Fountain Hills Post Acute is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2001-11-26. 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 (480) 836-4800 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Fountain Hills Post Acute 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 (5★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 78.6/100, placing it #4310 of 14703 facilities nationally and #89 of 140 in Arizona. 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 Fountain Hills Post Acute receives a reported average of 3 hours 43 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 57 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 7 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 40 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 24 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 44.4%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 3 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $1,973. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 9.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Fountain Hills Post Acute ranks 4310th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 78.6/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within AZ, it ranks 89th out of 140 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #7,030 nationally and RN hours rank #2,338 nationally (#27 in AZ). Our composite quality score of 78.6/100 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 Fountain Hills, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/arizona/fountain-hills/