Sante Of North Scottsdale

Location & what’s nearby

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Nearest of each type, straight-line distance. Hospitals come from the CMS Hospital General Information registry; everything else from Overture Maps (public data). Hospital and park hours are typical — call ahead to confirm.

Quality measures — how residents actually fare

Quality-measure stars summarize outcomes CMS tracks from the assessments each home submits — avoidable hospitalizations and ER visits, falls with injury, pressure ulcers, unplanned weight loss, and long-term antipsychotic use. Because the underlying data is self-reported, weigh a high score against the independent inspection record. Long-stay = permanent residents; short-stay = rehab and post-hospital stays.

Short-stay rehab — if you are coming here from a hospital

Arriving from a hospital right now? Read the discharge guide → — your appeal rights, how to slow a rushed discharge, and what to ask about the numbers below.

68.9% of the Medicare patients who left this home got back to the community and stayed there for at least 31 days — CMS rates that better than the national rate. This is CMS’s risk-adjusted rate over 1,254 Medicare stays in Oct 2022–Sep 2024, and CMS’s own comparison — not ours.

Met the expected recovery: 60.7% of this home’s Medicare short-stay residents left it at or above the ability to care for themselves and move around that CMS predicted for them, across 402 stays in Oct 2024–Sep 2025. The median of the 11,061 homes CMS publishes this for is 56.6%. Read it beside the getting-home figure, not instead of it: unlike the two measures above, CMS makes no better-or-worse call on this one and publishes no confidence interval for it, so this is a comparison and not a verdict — but it is the short-stay measure that separates homes most, and the one to ask about.

Therapy staffing: this home’s payroll records show 1.14 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 98% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 34% of this home’s weekday level — it runs some therapy at the weekend, at a lower level than on weekdays. The median home that reports therapy runs 13% — weekday-focused therapy is the industry norm, not a shortfall. But recovery does not pause on a Saturday: ask what the weekend actually looks like here.

This section is about rehab stays, not living here. Most of this page — the stars, the quality measures, the inspection record — describes the home the way a permanent resident experiences it. These figures describe the short Medicare stay after a hospital discharge: a hip, a stroke, a bad infection, six weeks and home. They are different residents, different staff, often a different wing. Therapy hours are per resident in the building, not per rehab patient — the count includes every long-stay resident, and they mostly get no therapy at all. So a home with a small rehab wing inside a large nursing population reads low here even if its rehab patients get plenty of therapy, and a mostly-rehab home reads high. Use it to compare homes doing similar work, ask what a rehab resident actually gets in a day, and remember that CMS does not publish therapy minutes per patient — nobody does.

Staffing

How full it usually is: this home is certified for 72 beds and averages 67.6 residents a day — about 94% occupied, or roughly 4 beds typically open. It runs fairly full. This is a CMS average, not live availability — no public source publishes real-time vacancies, and a home can be full the day you call. Confirm with the home, and if you need a Medicaid bed specifically, ask about that separately: a home with open beds may still not have an open Medicaid bed.

Against a benchmark — not a legal minimum. In May 2024 CMS finalized the first federal staffing floor for nursing homes: 3.48 total nurse hours per resident per day, including 0.55 RN hours and 2.45 nurse-aide hours. Its hour requirements never took effect and are no longer on the books. Homes had until 2026 (2027 if rural) to comply, and that deadline never arrived: a federal court vacated the hour requirements in April 2025 (CMS has appealed), Congress then barred enforcement until 2034, and CMS formally repealed them by rule effective February 2026. This home is not required to meet these numbers, and is not violating anything by missing them. We still show the comparison because the figures are CMS’s own published estimate of adequate staffing, which makes them a useful yardstick — but they are our benchmark, not federal law: this home’s total nurse staffing of 5.19 hrs/resident/day is at or above the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 1.22 is at or above the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 2.48 is at or above the 2.45-hour aide benchmark. What federal law does require today is unchanged: “sufficient” nursing staff for residents’ needs and an RN on duty at least 8 consecutive hours a day, 7 days a week (42 CFR 483.35). Those are judged by inspectors on site, not by these averages, so read this comparison alongside the inspection record rather than as a pass/fail.

Weekend coverage: total nurse staffing is 4.52 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 5.47 on weekdays — 17% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 1.33 to 0.93 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 58% is well above the national median of 45%. 1 administrator has left in the past year.

Payroll-based (PBJ) staffing hours, as reported for Jan–Mar 2026 (CMS PBJ CY2026Q1) — the most recent quarter CMS has published, so they can lag a change of operator or staffing agency. Higher is generally better. Registered-nurse coverage and weekend staffing are the numbers families most often overlook — an RN on site matters most when something goes wrong, and coverage usually thins on weekends. High turnover means residents rarely see the same caregiver twice. One caveat: these are hours as reported, not adjusted for how sick or heavy-care this home’s residents are. CMS separately publishes a case-mix-adjusted view; we show the reported hours. A home caring for higher-acuity residents needs more hours to deliver the same care, so compare these figures against homes doing similar work, and read them next to the inspection record rather than alone.

Inspection trend

Deficiencies are more than at the previous inspection — worsening. Fewer citations over time suggests a home is fixing problems; a rising count is a warning sign — though two surveys are a short record, and survey teams differ. These counts are from the standard annual health survey only; the full citation list below may also include findings from complaint investigations, so the two won’t always add up.

This trend is not current. The most recent of these two inspections was over 2 years ago; the arrow describes what inspectors found then, not what the home is like now.

Inspection deficiencies

State health-inspection citations, most serious first. Each carries an F-code (the federal rule it cites, e.g. F-684 = quality of care) and a letter A–L marking how serious and how widespread the problem was — we translate that grid into the plain tiers shown here. Wording is the official federal description.

Each letter is a CMS scope-severity level; highlighted ones are where this home has citations. A–C = no harm found; D–F = potential for harm; G–I = actual harm; J–L = immediate jeopardy. Within each band the later letter is the more widespread finding (an isolated G is one resident; a widespread I is a pattern), so rightward and downward is worse.

18 citations, most serious first. The 10 most serious are shown; the remaining 8 are one tap away and print in full.

• Potential for harm · D2025-04-08 · tag F0689 — failed to keep residents free of avoidable accidents; supervise adequately — isolated
  Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on clinical record review, facility documentation, and staff interviews, the facility failed to ensure that adequate supervision and interventions were provided to one resident (#2) to prevent elopement from the facility. The deficient practice resulted in one resident leaving the building without notice, and could result in other residents going missing and/or getting injured. Findings include: Resident #2 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses including nontraumatic acute subdural hemorrhage, type two diabetes mellitus, and vascular dementia. Review of Resident #2's care plan revealed a focus, initiated on April 1, 2025, that the resident was at risk for wandering behavior and at risk for elopement. Interventions in place on April 1, 2025 included the following: to clearly identify the resident's room and bathroom, to follow facility protocols for patients with wandering tendencies, to keep the patient's photo at nursing stations and the front entrance, to identify triggers and patterns…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2024-12-05 · tag F0600 — failed to protect residents from abuse and neglect — isolated
  Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on documentation, staff and resident interviews, and the facility policy and procedures, the facility failed to ensure that resident (#22) was given a safe place to store valuable personal belongings and personal/medical information for safe keeping in her room to prevent personal property from being misappropriated. The deficient practice could result in residents' property being misappropriated. Findings include: Resident #22 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses that included periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic left hip joint, fall on the same level, Parkinson's Disease, and dementia. The inventory of personal effects dated November 23, 2024 revealed: one black purse, one brown wallet, one credit card, two forms of identification (ID), #53.00, and a medical card. The form was signed by a certified nursing assistant (CNA/staff #15). The minimum data set (MDS) dated [DATE] included a brief interview for mental status score of 15 indicating the resident was cognitively…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2024-12-05 · tag F0610 — failed to investigate and act on abuse reports — isolated
  Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on documentation, staff and resident interviews, and the facility policy and procedures, the facility failed to complete a thorough investigation regarding an allegation of misappropriation for one resident (#22). The deficient practice could result in the misappropriation of the residents' property. Finding include: Resident #22 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses that included periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic left hip joint, fall on the same level, Parkinson's Disease, and dementia. The inventory of personal effects dated November 23, 2024 revealed: one black purse, one brown wallet, one credit card, two forms of identification (ID), #53.00, and a medical card. The form was signed by a certified nursing assistant (CNA/staff #15). Review of the schedule dated November 24, 2025, revealed the following staff worked the noc shift from 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.: -licensed practical nurse (LPN/staff #82) -certified nursing assistant (CNA/staff #15) was assigned to rooms #200 to…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Dcited before2024-10-24 · tag F0684 — failed to provide proper treatment and quality of care — isolated
  Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on clinical record review, staff interviews, and facility policy, the facility failed to ensure one resident (#2) received treatment and care in accordance with professional standards of practice regarding anticoagulant therapy. The deficient practice could lead to risk of bleeding in residents on anticoagulant therapy. Findings include: Resident #2 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with the diagnosis that included acute cystitis without hematuria, thrombocytopenia, left bundle branch block, personal history of transient ischemic attack (TIA) and cerebral infraction without residual deficits. Review of clinical record dated August 20, 2024 at 09:53 revealed a nurse practitioner progress note Cardiology was consulted given his anticoagulation needs for mechanical aortic valve status post aortic valve replacement. They advised to continue to monitor INR until therapeutic range 2.5-3.5. Review of Resident's Minimum Data Set (MDS) dated [DATE] revealed a Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIMS) score of…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Ecited before2024-09-13 · tag F0684 — failed to provide proper treatment and quality of care — pattern
  Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on clinical record review, interviews, and policy review, the facility failed to ensure medications were administered as ordered for two of 17 sampled residents (#272 and #277). The deficient practice could result in resident not receiving the required treatment they need. The facility census was 69. Findings include: -Resident #272 was admitted on [DATE] with diagnoses of Covid-19, [NAME]-[NAME] Virus (EBV), Cytomegalovirus (CMV), myelodysplastic syndrome, bone marrow transplant status, and metabolic encephalopathy. A physician order dated 11/16/23 included for Maribavir (antiviral) 200 mg (milligram) give two tablets of twice a day for history of EBV/CMV viremia. Review of the electronic Medication Record (eMAR) note dated 11/17/23 included that Maribavir was not given because staff were waiting for the Maribavir to be brought in from resident's home. The Nurse Practitioner progress note dated 11/18/23 revealed the resident was on Maribavir due to history of EBV and CMV. An eMAR note dated 11/18/23 nurse…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2024-09-13 · tag F0757 — failed to avoid unnecessary drugs — pattern
  Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on clinical record review, staff interviews, and facility policy, the facility failed to ensure that opioid medication orders for two residents (Resident #4 and #38) were administered following the physician ordered parameters. The deficient practice could result in inaccurate administration of opioid medication, with the potential of over medicating resident's with opioid medication. Findings include: -Resident #4 was admitted on [DATE] with diagnoses of fibromyalgia and generalized anxiety disorder. A review care plan dated August 9, 2024 revealed the resident had fibromyalgia, arthritis and chronic back pain. Intervention included to administer medications and treatment as ordered. The physician progress note dated August 15, 2024 included assessments of bilateral hip osteoarthritis, left hip pain, lumbar and thoracic spondylosis and degenerative disc disease, and fibromyalgia. Recommendations included that the resident had Norco (narcotic opioid) 1 tablet every 4 hours as needed for pain; and would…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · E2024-09-13 · tag F0758 — failed to limit and justify psychotropic drugs — pattern
  Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on clinical record review, staff interviews, and policy review, the facility failed to ensure target behaviors, side effects and effectiveness related to psychotropic medications were monitored for three residents (#42, #1 and #23). The sample size was 6. The deficient practice could result in complications. Findings include: -Resident # 42 was admitted on [DATE] with diagnoses of urinary tract infection (UTI), severe sepsis without septic shock, and acute respiratory failure with hypoxia. A physician order dated September 2, 2024 included for Mirtazapine (antidepressant) 15 mg (milligram), to give 1 tablet by mouth at bedtime for depression as evidenced by verbalization of sadness. A review of the MDS (minimum data set) assessment dated [DATE] revealed a BIMS (brief interview of mental status) score of 10 indicating the resident had moderate cognitive impairment. A nurse practitioner note dated September 5, 2025 revealed that the resident had Mirtazapine 15 mg as current psychiatric medication; and that,…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · Ecited before2024-09-13 · tag F0880 — failed to prevent and control infections — pattern
  Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observation, record review, interviews, and facility policy review, the facility failed to follow infection control standards on enhanced barrier precautions (EBP) for 3 of 3 sampled residents (#23, #26, and #24). The deficient practice could lead to spread of infections. Findings include: -Resident #23 was admitted on [DATE], with diagnoses of urinary tract infection, neuromuscular dysfunction of bladder, retention of urine, Parkinson's Disease without dyskinesia without mention of fluctuations, and dementia. The care plan initiated August 19, 2024 revealed that the resident required enhanced barrier precautions (EBP) due to suprapubic catheter. Interventions included to ensure EBP were followed during high-contact interaction or procedures per facility i.e. dressing, bathing, transferring, providing hygiene, changing linens, changing briefs, toileting, device care: urinary catheter. A review of the admission MDS assessment dated [DATE] revealed a BIMS score of 0 indicating the resident had severe…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Infection Control Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2024-09-13 · tag F0552 — isolated
  Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on clinical record review, staff interviews, and policy review, the facility failed to ensure one Resident # 42 was informed of the risks and benefits related to use of psychotropic medication for one resident (#42). The deficient practice could result in residents not having the choice to refuse proposed treatment plans as well as to be informed of potential adverse side effects of receiving psychotropic medications. Findings include: Resident #42 was admitted on [DATE] with diagnoses that included urinary tract infection (UTI), severe sepsis without septic shock, and acute respiratory failure with hypoxia. A physician order dated September 2, 2024 included for Mirtazapine (antidepressant) 15 mg (milligram), to give 1 tablet by mouth at bedtime for depression as evidenced by verbalization of sadness. A review of the MDS (minimum data set) assessment dated [DATE] revealed a BIMS (brief interview of mental status) score of 10 indicating the resident had moderate cognitive impairment. A nurse practitioner…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2024-09-13 · tag F0576 — isolated
  Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on observations, clinical record review, interviews, and facility policy review, the facility failed to ensure that communication deficit was addressed with interventions to accommodate needs and abilities for one resident (#327) . The sample size was one of one. The deficient practice could result in a care plan that did not meet the resident's needs. Findings Include: Resident #327 was admitted on [DATE] with diagnoses of cerebral infarction, hemiplegia and hemiparesis affecting the right side, and encephalopathy. The hospital speech therapy note dated August 27, 2024 revealed that the resident had impaired cognition, dysphagia (swallowing disorder), and dysarthria (speech disorder); and that, the resident had moderate dysarthria impacting overall intelligibility at conversational level. Strategies included were for the resident to slow rate of speech and over-articulate sound to improve intelligibility. The hospital discharge instructions dated September 3, 2024 revealed that discharge diagnoses of…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction

“Cited before” means this same F-tag appears on at least one other survey date in the record we hold — counting complaint investigations as well as standard surveys, with no time limit. It is our own read of the data, not CMS’s: CMS uses repeat deficiency as a formal term tied to consecutive standard surveys, and that is a narrower test than this one. A tag marked here may or may not meet it.

Fines & penalties

No federal fines in the current CMS record.

Part of a chain

This home belongs to SANTE — 5 facilities. Here is how its ratings compare with the chain’s average across all its homes: See the whole chain — ratings, flags, fines and finances →

A home rated well below its chain’s average can signal local problems; a chain with a low average across the board is a bigger pattern worth researching. CMS chain data under-reports private-equity and REIT ownership, so treat this as a floor, not the full picture.

Who owns this facility

CMS files one row per role, so the 47 rows in the source record cover these 43 parties — each is shown once here with every role it holds. Nothing is omitted.

16 organizational owners listed — a facility can be part of a larger chain. CMS ownership data is known to under-report private-equity and REIT ties; treat as a starting point.

Follow the money — this home’s finances

Where a nursing home’s revenue comes from and where it goes — including money paid to companies under the same ownership. Most consumer sites never show this; we reproduce it straight from the Medicare cost report.

Source: CMS Healthcare Provider Cost Reporting Information System (HCRIS), Medicare cost report Form CMS-2540 · fiscal year 2023. Facilities self-file these reports; figures are unaudited and a year or two behind. A home with no Medicare cost report on file shows no figures here.

Cost & finances

Straight from this home’s Medicare cost report (CMS, FY2023). These are its operating economics — what it costs to run per resident-day and what it collects on average across Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay — not a private-pay quote. Your out-of-pocket cost depends on payer and room type, so ask the facility directly; a higher operating cost can reflect richer staffing or a sicker population. The cost-of-care planner shows regional benchmarks by care type.

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