No. Federal CMS star ratings apply only to Medicare/Medicaid-certified nursing homes, published at profiles.health.ny.gov/nursing_home and on CMS Care Compare. Assisted living and memory care communities in New York do not carry CMS star ratings -- the only public quality record for them is the NYS Health Profiles inspection history.
What this means in practice
This is a genuine information gap, not an oversight in how families search. A five-star online review average for an assisted living community measures something entirely different from a regulatory inspection record, and the two often diverge. Online reviews reflect a self-selected group of reviewers; the inspection record reflects what a state surveyor actually documented on-site against specific regulatory standards.
When evaluating a Staten Island assisted living or memory care community, treat glowing reviews and a clean-looking inspection record as two separate pieces of evidence, not one. Read the inspection narratives directly at NYS Health Profiles rather than relying on a facility's own summary of its record, and ask the community directly about any deficiency you find there.
Related questions
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