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DESERT PEAK CARE CENTER

An independent review of Desert Peak Care Center's safety record, its Medicare rating, health-inspection citations, staffing, fines and complaints, drawn from public federal data (not user star-ratings).

8825 SOUTH 7TH STREET · PHOENIX, AZ 85042 · 194 beds
Phone: 6022436121
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Open Care Data Safety Grade

This facility raises serious safety concerns and ranks well below its peers.

Starts from the Medicare rating, then weighs an abuse finding on record; high RN turnover (65%); $64,873 in federal fines. How we grade · See how it compares
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Recent News August 2026 federal update

As of the August 2026 federal update, there were no changes to this facility's Medicare ratings, Special Focus watch-list status, fines, or complaints since the prior release.

Medicare Five-Star Rating · as of the latest federal update

Overall
1 / 5
Staffing
★★★★
4 / 5
Health Inspection
1 / 5
Quality Measures
★★★★
4 / 5

Top concerns What stands out in the record

  • Flagged for a serious abuse-related finding by inspectors.
  • Below-average overall Medicare rating (1 of 5 stars).
  • $64,873 in federal fines across 2 penalties.
  • High registered-nurse turnover (65%), care continuity may suffer.
  • 16 deficiency citations on record in the last three years.

How it compares vs. 140 AZ nursing homes

Overall Medicare rating
1of 5 stars
Better than 0% of AZ homes
Staffing rating
4of 5 stars
Better than 68% of AZ homes
Health-inspection rating
1of 5 stars
Better than 0% of AZ homes
Total nurse hours / resident / day
4.68331hrs
Better than 79% of AZ homes
RN hours / resident / day
0.40507hrs
Better than 17% of AZ homes
RN turnover
64.7%
Better than 12% of AZ homes

Percentiles rank this facility against every other Medicare-rated nursing home in Arizona, using the latest federal data.

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Safety & Enforcement Federal inspection record

Safety indicators

Abuse indicator Flagged, abuse finding
Substantiated complaints 0

Financial penalties

2
Fines
$64,873
Total fines
1
Payment denials
3
Total penalties

Staffing Hours per resident / day

0.40507
RN hours per resident / day
Benchmark ≥ 0.75
4.68331
Total nursing hours / day
Benchmark ≈ 4.1
5.21813
Weekend nursing hours / day
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Higher staffing, especially RN time, correlates with better outcomes and higher Medicare star ratings.

Recent Deficiency Citations Last 36 months · federal inspections

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Quality Measures Medicare quality data · lower is better

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