South Mountain Post Acute — Phoenix, AZ
This page sets out what the federal inspection record says about South Mountain Post Acute, a 124-bed nursing home at 8008 S. Jesse Owens Parkway, Phoenix, Arizona. Every figure below is copied from data the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) publishes about nursing homes that take Medicare or Medicaid. We have not added our own judgment to it.
The record at a glance
| Federal ID (CCN) | 035241 |
| Legal business name | Aztec Healthcare, Inc. |
| Listed chain or group | The Ensign Group |
| Address | 8008 S. Jesse Owens Parkway, Phoenix, AZ 85042 |
| Phone listed with CMS | (602) 243-2780 |
| Ownership type | For profit – Corporation |
| Certified beds | 124 |
| Average residents per day | 110.0 |
| Certified since | March 25, 1997 |
| Overall CMS rating | 4 out of 5 |
| Health inspection rating | 4 out of 5 |
| Staffing rating | 1 out of 5 |
| Quality measures rating | 5 out of 5 |
| Total nursing staff turnover | 47.5% |
| Most recent standard inspection | August 9, 2024 |
CMS scores nursing homes from one to five stars. The health inspection rating is set relative to other nursing homes in the same state, so a one-star home is in the bottom fifth in Arizona, not the bottom fifth nationally. Staffing and quality measure ratings are scored against national thresholds.
Inspectors have cited this home 8 times since January 2024
None reached severity level G, the level CMS calls actual harm. 6 came from complaints rather than routine inspections. Every one of them is listed below, with its date and what the rule required.
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Inspection citations since January 2024
CMS records 8 health citations at this facility from inspections between June 27, 2024 and December 29, 2025.
| Inspected | Tag | What the rule requires | Scope and severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 2025 | F0684 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. (complaint) | D — Isolated, Potential for more than minimal harm | Correction date Jan 29, 2026 |
| Jul 21, 2025 | F0658 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (complaint) | D — Isolated, Potential for more than minimal harm | Correction date Aug 14, 2025 |
| Dec 18, 2024 | F0658 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. (complaint) | D — Isolated, Potential for more than minimal harm | Correction date Dec 30, 2024 |
| Nov 8, 2024 | F0808 | Ensure therapeutic diets are prescribed by the attending physician and may be delegated to a registered or licensed dietitian, to the extent allowed by State law. (complaint) | D — Isolated, Potential for more than minimal harm | Correction date Dec 16, 2024 |
| Aug 9, 2024 | F0550 | Honor the resident’s right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | D — Isolated, Potential for more than minimal harm | Correction date Aug 17, 2024 |
| Aug 9, 2024 | F0690 | Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. (complaint) | D — Isolated, Potential for more than minimal harm | Correction date Aug 17, 2024 |
The wording in the third column is CMS’s own plain-language summary of the federal rule that was cited, not a description of what happened. This table shows the 6 most recent citations. The other 2 are in the CMS file linked below.
How to read scope and severity
Every citation gets a letter from A to L. The letter carries two things at once: how serious the problem was, and how many residents it reached.
| Severity | Isolated | Pattern | Widespread |
|---|---|---|---|
| Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety | J | K | L |
| Actual harm | G | H | I |
| No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm | D | E | F |
| No actual harm, potential for minimal harm | A | B | C |
“Immediate jeopardy” is CMS’s term for a situation that has caused, or is likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death. It requires the home to act at once.
What this page does not tell you
- A citation is an inspector’s finding against a federal rule. It is not a court judgment, and the facility may be disputing it. Citations marked “under dispute” above are in CMS’s formal review process.
- Citation counts partly reflect how often a home was inspected and how many complaints were filed about it. A home with more citations has not automatically given worse care than one with fewer.
- Bigger homes have more residents, more staff and more inspections, so they tend to accumulate more citations.
- None of this says anything about the care any one resident received. A home with a clean record can still fail somebody, and a home with a bad record can be caring for your mother well.
- This is a snapshot. CMS updates these files monthly, and the figures here are from the file dated August 1, 2026.
Where this comes from
- Ratings, ownership, beds and penalties: CMS Provider Information dataset (4pq5-n9py), file dated August 1, 2026.
- Citations: CMS Health Deficiencies dataset (r5ix-sfxw), file dated August 1, 2026, filtered to inspections on or after January 1, 2024.
- This facility on the government’s own site: Medicare Care Compare.
- Retrieved August 29, 2026. Our method is set out in Editorial policy and How we count.
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