Niles Canyon Post Acute is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1978-01-01. 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 (510) 793-3000 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Niles Canyon 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 (3★), 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 85.1/100, placing it #1648 of 14703 facilities nationally and #234 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 Niles Canyon Post Acute receives a reported average of 4 hours 36 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 26 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 12 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 57 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 3 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 39.1%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $6,292. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $6,292, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 8.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Niles Canyon Post Acute ranks 1648th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 85.1/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within CA, it ranks 234th out of 1,162 nursing homes. In Fremont, it ranks 3rd out of 7 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,079 nationally and RN hours rank #10,146 nationally (#661 in CA). Our composite quality score of 85.1/100 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 Fremont, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/california/fremont/