Berkley West Healthcare Center
A nursing home in Santa Monica, California 90404
1623 Arizona Avenue, Santa Monica, California 90404. (310) 829-4565.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.
- 3of 5 CMS’s overall rating
- 8 health citations at the latest inspection cycle California average: 15.7
- 5.00 nurse hours per resident per day California average: 4.54
- 1 fine in the last three years (needs attention)
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean8
- Star ratings
- CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Scope and severity (A to L)
- CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7).
- Nurse staffing hours
- The hours registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse aides worked, per resident per day, from the payroll records each home sends CMS. Source: CMS, Payroll-Based Journal.
- Fines and payment denials
- A fine (civil money penalty) is money CMS makes a nursing home pay when it falls short of federal rules. A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stop paying for new admissions until the home meets the rules again. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.430 and 488.417.
- Immediate jeopardy
- CMS’s most serious finding: the place’s failure to meet a rule caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death to someone in its care. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 489.3.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
8 health citations at the latest inspection cycle
The California average is 15.7.
Last standard inspection Jan 8, 2026.
Most serious in three years: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (K), at a complaint inspection on Dec 22, 2024
CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those citations happened
51 citations in 11 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (K). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
All 51 citations in the last three years
Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7)., from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 23 came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Jun 25, 2026: complaint inspection1 citation
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Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Jan 8, 2026: standard inspection7 citations
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Keep residents’ personal and medical records private and confidential.
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Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
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Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
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Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
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Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
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Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Jun 20, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
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Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Mar 3, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
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Plan the resident’s discharge to meet the resident’s goals and needs.
Dec 22, 2024: complaint inspection5 citations
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Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
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Immediately tell the resident, the resident’s doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
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Prepare residents for a safe transfer or discharge from the nursing home.
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Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
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Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Nov 10, 2024: standard inspection21 citations
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Honor the resident’s right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
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Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
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Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.
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Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
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Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
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Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
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Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
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Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
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Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
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Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
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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 locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
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Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident.
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Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.
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Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
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Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.
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Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident’s bathroom and bathing area.
Aug 7, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Jul 26, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
May 22, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Plan the resident’s discharge to meet the resident’s goals and needs.
May 17, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
May 15, 2024: complaint inspection3 citations
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Honor the resident’s right to receive visitors of his or her choosing, at the time of his or her choosing.
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Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
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Provide appropriate foot care.
Feb 2, 2024: complaint inspection6 citations
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Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
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Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
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Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
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Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
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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 locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Dec 21, 2023: complaint inspection2 citations
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Ensure the facility is licensed under applicable State and local law and operates and provides services in compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and codes, and with accepted professional standards.
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Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Certified for Medicare since Jan 1, 1967.
- Not on CMS’s special focus list.
- No abuse icon from CMS.
- No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
- CMS lists its ownership as for profit, corporation.
- 54 certified beds.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has it been fined or penalized?
- 1 fine in the last three years, $101,046 in all.
- No Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
- 23 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Date | Kind | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 2024 | Fine | $101,046 |
Who does the caring?
5.00 nurse hours per resident per day
The California average is 4.54.
CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | This home | California average |
|---|---|---|
| Nurse hours per resident per day | 5.00 | 4.54 |
| Of which registered nurses | 0.68 | 0.68 |
| At weekends | 4.43 | 4.10 |
| Nursing staff turnover | 63.5% | 36.6% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 33.3% | 37.8% |
| Administrators who left | 2 | Not given |
Who owns it?
- Asbw, LLC owns 100% directly since Feb 19, 2021.
- Asbw, LLC runs it.
- 26 owners or officers are people: Vern J Brady (owns 5% or more through other companies, 31.95%); Jeffrey J Bradshaw (owns 5% or more through other companies, 22.25%); Eric Elsner (owns a share through other companies, 4.08%); Shruty Parti (owns a share through other companies, 4.08%); Rajesh Parti (owns a share through other companies, 4.08%); Craig Orgill (owns a share through other companies, 1.3%); Jared Kirkwood (owns a share through other companies, 0.3%); Peter Bradshaw (owns a share through other companies, 0.09%); Marcus J Paxman (owns a share through other companies, 0.01%); Jeffrey J Bradshaw (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Timothy Caslmon (corporate officer); Timothy Caslmon (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Timothy Caslmon (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Marcus J Paxman (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Aynalem Anley (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Aynalem Anley (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Susan D Leonard (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Susan D Leonard (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Stephen Thompson (corporate officer); Stephen Thompson (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Stephen Thompson (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Frank Jurado (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Vern J Brady (corporate officer); Vern J Brady (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Uduka Eme (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Uduka Eme (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)).
- Part of Aspen Skilled Healthcare (35 homes in CMS’s data).
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asbw, LLC | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Feb 19, 2021 |
| Aspen Skilled Healthcare Inc. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Feb 19, 2021 |
| Jacaranda Healthcare Group LLC | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Jan 1, 2023 |
| Asbw, LLC | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Feb 19, 2021 | |
| Asbw, LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Feb 19, 2021 | |
| Aspen Healthcare Services LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Jan 1, 2023 | |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Assocaition | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Feb 19, 2021 | |
| Jacaranda Healthcare Group LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Jan 1, 2023 | |
| East West Bank | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Feb 19, 2025 | |
| Arizona & 21st Corp | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Apr 24, 2026 | |
| Moss Adams LLP | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Feb 19, 2021 |
How do residents fare?
- CMS rates its quality measures 5 of 5 (California average 4.2).
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Overall rating | 3 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 |
| Staffing | 4 of 5 |
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Among the 12 nearest homes, within 1.2 miles, this one had the 11th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (8; the middle value was 12.5).
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Place | Miles away | Citations, latest cycle |
|---|---|---|
| Berkley West Healthcare Center This nursing home | 8 | |
| Pacific Post Acute | 0.0 | 12 |
| Ocean Pointe Healthcare Center | 0.0 | 23 |
| Santa Monica Rehabilitation Center | 0.1 | 53 |
| Santa Monica Health Care Center | 0.2 | 12 |
| Berkley East Healthcare Center | 0.2 | 11 |
| Beachwood Post-Acute & Rehab | 0.6 | 19 |
| Good Shepherd Health Care Center of Santa Monica | 0.6 | 16 |
| Brentwood Health Care Center | 1.0 | 8 |
| Ocean Park Healthcare | 1.2 | 9 |
| Sunset Park Healthcare | 1.2 | 20 |
| Fireside Health Care Center | 1.2 | 13 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Complaints that didn’t lead to a citation aren’t published.
- Inspections reach CMS’s data about six weeks after they happen, and staffing about four months after.
- CMS publishes the inspectors’ full written findings in a separate monthly file, which isn’t loaded yet.
- Fines and Medicare payment denials are the only enforcement CMS publishes; state licence actions aren’t included.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Information (4pq5-n9py).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Deficiencies (r5ix-sfxw).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Penalties (g6vv-u9sr).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).
Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State and US Averages (xcdc-v8bm).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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