New Bethany Skilled Nursing: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
New Bethany Skilled Nursing is a 35-bed nonprofit nursing home in Los Banos, California. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.91 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 10% above the California average of 2.65, and 22.2% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
New Bethany Skilled Nursing
1441 Berkeley DrLos Banos, CA 93635
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 New Bethany Skilled Nursing, nurse aides logged 2.91 hours per resident per day, 10% above the California average. With about 29 residents a day, that works out to roughly 84 aide hours a day, or about 10 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 13% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.91 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.06 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.48 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.45 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.88 | 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
22.2% of nursing staff at New Bethany Skilled Nursing left over the year CMS measured, against a California average of 36.7% and a US average of 45.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Sep 5, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 16 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. New Bethany Skilled Nursing holds 2 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About New Bethany Skilled Nursing
- Ownership: Non profit - Corporation
- Legal name: New Bethany
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jun 15, 2000
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near New Bethany Skilled Nursing
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Los Banos Post Acute Los Banos | 2.0 | 59 | 2.55 | 4.06 | 36.7% | 2 | None |
| San Luis Care Center Newman | 21.7 | 71 | 2.56 | 3.85 | 37.5% | 3 | $46,118 |
| Grace Home Inc. Livingston | 23.3 | 33 | 2.91 | 4.34 | 16.2% | 5 | None |
| Anberry Post Acute Merced · many days without an RN | 23.5 | 120 | 1.74 | 2.92 | 41.3% | 3 | None |
| Anberry Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Atwater | 24.3 | 99 | 2.31 | 3.48 | 28.6% | 5 | None |
| Merced Behavioral Center Merced | 26.0 | 96 | 2.32 | 3.74 | 17.8% | 5 | None |
| La Sierra Care Center Merced | 26.4 | 68 | 2.53 | 3.93 | 54.9% | 3 | None |
| Merced Nursing & Rehabilitation Ctr Merced | 26.5 | 79 | 2.50 | 4.29 | 54.5% | 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.