Samarkand Skilled Nursing Facility
Nursing home in Santa Barbara, CA
Medicare & Medicaid certified5★ overall (CMS)
Public-record details
- Address
- 2566 Treasure Drive, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
- Phone
- (805) 687-0701
- Listed under
- Nonprofit, 4–5 star overall rating, No fines in 3 years, Part of a retirement community
- Medicare CCN
- 555762
- Overall star rating
- 5 of 5 ★★★★★
- Health inspection rating
- 5 of 5
- Staffing rating
- 4 of 5
- Quality measures rating
- 4 of 5
- Certified beds
- 63
- Average residents per day
- 57
- Ownership
- Nonprofit, corporation
- Legal business name
- Covenant Living West
- Chain
- Covenant Living (15 facilities)
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
- Aug 21, 2000
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- Yes
- Located inside a hospital
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident council
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes
Inspection record
Most recent standard health inspection: Jan 23, 2026. CMS lists 28 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Feb 10, 2023 to May 7, 2026): 4 from complaint inspections, 0 at the “actual harm” level or higher.
| Inspection | Citation | Severity |
|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | Establish a governing body that is legally responsible for establishing and implementing policies for managing and operating the facility and appoints a properly licensed… | D |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Post nurse staffing information every day. | D |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Keep all essential equipment working safely. | D |
| May 5, 2025 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | D |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. | D |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment. | D |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | D |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. | D |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | D |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. | D |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and… | D |
| Dec 19, 2024 | 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… | D |
Fines and payment denials
CMS records no fines or payment denials for this facility in the last three years.
Staffing
- Total nurse staffing per resident per day
- 4.38 hours
- Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
- 0.59 hours
- Nurse aide time per resident per day
- 2.62 hours
- Total nurse staffing on weekends
- 3.92 hours
- Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
- 35%
- RN turnover (yearly)
- 11%
- Administrators who left in the past year
- 1
A citation is what inspectors found on one date; most are corrected within weeks. Look for patterns — the same problem cited in several inspections — and for anything at the G–L level (actual harm or immediate jeopardy). The full inspection narrative (Form CMS-2567) is linked from Medicare Care Compare, and your state long-term care ombudsman can tell you about complaints.
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