Tempe · 85282
Friendship Village of Tempe
2525 East Southern Avenue
Tempe, AZ 85282
Tempe Post Acute
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⌖ Tempe, AZ · Maricopa County
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Medicare overall rating 4 of 5 stars
Certified beds60
Medicare / MedicaidMedicare & Medicaid
OwnershipFor-profit (corporation)
About Tempe Post Acute
Tempe Post Acute is a 60-bed for-profit nursing home in Tempe, AZ. Medicare rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (above average); the average in Arizona is 3.3. At its last full inspection (Mar 2026), inspectors found 6 problems, close to the Arizona average of 6.4. 1 citation in its recent inspections was for residents being harmed or put in immediate danger. It has had no federal fines in the last three years. Its quality ratings are similar for short-term rehab (5 of 5) and long-term care (5 of 5).
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Key details
Facility nameTempe Post Acute
LocationMaricopa County, Arizona
Phone(480) 831-8660
Address6100 South Rural Road, Tempe, AZ 85283 · Maricopa County
CMS provider number35106
Ownership typeFor-profit (corporation)
Operating companyThe Ensign Group · 343 homes
Official inspection reportsRead them on Medicare.gov ↗
Medicare enrolled sinceJuly 29, 1985 (41 years)
✓ Medicare✓ Medicaid
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Quality & inspections
Explore this facility's official CMS inspection history, staffing levels and quality measures below — sourced directly from Medicare's public records.
Ratings and inspection data on this page come directly from CMS's public records and are never altered for any paid listing. Medicare data as of September 2026.
What Medicare found
1 strength and 1 thing to ask about in Medicare's inspection, fine and staffing records for this home.
Strengths
- Fines and penaltiesNoneNo federal fines or payment denials in the last three years.Strength
About average
- Health citations at last inspection6 (Mar 2026)Arizona average: 6.4. Most citations are minor and corrected within weeks.About average
Things to ask about
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- Serious health citations1 for actual harmCitations where inspectors found residents were harmed or put in immediate danger, most recently in May 2026 (within the past year). All 1 were later corrected.Ask about this
Source: Medicare (CMS) inspection, penalty and staffing records, compared with the Arizona average. Problems may have been corrected since; ask the home about anything listed here. How we choose these
Short-term rehab or long-term care?
Medicare rates these separately, and many homes are better at one than the other.
Short-term rehab
For a stay of a few weeks after a hospital visit, such as after surgery or a stroke.
- Sent back to the hospital23.7%State average: 23.7%About average
- Needed an emergency room visit10.4%State average: 10.4%About average
- Newly given antipsychotic drugs0.3%State average: 1.2%Better than average
Long-term care
For residents who live at the home for months or years.
- Falls with a major injury1.0%State average: 2.1%Better than average
- Pressure sores (bedsores)3.1%State average: 4.4%Better than average
- Given antipsychotic drugs3.4%State average: 10.6%Better than average
Source: Medicare (CMS) quality measures, compared with the Arizona average. Lower is better for every rate shown.
Who pays, and how full it is
Most residents here have their care paid by Medicaid. In Arizona, Medicaid pays for 58% of resident days at a typical home.
- 47% Medicaid
- 7% Medicare
- 45% Private pay, insurance and other
Beds in use, on average92%Arizona typical: 81%
Cost of care per resident day$387Arizona typical: $396
Shares of resident days, from the home’s Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. The cost per day is what care costs the home to provide, not the price you would pay; ask the home for its private-pay rate. A busy home may have fewer open beds, so ask about availability.
Ratings over time
Its overall Medicare rating is 4 stars now, up from 2 stars in January 2019. It has ranged from 2 to 5 stars and changed 12 times.
Overall rating4★
Health inspections4★
Staffing1★
Quality of care5★
Nurse hours per resident per day3.5
20192020202120222023202420252026
Show the values by year
| Month | Overall | Inspections | Staffing | Quality | Nurse hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2019 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4.1 |
| Jan 2020 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Jan 2021 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4.2 |
| Jan 2022 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4.8 |
| Jan 2023 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4.8 |
| Jan 2024 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4.4 |
| Feb 2025 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4.8 |
| Feb 2026 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4.6 |
| Sep 2026 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | – |
Source: Medicare (CMS) monthly Care Compare releases since 2019. Medicare has changed how some ratings are calculated over the years and paused most inspections in 2020, so some jumps reflect rule changes rather than changes at the home. Our methodology
See the full inspection reportEvery citation, fine, staffing figure and quality measure Medicare publishes for this home
From Medicare’s September 2026 data. Each inspection is dated below; staffing comes from payroll records for a recent quarter, and resident outcomes cover the latest period Medicare reports.
Inspection summary
How this facility compares to state and national averages on CMS-reported problems.
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Three-survey history
Citation counts across this facility's three most recent inspection cycles, so you can see whether problems are trending up, down, or holding steady.
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