Nursing Homes in Arizona: Staffing, Turnover, and Penalties
Arizona has 140 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes in 43 cities. On CMS's August 2026 figures, nurse aides there log 2.23 hours per resident per day, 4% below the US average of 2.32, and 45.1% of nursing staff leave in a year (US 45.8%).
Arizona averages
Aide hours per resident per day is the nurse aide time a home logged for each resident across a whole day, from the payroll records every home submits to CMS. More hours per resident means more hands on the floor for the same number of residents. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. Fines and payment denials are CMS penalties from the last three years.
CMS Care Compare State and US Averages, August 2026 release
Nursing homes by city
The most nursing homes are in Phoenix (23), Tucson (21), Mesa (11). Each city page compares every home on staffing, turnover, CMS stars, and fines.
- Apache Junction (1)
- Avondale (1)
- Benson (1)
- Bullhead City (1)
- Camp Verde (1)
- Casa Grande (1)
- Chandler (5)
- Chinle (1)
- Cottonwood (1)
- Douglas (1)
- Flagstaff (3)
- Fountain Hills (1)
- Gilbert (2)
- Glendale (6)
- Globe (2)
- Goodyear (1)
- Green Valley (1)
- Kingman (3)
- Lake Havasu City (2)
- Lakeside (1)
- Litchfield Park (1)
- Mesa (11)
- Oro Valley (1)
- Payson (2)
- Peoria (5)
- Phoenix (23)
- Prescott (4)
- Prescott Valley (1)
- Sacaton (1)
- Safford (1)
- Scottsdale (11)
- Sedona (1)
- Sells (1)
- Show Low (1)
- Sierra Vista (2)
- Sun City (2)
- Sun City West (2)
- Surprise (2)
- Tempe (3)
- Tucson (21)
- Winslow (1)
- Youngtown (1)
- Yuma (6)
Largest nursing home chains in Arizona
CMS links 106 of Arizona's homes to these 15 chains. A chain is a group of homes under common ownership or management, as CMS records it.
| Chain | Homes in AZ | Homes nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| The Ensign Group | 40 | 342 |
| Haven Health | 20 | 20 |
| Life Care Centers of America | 10 | 194 |
| Pacs Group | 7 | 274 |
| Circle B Enterprises | 4 | 36 |
| Sante | 4 | 5 |
| Advanced Health Care | 3 | 26 |
| Opco Skilled Management | 3 | 66 |
| Veritas Management Group | 3 | 13 |
| Atied Associates | 2 | 12 |
| Cascadia Healthcare | 2 | 46 |
| Life Care Services | 2 | 43 |
| Sandstone Healthcare Group | 2 | 3 |
| The Goodman Group | 2 | 9 |
| VI Living | 2 | 9 |
Chain as recorded in the CMS Provider Information file, August 2026 release