La Sierra Care Center · Merced, CA

Quality and staffing

CMS Care Compare · Jul 2026

Overall rating3 / 5 · state 3.2

Health inspection3 / 5 · state 2.8

Staffing3 / 5 · state 3.1

RN hours per resident per day0.52 · state 0.65

Overall rating, last 8 quarters

up 1 star over the 8 quarters shown

Surveys and enforcement

public record

Aug 2024

last standard survey

deficiencies cited · California avg 19.1

fines, last 3 years

Yes

part of a chain

Medicaid in California

state rate files

$318

median daily rate across the California buildings in our rate book, Jan 2026 file

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behind the call

The expanded view of La Sierra Care Center: who holds it, what has changed hands, how the money has moved, and where it is going.

Merced County

California at a glance

1,165

buildings

114,990

licensed beds

88%

occupancy

87%

for-profit

What changed in California

CA extends skilled nursing quality assurance fee and rate system through Dec 31, 2027

Skilled nursing facility advance directives now require ombudsman witness only, not patient advocate

The neighborhood

Nearby skilled nursing

buildingbedsoveralloccupancyMerced Nursing & Rehabilitation CtrMerced · 0.1 mi794 / 5over 85%Golden Merced Care CenterMerced · 0.3 mi1213 / 5over 85%Franciscan Post-acute Care CenterMerced · 0.8 mi714 / 5over 85%Merced Behavioral CenterMerced · 1.4 mi965 / 5over 85%Anberry Post AcuteMerced · 3.0 mi1202 / 570-85%Anberry Nursing and Rehabilitation CenterAtwater · 7.1 mi995 / 5over 85%

Public record only, the map and the list carry the same facts, and neither names an owner.