Merced Behavioral Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Merced Behavioral Center is a 96-bed for-profit nursing home in Merced, California. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.32 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 13% below the California average of 2.65, and 17.8% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Merced Behavioral Center
1255 B StreetMerced, CA 95341
Merced 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 Merced Behavioral Center, nurse aides logged 2.32 hours per resident per day, 13% below the California average. With about 94 residents a day, that works out to roughly 217 aide hours a day, or about 27 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 19% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.32 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.06 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.35 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.74 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.01 | 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
17.8% of nursing staff at Merced Behavioral 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 14.3%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 26, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 0 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. Merced Behavioral Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Merced Behavioral Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Legal name: Legal Business Name Not Available
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jun 26, 1985
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Merced Behavioral Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| La Sierra Care Center Merced | 1.4 | 68 | 2.53 | 3.93 | 54.9% | 3 | None |
| Merced Nursing & Rehabilitation Ctr Merced | 1.5 | 79 | 2.50 | 4.29 | 54.5% | 4 | None |
| Golden Merced Care Center Merced | 1.6 | 121 | 2.52 | 4.08 | 58.3% | 3 | $83,538 |
| Franciscan Post-Acute Care Center Merced | 2.1 | 71 | 2.67 | 4.30 | 31.3% | 4 | $9,110 |
| Anberry Post Acute Merced · many days without an RN | 2.5 | 120 | 1.74 | 2.92 | 41.3% | 3 | None |
| Anberry Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Atwater | 8.2 | 99 | 2.31 | 3.48 | 28.6% | 5 | None |
| Grace Home Inc. Livingston | 15.4 | 33 | 2.91 | 4.34 | 16.2% | 5 | None |
| Palms Care Center Chowchilla | 16.1 | 65 | 2.69 | 4.15 | 37.3% | 4 | 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.
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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.