Sequoia Transitional Care is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1978-02-01. 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 (559) 784-6644 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Sequoia Transitional Care 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 (3★), 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 84.0/100, placing it #2048 of 14703 facilities nationally and #286 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 Sequoia Transitional Care receives a reported average of 4 hours of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 6 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 5 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 49 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 42 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 39.4%. 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 $41,759. 24 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $41,759, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 91.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Sequoia Transitional Care ranks 2048th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 84.0/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within CA, it ranks 286th out of 1,162 nursing homes. In Porterville, it ranks 2nd out of 5 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 5. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #4,824 nationally and RN hours rank #14,145 nationally (#1123 in CA). Our composite quality score of 84.0/100 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 Porterville, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/california/porterville/