CMS Nurses for Nursing Homes: Qualifying Nursing Homes in San Diego County, California
Nurses for Nursing Homes is a $275 million CMS program, announced October 23, 2026, that pays registered nurses and licensed practical nurses up to $50,000 in student loan repayment and stipends for three years of work at a qualifying nursing home. Applications opened October 26, 2026 at NursesforNursingHomes.cms.gov.
This page maps every home on CMS’s qualifying list of October 22, 2026. Search near a ZIP code, or by state, county or chain, and export the results. CMS will update the list during the program; its official list and campaign page are the current source.
None of the 83 nursing homes in San Diego County, California qualify on CMS’s Nurses for Nursing Homes list of October 22, 2026. CMS classes San Diego County as urban.
In California, 785 of 1,165 nursing homes (67.4%) qualify.
CMS adds urban homes after rural ones: those a state proposes, then urban counties with the most residents per registered nurse, until the state’s funding target is met.
CMS’s List of Qualifying Nursing Homes is the official source. This page uses the list of October 22, 2026; CMS will update it during the program, so check the current list before relying on this one. Nurses apply at NursesforNursingHomes.cms.gov.
| Nursing home | City | Qualifies | Chain | Beds | CCN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMAYA SPRINGS HEALTH CARE CENTER | Spring Valley | No | Pacific Healthcare Holdings | 50 | 056062 |
| Arbor Hills Nursing Center | La Mesa | No | Generations Healthcare | 100 | 055114 |
| ARROYO VISTA NURSING CENTER | San Diego | No | The Ensign Group | 53 | 055505 |
| AVIARA HEALTHCARE CENTER | Encinitas | No | Pacs Group | 120 | 555323 |
| BALBOA NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER | San Diego | No | Pacs Group | 194 | 056105 |
| BAYSHIRE CARLSBAD | Carlsbad | No | Bayshire Senior Communities | 45 | 555745 |
| BAYSHIRE TORREY PINES POST-ACUTE | San Diego | No | Bayshire Senior Communities | 45 | 555746 |
| BELLA VISTA HEALTH CENTER | Lemon Grove | No | 99 | 555870 | |
| BOULDER CREEK POST ACUTE | Poway | No | Madison Creek Partners | 149 | 555206 |
| BRADLEY COURT | El Cajon | No | Generations Healthcare | 56 | 555140 |
| BRIGHTON PLACE SAN DIEGO | San Diego | No | Pacific Healthcare Holdings | 99 | 055795 |
| BRIGHTON PLACE SPRING VALLEY | Spring Valley | No | Pacific Healthcare Holdings | 68 | 055685 |
| CARLSBAD BY THE SEA | Carlsbad | No | Front Porch | 33 | 056496 |
| CARMEL MOUNTAIN REHABILITATION & HEALTHCARE CENTER | San Diego | No | The Ensign Group | 120 | 555326 |
| CASA DE LAS CAMPANAS | San Diego | No | Life Care Services | 99 | 555362 |
| CASTLE MANOR NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER | National City | No | Generations Healthcare | 99 | 555263 |
| COMMUNITY CARE CENTER | La Mesa | No | Links Healthcare Group | 119 | 055873 |
| COTTONWOOD CANYON HEALTHCARE CENTER | El Cajon | No | Pacs Group | 96 | 055064 |
| COUNTRY HILLS POST ACUTE | El Cajon | No | Pacs Group | 305 | 555431 |
| COUNTRY MANOR LA MESA HEALTHCARE CENTER | La Mesa | No | Cambridge Healthcare Services | 99 | 055910 |
| EDGEMOOR HOSPITAL | Santee | No | 192 | 055008 | |
| Encinitas Post-Acute | Encinitas | No | Links Healthcare Group | 99 | 055761 |
| ESCONDIDO POST ACUTE | Escondido | No | Pacs Group | 180 | 056040 |
| FALLBROOK SKILLED NURSING | Fallbrook | No | Progressive Health Care Centers | 93 | 055298 |
| FRIENDSHIP MANOR NURSING & REHAB CENTER | National City | No | Generations Healthcare | 104 | 055964 |
| GLENBROOK | Carlsbad | No | Continuing Life | 94 | 555806 |
| GOLDEN HILL POST ACUTE | San Diego | No | The Ensign Group | 99 | 056182 |
| GRANITE HILLS HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS CENTRE, LLC | El Cajon | No | 99 | 555878 | |
| Grossmont Gardens Healthcare Center | La Mesa | No | 555940 | ||
| GROSSMONT HOSPITAL D/P SNF | La Mesa | No | 30 | 555572 | |
| Grossmont Post Acute Care | La Mesa | No | The Ensign Group | 90 | 055632 |
| HELEN BERNARDY CENTER D/P SNF | San Diego | No | 43 | 05A292 | |
| HILLCREST HEIGHTS HEALTHCARE CENTER | San Diego | No | Aspen Skilled Healthcare | 96 | 555630 |
| Hillcrest Manor Sanitarium | National City | No | 98 | 055975 | |
| JACOB HEALTHCARE CENTER | San Diego | No | Links Healthcare Group | 128 | 055508 |
| KEARNY MESA CONVALESCENT AND NURSING HOME | San Diego | No | Generations Healthcare | 98 | 055286 |
| La Jolla Post-Acute | La Jolla | No | Covenant Care | 161 | 056017 |
| LA MESA HEALTHCARE CENTER | La Mesa | No | Pacs Group | 94 | 055488 |
| LA PALOMA HEALTHCARE CENTER | Oceanside | No | Pacs Group | 93 | 055335 |
| LAKESIDE SPECIAL CARE CENTER | Lakeside | No | Generations Healthcare | 94 | 555887 |
| LEMON GROVE CARE AND REHABILITATION CENTER | Lemon Grove | No | The Ensign Group | 158 | 055182 |
| MAGNOLIA POST ACUTE CARE | El Cajon | No | The Ensign Group | 99 | 055890 |
| MEADOWBROOK VILLAGE CHRISTIAN RETIREMENT COMMUNITY | Escondido | No | 19 | 555906 | |
| MISSION HILLS POST ACUTE CARE | San Diego | No | The Ensign Group | 75 | 056401 |
| MOUNT MIGUEL COVENANT VILLAGE | Spring Valley | No | Covenant Living | 90 | 555134 |
| National City Post Acute | National City | No | Windsor | 98 | 055954 |
| OCEAN VIEW POST ACUTE | Escondido | No | David Johnson | 120 | 555427 |
| PACIFIC VILLAS POST ACUTE | Oceanside | No | Pacs Group | 555934 | |
| PALOMAR HEIGHTS POST ACUTE | Escondido | No | Pacs Group | 98 | 555764 |
| PALOMAR VISTA HEALTHCARE CENTER | Escondido | No | The Ensign Group | 74 | 055067 |
| PARADISE VALLEY HEALTH CARE | National City | No | Pacs Group | 86 | 056388 |
| PARKSIDE HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTER | El Cajon | No | The Ensign Group | 52 | 555596 |
| PARKWAY HILLS NURSING & REHABILITATION | La Mesa | No | Madison Creek Partners | 60 | 055078 |
| POWAY HEALTHCARE CENTER | Poway | No | Pacs Group | 99 | 555136 |
| REDWOOD TERRACE HEALTH CENTER | Escondido | No | Humangood | 59 | 555146 |
| REO VISTA HEALTHCARE CENTER | San Diego | No | Pacs Group | 162 | 056330 |
| RIDGEVIEW SKILLED NURSING FACILITY | San Diego | No | Continuing Life | 45 | 555928 |
| SAN DIEGO POST-ACUTE CENTER | El Cajon | No | Pacs Group | 240 | 555659 |
| SANTA FE POST-ACUTE | Vista | No | Bayshire Senior Communities | 187 | 555723 |
| SHARP CHULA VISTA MED CTR SNF | Chula Vista | No | 100 | 555216 | |
| Somerset Post Acute Care | El Cajon | No | The Ensign Group | 65 | 555871 |
| SOUTH BAY POST ACUTE CARE | Chula Vista | No | The Ensign Group | 99 | 555873 |
| St. Pauls Health Care Center | San Diego | No | 59 | 555144 | |
| STANFORD COURT SKILLED NURSING & REHAB CENTER | Santee | No | Generations Healthcare | 105 | 555290 |
| STILLWATER POST-ACUTE | El Cajon | No | Links Healthcare Group | 256 | 555076 |
| THE COVE AT LA JOLLA | La Jolla | No | The Ensign Group | 59 | 555545 |
| THE DOROTHY & JOSEPH GOLDBERG HEALTHCARE CENTER | Encinitas | No | 58 | 555424 | |
| THE PAVILION AT OCEAN POINT | San Diego | No | Pacific Healthcare Holdings | 133 | 055322 |
| THE ROYAL HOME | El Cajon | No | 19 | 05A192 | |
| THE SHORES POST-ACUTE | San Diego | No | Links Healthcare Group | 305 | 555585 |
| THE SPRINGS AT PACIFIC REGENT | San Diego | No | The Ensign Group | 59 | 555739 |
| THE VILLAS AT POWAY | Poway | No | 129 | 555301 | |
| UNIVERSITY CARE CENTER | San Diego | No | Pacs Group | 87 | 055328 |
| Valley Vista Post Acute | Escondido | No | 59 | 055500 | |
| Veterans Home Of California - Chula Vista | Chula Vista | No | 180 | 555795 | |
| VI AT LA JOLLA VILLAGE | San Diego | No | Vi Living | 60 | 555793 |
| VICTORIA POST ACUTE CARE | El Cajon | No | The Ensign Group | 120 | 555804 |
| VILLA CORONADO D/P SNF | Coronado | No | 122 | 055074 | |
| VILLA LAS PALMAS HEALTHCARE CENTER | El Cajon | No | Pacs Group | 151 | 055806 |
| VILLA RANCHO BERNARDO CARE CENTER | San Diego | No | David Johnson | 299 | 555318 |
| VILLAGE SQUARE HEALTHCARE CENTER | San Marcos | No | Mariner Health Care | 118 | 555754 |
| VISTA KNOLL SPECIALIZED CARE FACILITY | Vista | No | The Ensign Group | 119 | 555425 |
| VISTA VIEW POST ACUTE | Vista | No | David Johnson | 176 | 555246 |
What this means for a facility
This page shows which homes qualify. SNF Insights, our skilled nursing platform, shows each facility’s RN and LPN staffing, turnover and posted nurse pay next to its nearest competitors.
See SNF Insights →Sources: CMS List of Qualifying Nursing Homes (October 22, 2026), Qualifying Nursing Home Methodology and Frequently Asked Questions; star ratings, beds and locations from the CMS Nursing Home Provider Information file, October 2026 release. Rural counts by state are BARA Analytics’ match of each home’s county to CMS’s rural county list. The one home in Guam is in the counts but not on the map. BARA Analytics is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by CMS.