 4.5 |
| Ballad Health Homecare - Norton | Norton | 4.5 |
| In Home Care Inc | Wise | 2.0 |
| Caring Touch Home Health Inc | Pound | N/A |
| First Choice Home Health Care | Norton | N/A |
Read next for home-health-dense Wise
Nationwide counties with similar care inventories
Two CMS peer sets for Wise County, VA, both outside VA so the neighborhoods are not state containment (the Virginia overview below stays the geo path).
Similar home-health inventory
Nearest other-state counties by mapped home-health agency count (5 here).
Continue on the Virginia elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Virginia 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 Wise County.