Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center is a 120-bed for-profit nursing home in San Francisco, California, part of Aspen Skilled Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.55 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 4% below the California average of 2.65, and 42.0% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center
2707 Pine StreetSan Francisco, CA 94115
San Francisco 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 Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center, nurse aides logged 2.55 hours per resident per day, 4% below the California average. With about 115 residents a day, that works out to roughly 292 aide hours a day, or about 37 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.55 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.73 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.82 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 4.09 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.74 | 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
42.0% of nursing staff at Pacific Heights Transitional Care 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 45.8%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Mar 13, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 4 health deficiencies (California average 15.7). CMS lists 1 fine totaling $25,490 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2025 | Fine | $25,490 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Aspen Skilled Healthcare, 35 homes
- Legal name: Asfp, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Mar 29, 1974
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Pacific Heights Transitional Care Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Laurel Heights Community Care San Francisco | 0.1 | 32 | 2.85 | 4.09 | 14.3% | 5 | $8,018 |
| Victorian Post Acute San Francisco | 0.6 | 90 | 2.51 | 3.82 | 44.1% | 5 | None |
| Sequoias San Francisco Convalescent Hospital San Francisco | 0.6 | 50 | 2.67 | 4.60 | 32.7% | 4 | None |
| Central Gardens Post Acute San Francisco | 0.6 | 92 | 2.38 | 3.80 | 31.7% | 5 | None |
| San Francisco Health Care San Francisco | 0.8 | 168 | 2.59 | 3.79 | 40.2% | 1 | $152,404 |
| Hayes Convalescent Hospital San Francisco | 0.8 | 34 | 2.81 | 4.00 | 44.1% | 5 | None |
| St. Anne's Home San Francisco · no staffing data submitted | 1.1 | 46 | — | — | — | 3 | None |
| San Francisco Towers San Francisco | 1.1 | 27 | 3.66 | 6.88 | 13.0% | 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.
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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.