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Alta Mesa Health and Rehabilitation

5848 EAST UNIVERSITY DRIVE, MESA, AZ, 85205
(480) 981-0098
ensignservices.net
70 licensed beds
★★★★★5/5CMS Five-Star overall5/5 health inspections2/5 staffing5/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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5848 East University Drive
Mesa, AZ 85205
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Public record summary

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Bed capacity
70
CMS facility ID
035171
Care type
Nursing home
County
Maricopa
Facility name
Alta Mesa Health and Rehabilitation
Street address
5848 EAST UNIVERSITY DRIVE
City / state / ZIP
Mesa, AZ 85205
Phone
(480) 981-0098
Website
ensignservices.net

About this facility — Alta Mesa Health and Rehabilitation

Alta Mesa Health and Rehabilitation is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Mesa, Arizona. It is licensed for 70 beds — below the median for skilled nursing facilities in Arizona (112 beds).

It is one of 318 senior care facilities in Mesa and 140 skilled nursing facilities across Arizona. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Alta Mesa Health and Rehabilitation 6 times across 7 inspections in the last three years, including 1 food-safety citation; no federal fines are on record. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

Facility background

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Parent company
The Ensign Group
Ownership type
For profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

Burnam, Soon
Officer — since 2019
King, Bret
Governing body · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2019
Monks, Chandler
Officer — since 2024
Nandipati, Harish
Governing body · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2019
Peterson, Forrest
Officer — since 2019
Sato, Ami
Officer — since 2024
The Ensign Group Inc
Additional disclosable party — since 2022

Regulatory standing

Federal court records
11 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)
Licensed / certified since
1988-08-02
CMS overall rating
5 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
0 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
None on record
Last standard inspection
2026-02-27
Nurse staffing
3.3 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges
$446 per day (≈ $13,560/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.
Payer mix (resident days)
40% Medicaid · 10% Medicare · 50% private/other
Occupancy
91% (fiscal year 2023)
Vs. state median
7% above the AZ median of $416/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
70
Medicare
Accepted
Medicaid
Accepted
Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.

Inspection record

Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 1 food-safety citation on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.
2024-11-20Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations
F-0695
D · No harm found
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Corrected 2025-01-03
F-0732
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Corrected 2025-01-03
2023-09-15Health inspection4 citations
F-0656
D · No harm found
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Corrected 2023-10-23
F-0684
D · No harm found
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2023-10-23
F-0689
E · No harm found
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2023-10-23
F-0812
D · No harm foundFood safety
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Corrected 2023-10-23
Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 035171.

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Ownership & corporate history

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Prior operators & transfers
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Owners' other facilities
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Inspection citations — last 5 years

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Federal dockets
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Original records

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Source
CMS Nursing Home Compare
data.cms.gov Provider Data Catalog
Last verified 2026-08-31
Source
Secretary of State filings
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pacer.uscourts.gov
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