Nursing homes that accept Medicaid in California

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1,120 of the 1,165 nursing homes in California accept Medicaid, meaning they are certified to take Medicaid residents. Their average CMS rating is 3.2 stars. The 50 highest rated are below, then every city with its count.

Medicaid certification means a home can take Medicaid; it doesn't mean a Medicaid bed is open today. Call and ask whether they have a Medicaid bed and whether they accept residents whose Medicaid application is still pending.

Highest-rated Medicaid nursing homes in California

Nursing homes that accept Medicaid, by city

• Los Angeles (77 of 78)
• Long Beach (25 of 25)
• Sacramento (22 of 23)
• Fresno (19 of 19)
• San Jose (19 of 19)
• Riverside (18 of 18)
• San Diego (17 of 21)
• Hayward (16 of 16)
• Oakland (16 of 18)
• San Francisco (15 of 18)
• Anaheim (14 of 14)
• Stockton (14 of 14)
• Glendale (13 of 13)
• Pasadena (13 of 13)
• El Cajon (12 of 12)
• Torrance (12 of 12)
• El Monte (11 of 11)
• San Bernardino (11 of 11)
• Bakersfield (10 of 10)
• Santa Monica (10 of 12)
• Modesto (9 of 9)
• Carmichael (8 of 8)
• Gardena (8 of 8)
• La Mesa (8 of 8)
• Pomona (8 of 9)
• Redding (8 of 8)
• Santa Ana (8 of 8)
• Fremont (7 of 7)
• Hemet (7 of 7)
• North Hollywood (7 of 7)
• Norwalk (7 of 7)
• Redlands (7 of 7)
• San Gabriel (7 of 7)
• San Leandro (7 of 7)
• Escondido (6 of 7)
• Fullerton (6 of 7)
• Garden Grove (6 of 6)
• Merced (6 of 6)
• San Rafael (6 of 7)
• Santa Barbara (6 of 7)
• Van Nuys (6 of 6)
• Visalia (6 of 6)
• Walnut Creek (6 of 6)
• Whittier (6 of 7)
• Alameda (5 of 5)
• Alhambra (5 of 5)
• Auburn (5 of 5)
• Berkeley (5 of 5)
• Castro Valley (5 of 5)
• Chico (5 of 5)
• Concord (5 of 5)
• Covina (5 of 5)
• Glendora (5 of 5)
• Inglewood (5 of 5)
• Lodi (5 of 5)
• Napa (5 of 5)
• National City (5 of 5)
• Orange (5 of 5)
• Petaluma (5 of 5)
• Porterville (5 of 5)
• Reseda (5 of 5)
• Rosemead (5 of 5)
• Salinas (5 of 5)
• Santa Rosa (5 of 7)
• Baldwin Park (4 of 4)
• Bellflower (4 of 4)
• Canoga Park (4 of 4)
• Downey (4 of 4)
• Duarte (4 of 4)
• Granada Hills (4 of 4)
• Grass Valley (4 of 4)
• Lancaster (4 of 4)
• Los Gatos (4 of 4)
• Monterey (4 of 4)
• Ontario (4 of 4)
• Oxnard (4 of 4)
• Palm Springs (4 of 4)
• Pico Rivera (4 of 4)
• Roseville (4 of 4)
• Santa Maria (4 of 4)
• Sunnyvale (4 of 4)
• Sylmar (4 of 4)
• Turlock (4 of 4)
• West Covina (4 of 5)
• Bell Gardens (3 of 3)
• Campbell (3 of 3)
• Chula Vista (3 of 3)
• Claremont (3 of 3)
• Corona (3 of 3)
• Costa Mesa (3 of 3)
• Culver City (3 of 3)
• Daly City (3 of 3)
• Delano (3 of 3)
• Encinitas (3 of 3)
• Eureka (3 of 3)
• Fairfield (3 of 4)
• Hanford (3 of 3)
• Hawthorne (3 of 3)
• Huntington Beach (3 of 3)
• Laguna Hills (3 of 3)
• Livermore (3 of 3)
• Loma Linda (3 of 3)
• Lynwood (3 of 3)
• Mountain View (3 of 3)
• Newport Beach (3 of 3)
• Oroville (3 of 3)
• Palm Desert (3 of 3)
• Paramount (3 of 3)
• Placerville (3 of 3)
• Poway (3 of 3)
• Reedley (3 of 3)
• San Pablo (3 of 3)
• San Pedro (3 of 3)
• Santa Cruz (3 of 3)
• Saratoga (3 of 3)
• Sonoma (3 of 3)
• Spring Valley (3 of 3)
• Sun Valley (3 of 3)
• Sunland (3 of 3)
• Temple City (3 of 3)
• Tulare (3 of 3)
• Upland (3 of 3)
• Vallejo (3 of 3)
• Ventura (3 of 3)
• Victorville (3 of 3)
• Vista (3 of 3)
• Watsonville (3 of 3)
• Westminster (3 of 3)
• Woodland (3 of 3)
• Yuba City (3 of 3)
• Yucaipa (3 of 3)
• Antioch (2 of 2)
• Arcadia (2 of 2)
• Artesia (2 of 2)
• Banning (2 of 2)
• Barstow (2 of 2)
• Beaumont (2 of 2)
• Buena Park (2 of 2)
• Burbank (2 of 2)
• Camarillo (2 of 3)
• Chatsworth (2 of 2)
• Chowchilla (2 of 2)
• Clovis (2 of 2)
• Colton (2 of 2)
• Cupertino (2 of 3)
• Danville (2 of 2)
• Fontana (2 of 2)
• Fowler (2 of 2)
• Highland (2 of 2)
• Indio (2 of 2)
• Jurupa Valley (2 of 2)
• La Habra (2 of 2)
• La Mirada (2 of 2)
• Lake Forest (2 of 2)
• Lakeport (2 of 2)
• Lemon Grove (2 of 2)
• Lomita (2 of 2)
• Lompoc (2 of 2)
• Los Banos (2 of 2)
• Madera (2 of 2)
• Manteca (2 of 2)
• Martinez (2 of 2)
• Mission Hills (2 of 2)
• Montclair (2 of 2)
• Montebello (2 of 2)
• Monterey Park (2 of 2)
• Montrose (2 of 2)
• Morgan Hill (2 of 2)
• Murrieta (2 of 2)
• Ojai (2 of 2)
• Pacific Grove (2 of 3)
• Pacifica (2 of 2)
• Palo Alto (2 of 3)
• Panorama City (2 of 2)
• Pittsburg (2 of 2)
• Pleasant Hill (2 of 2)
• Red Bluff (2 of 2)
• Richmond (2 of 2)
• San Luis Obispo (2 of 3)
• San Mateo (2 of 2)
• Santa Clara (2 of 2)
• Santee (2 of 2)
• Selma (2 of 2)
• Sherman Oaks (2 of 2)
• Sonora (2 of 2)
• Studio City (2 of 2)
• Thousand Oaks (2 of 3)
• Tracy (2 of 2)
• Tujunga (2 of 2)
• Ukiah (2 of 2)
• Vacaville (2 of 2)
• Yucca Valley (2 of 2)
• Alta Loma (1 of 1)
• Alturas (1 of 1)
• Anderson (1 of 1)
• Apple Valley (1 of 1)
• Arroyo Grande (1 of 1)
• Arvin (1 of 1)
• Atascadero (1 of 1)
• Atwater (1 of 1)
• Avalon (1 of 1)
• Bell (1 of 1)
• Belmont (1 of 1)
• Big Bear Lake (1 of 1)
• Bishop (1 of 1)
• Blythe (1 of 1)
• Brawley (1 of 1)
• Brea (1 of 1)
• Capitola (1 of 1)
• Carlsbad (1 of 3)
• Cedarville (1 of 1)
• Ceres (1 of 1)
• Cherry Valley (1 of 1)
• Chester (1 of 1)
• Chino (1 of 1)
• Citrus Heights (1 of 1)
• City of Industry (1 of 1)
• Clearlake (1 of 1)
• Cloverdale (1 of 1)
• Coalinga (1 of 1)
• Colusa (1 of 1)
• Compton (1 of 1)
• Coronado (1 of 1)
• Crescent City (1 of 1)
• Dana Point (1 of 1)
• Davis (1 of 2)
• Dinuba (1 of 1)
• El Centro (1 of 1)
• El Cerrito (1 of 1)
• El Sobrante (1 of 1)
• Elk Grove (1 of 1)
• Encino (1 of 1)
• Fair Oaks (1 of 1)
• Fall River Mills (1 of 1)
• Fallbrook (1 of 1)
• Fillmore (1 of 1)
• Folsom (1 of 1)
• Fort Bragg (1 of 1)
• Fortuna (1 of 1)
• Fountain Valley (1 of 1)
• Galt (1 of 1)
• Garberville (1 of 1)
• Gilroy (1 of 1)
• Grand Terrace (1 of 1)
• Greenbrae (1 of 2)
• Gridley (1 of 1)
• Healdsburg (1 of 1)
• Hollister (1 of 1)
• Huntington Park (1 of 1)
• Imperial (1 of 1)
• Irvine (1 of 1)
• Jackson (1 of 1)
• Joshua Tree (1 of 1)
• King City (1 of 1)
• Kingsburg (1 of 1)
• La Crescenta (1 of 1)
• La Jolla (1 of 2)
• La Verne (1 of 1)
• Lake Arrowhead (1 of 1)
• Lake Isabella (1 of 1)
• Lake View Terrace (1 of 1)
• Lakeside (1 of 1)
• Lawndale (1 of 1)
• Lincoln (1 of 1)
• Lindsay (1 of 1)
• Live Oak (1 of 1)
• Livingston (1 of 1)
• Lone Pine (1 of 1)
• Los Alamitos (1 of 1)
• Los Altos (1 of 2)
• Mariposa (1 of 1)
• Marysville (1 of 1)
• Maywood (1 of 1)
• Menlo Park (1 of 1)
• Mentone (1 of 1)
• Mill Valley (1 of 1)
• Millbrae (1 of 1)
• Milpitas (1 of 1)
• Monrovia (1 of 1)
• Moraga (1 of 1)
• Moreno Valley (1 of 1)
• Morro Bay (1 of 1)
• N Hollywood (1 of 1)
• Newbury Park (1 of 1)
• Newhall (1 of 1)
• Newman (1 of 1)
• North Hills (1 of 1)
• Novato (1 of 1)
• Oakdale (1 of 1)
• Oakhurst (1 of 1)
• Oceanside (1 of 2)
• Orinda (1 of 1)
• Perris (1 of 1)
• Playa Del Rey (1 of 1)
• Pleasanton (1 of 2)
• Portola (1 of 1)
• Quincy (1 of 1)
• Rancho Cordova (1 of 1)
• Rancho Mirage (1 of 2)
• Redwood City (1 of 1)
• Rialto (1 of 1)
• Ridgecrest (1 of 1)
• Ripon (1 of 1)
• Riverbank (1 of 1)
• San Andreas (1 of 1)
• San Bruno (1 of 1)
• San Dimas (1 of 2)
• San Jacinto (1 of 1)
• San Marcos (1 of 1)
• Sanger (1 of 1)
• Santa Paula (1 of 1)
• Seal Beach (1 of 1)
• Sebastopol (1 of 1)
• Shafter (1 of 1)
• Signal Hill (1 of 1)
• Simi Valley (1 of 1)
• Soledad (1 of 1)
• Solvang (1 of 1)
• South Gate (1 of 1)
• South Lake Tahoe (1 of 1)
• South Pasadena (1 of 1)
• Stanton (1 of 1)
• Sun City (1 of 1)
• Susanville (1 of 1)
• Tarzana (1 of 1)
• Temecula (1 of 1)
• Templeton (1 of 1)
• Truckee (1 of 1)
• Tustin (1 of 1)
• Union City (1 of 1)
• Weaverville (1 of 1)
• Weed (1 of 1)
• West Hills (1 of 1)
• West Sacramento (1 of 1)
• Williams (1 of 1)
• Willits (1 of 1)
• Willows (1 of 1)
• Woodland Hills (1 of 1)
• Yountville (1 of 1)

How this list works

Which nursing homes in California accept Medicaid?

1,120 of 1,165 are certified for Medicaid, according to CMS. The rest take Medicare only (usually short-term rehab after a hospital stay) or private payment.

Does Medicaid pay for a nursing home?

Medicaid pays for long-term nursing home care for people who meet their state's income and asset limits. Medicare pays only for short skilled-nursing stays after a qualifying hospital stay. Your state's Medicaid office decides eligibility.

Is this a recommendation?

No. It is a ranking of CMS's published ratings. Ratings can change every month, and a home's rating may not reflect a recent change in ownership or staff. Visit, ask questions and read the inspection reports.

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Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, nursing home provider information and penalties, October 2026. Nursing Homes In Each State is independent and not affiliated with CMS or Medicare. About the data.