Joshua Tree Post Acute is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2001-06-08. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (760) 853-4760 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Joshua Tree Post Acute holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 62.0/100, placing it #11416 of 14703 facilities nationally and #1016 of 1162 in California. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Joshua Tree Post Acute receives a reported average of 3 hours 52 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 21 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 58 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 33 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 22 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 61.7%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $41,900. 25 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $41,900, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 4. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 52.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Joshua Tree Post Acute ranks 11416th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 62.0/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within CA, it ranks 1016th out of 1,162 nursing homes. In Yucca Valley, it ranks 2nd out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #5,777 nationally and RN hours rank #11,915 nationally (#863 in CA). Our composite quality score of 62.0/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Yucca Valley, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/california/yucca-valley/