Sun Health La Loma Care Center is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2006-02-13. 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 (623) 537-7400 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Sun Health La Loma Care Center 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 (2★), Staffing (4★), 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 81.1/100, placing it #3211 of 14703 facilities nationally and #70 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 Sun Health La Loma Care Center receives a reported average of 5 hours 9 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 57 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 26 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 46 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 43 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. 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 $12,735. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $12,735, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 58.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Sun Health La Loma Care Center ranks 3211th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 81.1/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within AZ, it ranks 70th out of 140 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #985 nationally and RN hours rank #2,308 nationally (#26 in AZ). 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 Litchfield Park, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/arizona/litchfield-park/