Hayes Convalescent Hospital is certified as a Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1979-01-01. 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 (415) 931-8806 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Hayes Convalescent Hospital 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 73.2/100, placing it #6796 of 14703 facilities nationally and #729 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 Hayes Convalescent Hospital receives a reported average of 4 hours 16 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 58 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 29 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 49 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 2 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. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 143 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $699,101. 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 10.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Hayes Convalescent Hospital ranks 6796th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 73.2/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within CA, it ranks 729th out of 1,162 nursing homes. In San Francisco, it ranks 16th out of 18 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #3,288 nationally and RN hours rank #2,171 nationally (#145 in CA). Our composite quality score of 73.2/100 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 Francisco, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/california/san-francisco/