Hillcrest Heights Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Hillcrest Heights Healthcare Center is a 96-bed for-profit nursing home in San Diego, California, part of Aspen Skilled Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.46 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 7% below the California average of 2.65, and 30.3% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Hillcrest Heights Healthcare Center
4033 Sixth Avenue ExtSan Diego, CA 92103
San Diego County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Hillcrest Heights Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 2.46 hours per resident per day, 7% below the California average. With about 91 residents a day, that works out to roughly 223 aide hours a day, or about 28 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 8% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.46 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.92 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.72 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.09 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.75 | 4.09 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
30.3% of nursing staff at Hillcrest Heights Healthcare Center left over the year CMS measured, against a California average of 36.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 35.7%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jan 9, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 8 health deficiencies (California average 15.7). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Hillcrest Heights Healthcare Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Hillcrest Heights Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Aspen Skilled Healthcare, 35 homes
- Legal name: Asd6, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 22, 1995
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Hillcrest Heights Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Mission Hills Post Acute Care San Diego | 0.3 | 75 | 2.50 | 4.32 | 55.1% | 4 | None |
| Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center San Diego | 0.8 | 194 | 2.18 | 3.79 | 37.2% | 4 | None |
| St. Pauls Health Care Center San Diego · abuse citation | 1.3 | 59 | 2.96 | 4.78 | 62.5% | 2 | $44,890 |
| The Pavilion at Ocean Point San Diego | 2.9 | 133 | 2.45 | 4.13 | — | 2 | None |
| The Shores Post-Acute San Diego | 3.3 | 305 | 2.56 | 3.58 | 26.4% | 3 | None |
| Kearny Mesa Convalescent and Nursing Home San Diego | 3.5 | 98 | 2.30 | 4.42 | 32.4% | 5 | None |
| Golden Hill Post Acute San Diego | 3.6 | 99 | 2.41 | 4.24 | — | 3 | None |
| Helen Bernardy Center D/P SNF San Diego | 3.7 | 43 | 3.27 | 7.89 | — | 5 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
Explore next
Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.