Citrus Heights Health Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2024-10-03. 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 (626) 251-2316 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Citrus Heights Health 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 (5★), 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 96.6/100, placing it #112 of 14703 facilities nationally and #25 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 Citrus Heights Health Center receives a reported average of 7 hours 15 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 26 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 23 minutes; Nurse Aide — 4 hours 26 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 6 hours 53 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 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.

Citrus Heights Health Center has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. 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 46.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Citrus Heights Health Center ranks 112th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 96.6/100), placing it in the top 5% nationwide. Within CA, it ranks 25th out of 1,162 nursing homes. In Covina, it ranks 2nd out of 5 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #152 nationally and RN hours rank #663 nationally (#69 in CA). Our composite quality score of 96.6/100 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 Covina, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/california/covina/