Friendship Village Of Tempe is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1980-11-12. 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 (480) 831-3184 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Friendship Village Of Tempe holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (5★), 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 87.8/100, placing it #899 of 14703 facilities nationally and #24 of 140 in Arizona. 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 Friendship Village Of Tempe receives a reported average of 6 hours 38 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 2 hours 24 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 42 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 32 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 6 hours 14 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. Total nursing staff turnover is 43.1%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 2 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $107,640. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. 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 71.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Friendship Village Of Tempe ranks 899th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 87.8/100), placing it in the top 10% nationwide. Within AZ, it ranks 24th out of 140 nursing homes. In Tempe, it ranks 3rd out of 3 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #216 nationally and RN hours rank #152 nationally (#1 in AZ). Our composite quality score of 87.8/100 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 Tempe, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/arizona/tempe/