Cathedral Health Care Center earns 4-Star CMS quality rating

Cathedral Health Care Center announced on January 8, 2026 that it has earned a 4-Star Overall Quality Rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Five-Star Quality Rating System. The designation reflects performance above the national average on health inspections, quality measures, and staffing performance, officials said.

The rating covers the center’s combined performance across inspection results, clinical quality measures such as patient outcomes and safety, and staffing levels that affect day-to-day care. Cathedral provides short-term rehabilitation, long-term skilled nursing, and mental health services, and the facility emphasized multidisciplinary teamwork and ongoing quality improvement efforts as factors in the rating.

For Dubois County residents and families across southern Indiana, the CMS rating offers a standardized snapshot to compare long-term care options. A 4-star score does not guarantee a perfect experience, but it signals that Cathedral Health Care Center performed better than many peers on the federal measures used to evaluate nursing homes and similar facilities. Those measures influence how clinicians, discharge planners, and families evaluate where to place loved ones after hospitalization or when seeking extended care.

The center’s announcement pointed to caregivers, clinical teams, and support staff as driving the result, highlighting day-to-day work in therapy, nursing, and behavioral health programs that support recovery and long-term needs. Cathedral’s range of services means residents who need rehabilitation after surgery, ongoing skilled nursing, or mental health support can seek a continuum of care within the county rather than travel farther afield.

Knowing how the Five-Star system works helps consumers use the rating effectively. The rating is intended as one of several tools to evaluate a facility; families should also tour facilities, review inspection reports and quality data, and ask about staffing patterns, therapy availability, and infection-control practices. Cathedral’s 4-Star rating can be a starting point for those conversations with administrators and clinicians about care plans and daily routines.

The takeaway? A 4-star CMS rating is a vote of confidence for Cathedral Health Care Center, but your best decisions come from combining that score with on-site visits and specific questions about care needs. Call ahead for a tour, ask about therapy schedules and staffing on the floor your family member would use, and bring a checklist so you leave with clear answers. Our two cents? Use the rating as reassurance, not a substitute for seeing care in action.