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Sabino Canyon Rehabilitation & Care Center

5830 EAST PIMA STREET, TUCSON, AZ, 85712
(520) 722-5515
ensignservices.net
112 licensed beds
★★★★★4/5CMS Five-Star overall3/5 health inspections3/5 staffing5/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Public record summary

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Bed capacity
112
CMS facility ID
035151
Care type
Nursing home
County
Pima
Facility name
Sabino Canyon Rehabilitation & Care Center
Street address
5830 EAST PIMA STREET
City / state / ZIP
Tucson, AZ 85712
Phone
(520) 722-5515
Website
ensignservices.net

About this facility — Sabino Canyon Rehabilitation & Care Center

Sabino Canyon Rehabilitation & Care Center is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Tucson, Arizona. It is licensed for 112 beds — close to the median for skilled nursing facilities in Arizona (112 beds).

It is one of 417 senior care facilities in Tucson 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 Sabino Canyon Rehabilitation & Care Center 16 times across 10 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 - Limited Liability company

Registered owners & officers

Bandera Healthcare Llc
Direct owner — since 2006
Burnam, Soon
Officer — since 2006
Caretrust Gp Llc
Additional disclosable party — since 2000
Caretrust Reit Inc
Additional disclosable party — since 2000
Ctr Partnership Lp
Additional disclosable party — since 2000
Ensign Services Inc
Additional disclosable party — since 2002
Jones, Christine
Governing body · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2009
Keetch, Chad
Officer — since 2011
Meadowbrook Health Associates Llc
Additional disclosable party — since 2000
Milani, Ramin
Governing body · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2018
Peterson, Forrest
Director — since 2024
Port, Barry
Owner of a disclosable party — since 2025
The Ensign Group Inc
Indirect owner — since 2000

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
1987-10-07
CMS overall rating
4 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
6 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
None on record
Last standard inspection
2023-08-25
Nurse staffing
3.1 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges
$316 per day (≈ $9,610/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.
Payer mix (resident days)
54% Medicaid · 9% Medicare · 37% private/other
Occupancy
87% (fiscal year 2023)
Vs. state median
24% below the AZ median of $416/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
112
Medicare
Accepted
Medicaid
Accepted
Wheelchair accessible
entrance and parking
Visiting hours
Daily Open 24 hours
Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report; hours/accessibility via Google · 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.
2026-02-04Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0628
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Corrected 2026-03-06
2025-10-22Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0628
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Corrected 2025-10-27
6 earlier / fire-safety inspections (14 citations)
2025-09-26Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0689
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2025-09-27
2025-07-11Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0628
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Corrected 2025-08-01
2023-08-25Health inspection3 citations
F-0584
E · No harm found
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Corrected 2023-10-16
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 2023-10-16
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 2023-10-16
2022-07-28Health inspection6 citations
F-0585
D · No harm found
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Corrected 2022-09-06
F-0658
D · No harm found
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Corrected 2022-09-06
F-0686
E · No harm found
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Corrected 2022-09-06
F-0757
D · No harm found
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Corrected 2022-09-06
F-0842
D · No harm found
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Corrected 2022-09-06
F-0880
E · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2022-09-06
2023-08-25Fire-safety inspection2 citations
K-0342
D · No harm found
Have a complete alarm system manually initiated and initiated by fire sprinkler system connection.
Corrected 2023-10-23
K-0355
D · No harm found
Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.
Corrected 2023-10-23
2022-07-28Fire-safety inspection1 citation
K-0222
D · No harm found
Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
Corrected 2022-09-12
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 035151.

Visitor reviews

What people say on Google.
3.5240 ratings on Google
★★Rose Arriaga · 2026-06-10 · via Google

“The service at this rehabilitation center is overall not so good. When they received me a gentleman by the name Frank was great! He made me feel comfort and welcomed. The doctor thier had NO bedside manners he was pushy and in a sence made me feel like the medications that I was taking by my specialist were not right and challenged that. There was a black nurse at th nurses station that ignores e…”

★★★★★Christian Lara · 2024-09-14 · via Google

“Sabino is a great facility that will treat your loved ones with nothing but the best care! When you walk in first thing you see are the many awards they have won throughout the years, and they have an amazing therapy team as well as the nurses and CNA’s just being wonderful and treating everyone with respect an having a great attitude. Every staff member is always available to go above and beyond …”

★Jeff Dyer · 2025-02-24 · via Google

“This place is the worse place possible to bring anyone you care about. They are currently under investigation by the federal and local law enforcement. My father was there for almost four years. Upon moving back to Tucson and moving my father in with me. Upon reviewing his finances, I realized that Sabino Canyon had been keeping his VA Benefits even after being paid in full for each month there by…”

Ratings and reviews are from Google and reflect visitor opinions, not our verification. See all reviews on Google

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Ownership & corporate history

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Inspection citations — last 5 years

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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
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