Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Fountain Hills Post Acute
16300 East Keith Mcmahan Drive, Fountain Hills, AZ 85268 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of The Ensign Group (329 facilities) · 64 certified beds
Fountain Hills Post Acute is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Fountain Hills, Arizona. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.72 hours per resident per day, below the Arizona average of 4.12. Its most recent inspection on May 30, 2025 cited 2 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Fountain Hills Post Acute compares
This facility vs. the Arizona and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Arizona avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.72 | 4.12 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.95 | 0.72 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.66 | 2.36 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 44.4% | 47.7% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 2.0 | 7.6 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
What inspectors found at Fountain Hills Post Acute
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Feb 18, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Nov 19, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · May 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Mar 6, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 25, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jan 25, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Oct 20, 2022 - Potential for harm
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Environmental Deficiencies · Oct 20, 2022 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Oct 20, 2022 - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Oct 20, 2022 - Potential for harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Oct 20, 2022 - Potential for harm
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Oct 20, 2022
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 16300 East Keith Mcmahan Drive
Fountain Hills, AZ 85268 - CMS certification #
- 035260
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 64
- Avg residents/day
- 46.4
- Provider type
- Medicare
- First certified
- 2001-11-26
- Chain
- The Ensign Group (329 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of The Ensign Group
The Ensign Group operates 329 nursing facilities across the United States. View all The Ensign Group facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Fountain Hills Post Acute says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
We leave the critical decisions to those who know best: the Caregivers, Doctors, and Nurses who work with our patients 24-hours a day, 7-days a week.
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Honorhealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center, Scottsdale. 9.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Shea Post Acute Rehabilitation Center, Scottsdale. 8.8 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Desert Family Home Health, Fountain Hills. 0.7 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Safeway. 0.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 85268 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Fountain Hills Dialysis, Fountain Hills, 0.9 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Desert Mountain Dialysis Center, Scottsdale, 9.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
032571 North Scottsdale Dialysis (Fmc), Scottsdale, 10.1 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 57 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 85268.
Arizona Care Hospice, office in Fountain Hills, 1.1 miles away, straight line
Infinity Hospice Care, LLC, office in Scottsdale, 9.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Ability Hospice, office in Mesa, 10.8 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Stacie Pinderhughes, MD, Scottsdale. 7.3 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Zone X: 0.2% annual chance (500-year) flood area (moderate risk). (FEMA flood map)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In Fountain Hills, AZ, risk to homes is greater than 61% of communities in Arizona and 89% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole town or city, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively high, wildfire relatively high, tornado very low, heat wave very high, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Fountain Hills Post Acute a good nursing home?
CMS gives Fountain Hills Post Acute an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Fountain Hills Post Acute staffed?
Fountain Hills Post Acute reports 3.72 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Arizona average of 4.12.
Has Fountain Hills Post Acute had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 2 deficiencies.
How many beds does Fountain Hills Post Acute have?
Fountain Hills Post Acute is certified for 64 beds.