# Covered Paincare > Covered Paincare is a senior-care and Medicare directory. It lists Medicare-certified skilled nursing facilities, long-term care, assisted living, and board-and-care homes, plus providers for pain management, PM&R/physiatry, mental health, and mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) care across the United States. Facility data is sourced from CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services); always verify Medicare participation directly with the facility before scheduling. ## Key pages - [Find care](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/results): search and filter the full facility directory - [Nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes): Medicare-certified nursing homes with CMS quality ratings, by state and city - [Senior care facilities](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/senior-care): skilled nursing, long-term care, assisted living, and board-and-care listings by state and city - [Methodology and data sources](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/methodology): source definitions, update dates, confidence levels, and verification guidance - [Guides](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/guides): plain-English guides to chronic pain treatment options and Medicare coverage - [Research and citation facts](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/for-researchers): canonical directory facts, source dates, citation guidance, and reuse notes ## Guides - [Virtual Embodiment Training (VET) for chronic pain](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/guides/virtual-embodiment-training-chronic-pain): What Virtual Embodiment Training is, how VR-based pain retraining works, who it may help, and how Medicare patients can explore it as a non-opioid option. - [Non-opioid chronic pain treatments covered by Medicare](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/guides/non-opioid-chronic-pain-treatments-medicare): A plain-English tour of drug-free and non-opioid chronic pain options with Medicare coverage: physical therapy, acupuncture, behavioral therapy, interventional procedures, and emerging digital programs. - [Does Medicare cover acupuncture? Chronic low back pain rules](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/guides/medicare-acupuncture-chronic-low-back-pain): Medicare covers acupuncture for chronic low back pain: up to 12 sessions in 90 days and a maximum of 20 per year. Who qualifies, what it costs, and how to find care. - [Does Medicare cover physical therapy for chronic pain?](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/guides/medicare-physical-therapy-chronic-pain): Medicare Part B covers medically necessary physical therapy with no hard annual cap. How the therapy threshold works, what you pay, and how to get the most from PT for chronic pain. - [CBT & mind-body therapy for chronic pain: Medicare coverage](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/guides/mind-body-therapy-chronic-pain-medicare): How behavioral approaches like CBT help chronic pain, what Medicare mental-health benefits cover, and how programs like pain reprocessing and virtual embodiment fit in. - [Skilled nursing facility comparison checklist for Medicare](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/guides/skilled-nursing-facility-comparison-checklist): A practical checklist for comparing Medicare-certified skilled nursing facilities: coverage eligibility, CMS ratings, staffing, services, costs, location, and questions to ask during a visit. - [Medicare SNF eligibility requirements, step by step](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/guides/medicare-skilled-nursing-eligibility-requirements): The current Original Medicare requirements for short-term skilled nursing facility coverage, including inpatient status, timing, daily skilled care, certification, and exceptions. - [Medicare skilled nursing costs in 2026: days 1–100](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/guides/medicare-skilled-nursing-costs-coverage-limits-2026): Original Medicare skilled nursing facility costs for 2026, including the Part A deductible, daily coinsurance, the 100-day limit, and questions to ask Medicare Advantage plans. - [Skilled nursing vs assisted living: Medicare differences](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/guides/skilled-nursing-vs-assisted-living): Compare skilled nursing facilities and assisted living by care level, length of stay, staffing, payment, Medicare coverage, and the questions families should ask. - [Hospital-to-SNF discharge checklist for Medicare patients](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/guides/hospital-discharge-to-skilled-nursing-checklist): A step-by-step hospital discharge checklist for transferring to a skilled nursing facility: status, coverage, records, medications, services, transportation, and family communication. - [When Medicare SNF coverage ends: notices, appeals, options](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/guides/when-medicare-skilled-nursing-coverage-ends): What to do when Medicare skilled nursing coverage is ending: understand the notice, request a fast appeal, review costs, and plan the next safe level of care. - [CMS nursing home ratings: overall, inspections, staffing, quality](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/guides/cms-nursing-home-ratings-explained): How to read the CMS Five-Star nursing home ratings, what the overall, health inspection, staffing, and quality-measure scores mean, and what ratings cannot tell you. - [Interventional pain procedures & Medicare: injections to stimulators](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/guides/interventional-pain-procedures-medicare): What interventional pain specialists do — epidural injections, nerve blocks, radiofrequency ablation, spinal cord stimulation — and how Medicare coverage and prior authorization work. ## Care categories - [Pain management](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/care/pain-management) - [PM&R / Physiatry](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/care/pmr) - [Mental health](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/care/mental-health-chronic-pain) - [Mild TBI care](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/care/mild-tbi) ## Senior care by type - [Skilled nursing facilities](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/senior-care/skilled_nursing) - [Long-term care facilities](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/senior-care/long_term_care) - [Assisted living and board-and-care homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/senior-care/assisted_living) ## Nursing homes by state - [Alaska nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/ak) - [Alabama nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/al) - [Arkansas nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/ar) - [Arizona nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/az) - [California nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/ca) - [Colorado nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/co) - [Connecticut nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/ct) - [District of Columbia nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/dc) - [Delaware nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/de) - [Florida nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/fl) - [Georgia nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/ga) - [Guam nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/gu) - [Hawaii nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/hi) - [Iowa nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/ia) - [Idaho nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/id) - [Illinois nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/il) - [Indiana nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/in) - [Kansas nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/ks) - [Kentucky nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/ky) - [Louisiana nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/la) - [Massachusetts nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/ma) - [Maryland nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/md) - [Maine nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/me) - [Michigan nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/mi) - [Minnesota nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/mn) - [Missouri nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/mo) - [Mississippi nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/ms) - [Montana nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/mt) - [North Carolina nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/nc) - [North Dakota nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/nd) - [Nebraska nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/ne) - [New Hampshire nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/nh) - [New Jersey nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/nj) - [New Mexico nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/nm) - [Nevada nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/nv) - [New York nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/ny) - [Ohio nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/oh) - [Oklahoma nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/ok) - [Oregon nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/or) - [Pennsylvania nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/pa) - [Puerto Rico nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/pr) - [Rhode Island nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/ri) - [South Carolina nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/sc) - [South Dakota nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/sd) - [Tennessee nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/tn) - [Texas nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/tx) - [Utah nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/ut) - [Virginia nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/va) - [Vermont nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/vt) - [Washington nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/wa) - [Wisconsin nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/wi) - [West Virginia nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/wv) - [Wyoming nursing homes](https://www.coveredpaincare.com/nursing-homes/wy) ## Sitemaps - https://www.coveredpaincare.com/sitemap.xml (nursing homes) - https://www.coveredpaincare.com/facilities/sitemap.xml (pain-care facilities)