CCN 055830 · Santa Barbara County, California
Villa Maria Post Acute
425 East Barcellus Avenue, Santa Maria, CA 93454
Villa Maria Post Acute is a 81-bed for-profit nursing home in Santa Maria, California, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1967. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 74.6 residents a day, about 92% of its certified beds. HUD's healthcare database shows an FHA-insured Section 232 loan for a project matching this facility, most recently $8.4 million in September 2013 (223(f) refinance or purchase), and none of them appears in HUD's active-loan file.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 81
- Average residents per day
- 74.6 (92.1% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Santa Maria Healthcare, Inc.
- Certified since
- Oct 31, 1967
- Chain or affiliated group
- The Ensign Group (344 facilities, chain average 3.2 stars)
- Location
- Urban
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | California median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 5 of 5 | State spread: 186 at 1, 213 at 2, 244 at 3, 240 at 4, 270 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 5 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.37 | 4.24 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.47 | 0.50 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.87 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 24.2% | 36.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 92.1% | 92.0% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 4 (Jul 25, 2025) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Villa Maria Post Acute meets that part today: 5 stars overall, 5 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooley, TimothyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2019 |
| Gonzales, ArleneIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/30/2019 |
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2019 | Santa Maria Healthcare, Inc. | Villa Maria Healthcare Center, LLC |
HUD Section 232 loans
HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs lists these FHA-insured loans for a project we matched to this facility by name, city and bed count. Status, rate and balance come from HUD's insured-mortgage files as of September 30, 2026. Check the FHA number against the loan documents before relying on the match.
| Endorsed | Program | Original amount | Status | FHA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2013 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Villa Maria Healthcare Center, LLC, 78 beds. Lender at endorsement: Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC | $8,443,500 | Ended May 1, 2019Prepayment | 12222165 |
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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