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Fountain Hills Post Acute

16300 EAST KEITH MCMAHAN DRIVE, FOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ, 85268
(480) 836-4800
64 licensed beds
★★★★★3/5CMS Five-Star overall3/5 health inspections3/5 staffing4/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Bed capacity
64
CMS facility ID
035260
Care type
Nursing home
County
Maricopa
Facility name
Fountain Hills Post Acute
Street address
16300 EAST KEITH MCMAHAN DRIVE
City / state / ZIP
Fountain Hills, AZ 85268
Phone
(480) 836-4800

Fountain Hills Post Acute is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Fountain Hills, Arizona. It is licensed for 64 beds — below the median for skilled nursing facilities in Arizona (112 beds).

It is one of 16 senior care facilities in Fountain Hills 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 Fountain Hills Post Acute 20 times across 11 inspections in the last three years, and CMS has imposed $13,065 in fines. 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.

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Parent company
The Ensign Group
Ownership type
For profit - Limited Liability company

Registered owners & officers

Dark Sky Holdings Llc
Indirect owner · Additional disclosable party — 100% stake — since 2022
Burnam, Soon
Governing body · Officer — since 2022
Ensign Services Inc
Additional disclosable party — since 2022
Keetch, Chad
Officer — since 2011
Monks, Conner
Governing body · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2022
Prabhakaran, Vinay
Governing body · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2022
Standard Bearer Healthcare Op, Lp
Additional disclosable party — since 2022
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
2001-11-26
CMS overall rating
3 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
5 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
$13,065 total
Last standard inspection
2025-05-30
Nurse staffing
3.2 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges
$688 per day (≈ $20,920/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.
Payer mix (resident days)
13% Medicaid · 50% Medicare · 38% private/other
Occupancy
54% (fiscal year 2023)
Vs. state median
65% above the AZ median of $416/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
64
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.
Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

CleanNo food-safety or dietary citations in the last three years of federal inspections.
2026-05-29Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0755
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Corrected 2026-06-23
2026-04-22Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0684
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2026-05-18
8 earlier / fire-safety inspections (18 citations)
2026-02-18Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0609
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Corrected 2026-03-27
2025-11-19Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0761
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Corrected 2025-12-01
2025-05-30Health inspection1 citation
F-0761
D · No harm found
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Corrected 2025-07-06
2024-03-06Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0600
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Corrected 2024-05-08
2024-01-25Health inspection2 citations
F-0658
D · No harm found
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Corrected 2024-03-04
F-0689
D · No harm found
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2024-02-05
2022-10-20Health inspection9 citations
F-0552
D · No harm found
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Corrected 2022-12-15
F-0580
D · No harm found
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Corrected 2022-12-15
F-0608
D · No harm found
Develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure (1) employees report any suspicion of a crime against any resident, according to timelines; (2) post the notice of employee rights; and (3) prohibit and prevent retaliation for reporting.
Corrected 2022-12-15
F-0610
D · No harm found
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Corrected 2022-12-15
F-0692
D · No harm found
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Corrected 2022-12-15
F-0695
D · No harm found
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Corrected 2022-12-15
F-0725
E · No harm found
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Corrected 2022-12-15
F-0880
D · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2022-12-15
F-0919
D · No harm found
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Corrected 2022-12-15
2024-01-25Fire-safety inspection1 citation
K-0133
D · No harm found
Install a two-hour-resistant firewall separation.
Corrected 2024-02-01
2022-10-20Fire-safety inspection2 citations
K-0355
D · No harm found
Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.
Corrected 2022-12-05
K-0511
D · No harm found
Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment.
Corrected 2022-12-05

Federal penalties

2026-04-22Fine$13,065
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 035260.
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Ownership & corporate history

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Prior operators & transfers
Corporate network & affiliates
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Owners' other facilities
· · 2 more

Inspection citations — last 5 years

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Civil & criminal lawsuits

Advanced tier only
Active civil suits
#
Federal dockets
CDC infection data
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Citations, owner history, lawsuits — decoded into one PDF.
Sources we pull for this facility.
Source
CMS Nursing Home Compare
data.cms.gov Provider Data Catalog
Last verified 2026-08-31
Source
Secretary of State filings
Entity & officer search
Pulled when a report is ordered
Source
PACER federal dockets
pacer.uscourts.gov
Pulled when a report is ordered