Northbrook Healthcare Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1973-04-01. 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 (707) 459-5592 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Northbrook Healthcare Center 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 88.4/100, placing it #787 of 14703 facilities nationally and #115 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 Northbrook Healthcare Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 59 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 27 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 33 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 39 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 25.0%. 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 $12,545. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $12,545, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 66.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Northbrook Healthcare Center ranks 787th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 88.4/100), placing it in the top 10% nationwide. Within CA, it ranks 115th out of 1,162 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #4,879 nationally and RN hours rank #9,980 nationally (#644 in CA). Our composite quality score of 88.4/100 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 Willits, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/california/willits/