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Nursing Homes in Arizona: Ratings, Inspections & Safety Flags

Arizona has 140 Medicare & Medicaid–certified nursing homes on federal record. Below is the current landscape from the CMS Care Compare database (August 2026 release) — the same data ClearPath decodes and ranks in every family report.

140
Certified facilities
60
Rated 4★ or better
11
Rated 1★ overall
39
Abuse-flagged by CMS
6
Special Focus (worst-performer)

Highest-Rated Nursing Homes in Arizona

37 Arizona facilities hold a 5-star overall rating — more than fit this list. The ten shown lead within that group on CMS health-inspection, staffing, and quality-measure ratings.

FacilityCityOverallStaffing
Acacia Health CenterPhoenix★★★★★★★★★★
Vi At Grayhawk, A Vi And Plaza Companies CommunityScottsdale★★★★★★★★★★
Freedom Plaza Care CenterPeoria★★★★★★★★★★
Sante Of MesaMesa★★★★★★★★★★
Skilled Nursing Unit At Oro Valley HospitalOro Valley★★★★★★★★★★
Advanced Healthcare Of MesaMesa★★★★★★★★★☆
Sun Health Grandview Care CenterSun City West★★★★★★★★★☆
Wellsprings Of GilbertGilbert★★★★★★★★★☆
Citadel Post AcuteMesa★★★★★★★★☆☆
Osborn Health And RehabilitationScottsdale★★★★★★★★☆☆

Ranked by CMS overall and staffing star ratings. A ClearPath report goes deeper — inspection citations, fines, staffing turnover, review analysis, and safety-flag screening for every facility in your search area.

Federally Flagged Facilities in Arizona

CMS currently flags 39 Arizona facilities with an abuse icon and lists 6 in the Special Focus program for persistent quality problems. These designations appear automatically in every ClearPath report and cap a facility’s ranking regardless of its star rating.

FacilityCityFederal Flag
Dr Guy Gorman Sr Care HomeChinleSpecial Focus
Haven Of SedonaSedonaSpecial Focus Abuse Flag
Palm Valley Post AcuteGoodyearSpecial Focus
Rehab At Scottsdale Village SquareScottsdaleSpecial Focus Abuse Flag
Sunview Respiratory And RehabilitationYoungtownSpecial Focus Abuse Flag
Winslow Campus Of CareWinslowSpecial Focus Abuse Flag
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Where Arizona’s Facilities Are

Phoenix (23)Tucson (21)Mesa (11)Scottsdale (11)Glendale (6)Yuma (6)Chandler (5)Peoria (5)Prescott (4)Flagstaff (3)Kingman (3)Tempe (3)Gilbert (2)Globe (2)Lake Havasu City (2)Payson (2)Sierra Vista (2)Sun City (2)Sun City West (2)Surprise (2)

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Source: CMS Care Compare (data.cms.gov), August 2026 monthly release. Ratings and flags change monthly — ClearPath refreshes automatically. ClearPath Senior Guide is independent and accepts no referral fees or placement incentives from any facility.