Sante Of North Scottsdale is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2012-03-20. 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) 588-5386 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Sante Of North Scottsdale holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (4★), 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 90.9/100, placing it #463 of 14703 facilities nationally and #12 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 Sante Of North Scottsdale receives a reported average of 5 hours 17 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 50 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 53 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 35 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 47 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 56.4%. 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 $1,988. 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 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 43.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Sante Of North Scottsdale ranks 463rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 90.9/100), placing it in the top 5% nationwide. Within AZ, it ranks 12th out of 140 nursing homes. In Scottsdale, it ranks 3rd out of 11 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #815 nationally and RN hours rank #3,308 nationally (#35 in AZ). Our composite quality score of 90.9/100 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 Scottsdale, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/arizona/scottsdale/