Ridgeview Skilled Nursing Facility is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2023-07-17. 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 (858) 293-3900 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Ridgeview Skilled Nursing Facility 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 (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 79.1/100, placing it #4097 of 14703 facilities nationally and #491 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 Ridgeview Skilled Nursing Facility receives a reported average of 5 hours 33 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 2 hours 5 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 25 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 3 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 5 hours 4 minutes 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 54.8%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 6 fine(s) totaling $33,238. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 6 fine(s) totaling $33,238, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 6. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 41.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Ridgeview Skilled Nursing Facility ranks 4097th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 79.1/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within CA, it ranks 491st out of 1,162 nursing homes. In San Diego, it ranks 12th out of 21 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #598 nationally and RN hours rank #210 nationally (#35 in CA). Our composite quality score of 79.1/100 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 Diego, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/california/san-diego/