Santa Monica Rehabilitation Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2004-06-29. 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) 255-2800 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Santa Monica Rehabilitation Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (1★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 45.1/100, placing it #14424 of 14703 facilities nationally and #1147 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 Santa Monica Rehabilitation Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 47 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 15 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 2 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 30 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 35 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 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.

⚠️ CMS has flagged Santa Monica Rehabilitation Center with an abuse icon, indicating a history of reported abuse or neglect incidents. Families should review the detailed inspection reports on Medicare.gov before considering this facility. In the current reporting period, the facility received 8 fine(s) totaling $144,692. 237 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 2 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 8 fine(s) totaling $144,692, and 2 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 10. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 430.5 (lower scores are better). IMPORTANT: CMS has flagged this facility with an abuse icon — indicating a reported history of abuse or neglect. Families should review the full inspection report on medicare.gov/care-compare before deciding. Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Santa Monica Rehabilitation Center ranks 14424th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 45.1/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within CA, it ranks 1147th out of 1,162 nursing homes. In Santa Monica, it ranks 12th out of 12 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 8th of 8. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #6,474 nationally and RN hours rank #13,305 nationally (#1048 in CA). Our composite quality score of 45.1/100 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/