Laurel Heights Community Care is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2011-05-11. 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 (415) 567-3133 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Laurel Heights Community Care holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 87.9/100, placing it #875 of 14703 facilities nationally and #128 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 Laurel Heights Community Care receives a reported average of 4 hours 10 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 24 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 53 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 52 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 18.5%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $8,018. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $8,018, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 50.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Laurel Heights Community Care ranks 875th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 87.9/100), placing it in the top 10% nationwide. Within CA, it ranks 128th out of 1,162 nursing homes. In San Francisco, it ranks 4th out of 18 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #3,847 nationally and RN hours rank #10,726 nationally (#716 in CA). Our composite quality score of 87.9/100 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 San Francisco, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/california/san-francisco/