The Tamalpais is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1969-06-23. 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) 461-2300 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

The Tamalpais holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (1★), 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 67.7/100, placing it #9296 of 14703 facilities nationally and #906 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 The Tamalpais receives a reported average of 4 hours 51 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 18 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 37 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 55 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 9 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 41.2%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 12 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $27,668. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. 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 51.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, The Tamalpais ranks 9296th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 67.7/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within CA, it ranks 906th out of 1,162 nursing homes. In Greenbrae, 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 #1,495 nationally and RN hours rank #868 nationally (#84 in CA). Our composite quality score of 67.7/100 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 Greenbrae, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/california/greenbrae/