Good Shepherd Health Care Center Of Santa Monica is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1977-03-22. 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 (310) 451-4800 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Good Shepherd Health Care Center Of Santa Monica 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 (2★), Staffing (N/A★), 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 81.1/100, placing it #3196 of 14703 facilities nationally and #399 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 Good Shepherd Health Care Center Of Santa Monica receives a reported average of N/A of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — N/A; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — N/A; Nurse Aide — N/A. On weekends, total nurse staffing is N/A per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is N/A 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.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $8,424. 9 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $8,424, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 149.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Good Shepherd Health Care Center Of Santa Monica ranks 3196th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 81.1/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within CA, it ranks 399th out of 1,162 nursing homes. In Santa Monica, it ranks 2nd out of 12 facilities. For 2025 staffing: total nurse hours rank #452 nationally and RN hours rank #10,868 nationally (#697 in CA). Our composite quality score of 81.1/100 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 Santa Monica, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/california/santa-monica/