CCN 05A147 · Merced County, California
Merced Behavioral Center
1255 B Street, Merced, CA 95341
Merced Behavioral Center is a 96-bed for-profit nursing home in Merced, California, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1985. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 93.7 residents a day, about 98% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $3.8 million originally, at 3.91%, with $2.3 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in July 2039.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 96
- Average residents per day
- 93.7 (97.6% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Legal Business Name Not Available
- Certified since
- Jun 26, 1985
- Chain or affiliated group
- None listed by CMS
- 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 | 5 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.74 | 4.24 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.35 | 0.50 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.01 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 17.8% | 36.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 97.6% | 92.0% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 0 (Feb 26, 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). Merced Behavioral Center 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
CMS lists no 5% owners or managing organizations for this facility in its current ownership file.
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2013 | 223(a)(7) refinance of a 223(f) loanHUD project name: Country Villa3-Merced Behavioral Healthcare Center, 96 beds. Lender at endorsement: Capital Funding LLC | $3,795,700 | Active: 3.91%, $2,341,613 balanceMatures Jul 1, 2039. Servicer: Capital Funding LLC | 12122148 |
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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