The Orchards Post-Acute
A nursing home in Bakersfield, California 93301
730 34 Street, Bakersfield, California 93301. (661) 327-7687.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.
- 2of 5 CMS’s overall rating
- 18 health citations at the latest inspection cycle California average: 15.7
- 3.94 nurse hours per resident per day California average: 4.54
- 2 fines in the last three years (needs attention)
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean7
- 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.
- 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?
18 health citations at the latest inspection cycle
The California average is 15.7.
Last standard inspection Jun 18, 2026.
Most serious in three years: actual harm (G), at a complaint inspection on Mar 19, 2026
CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those citations happened
75 citations in 15 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: actual harm (G). 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 77 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. 25 came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Jun 18, 2026: standard inspection13 citations
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Honor the resident’s right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
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Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident’s needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
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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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Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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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 or obtain dental services for each resident.
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Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
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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.
Jun 18, 2026: complaint inspection3 citations
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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 feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
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Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident’s bathroom and bathing area.
Mar 19, 2026: complaint inspection1 citation
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Jan 5, 2026: complaint inspection1 citation
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Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Apr 29, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
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Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Mar 25, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
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Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Mar 13, 2025: standard inspection19 citations
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Honor the resident’s right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
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Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
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Honor the resident’s right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
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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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Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
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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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Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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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 and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
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Observe each nurse aide’s job performance and give regular training.
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Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
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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 a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
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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 and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
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Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident’s bathroom and bathing area.
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Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Jan 16, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
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Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy.
Dec 11, 2024: complaint inspection3 citations
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Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
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Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident’s well being.
Sep 27, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Aug 28, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Aug 27, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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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.
Jul 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.
Jun 19, 2024: complaint inspection2 citations
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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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Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
Jun 17, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
May 6, 2024: complaint inspection2 citations
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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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Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Mar 28, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Feb 15, 2024: standard inspection20 citations
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Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
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Honor the resident’s right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
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Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
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Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.
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PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
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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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Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
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Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident’s health.
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Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
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Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of trauma and/or post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
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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.
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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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Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
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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.
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Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident’s bathroom and bathing area.
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Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Feb 5, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Honor the resident’s right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Jan 22, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Provide bedrooms that don’t allow residents to see each other when privacy is needed.
Nov 14, 2023: complaint inspection1 citation
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Honor the resident’s right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
Nov 6, 2023: complaint inspection1 citation
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Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Feb 10, 1997.
- 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, limited liability company.
- 150 certified beds.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has it been fined or penalized?
- 2 fines in the last three years, $18,570 in all.
- No Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
- 25 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Date | Kind | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2026 | Fine | $9,347 |
| Dec 11, 2024 | Fine | $9,223 |
Who does the caring?
3.94 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 | 3.94 | 4.54 |
| Of which registered nurses | 0.42 | 0.68 |
| At weekends | 3.73 | 4.10 |
| Nursing staff turnover | 34.9% | 36.6% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 38.9% | 37.8% |
| Administrators who left | 0 | Not given |
Who owns it?
- Links Healthcare Group LLC owns 100% directly since Jun 17, 2020.
- Links Support Services, LLC and Links Healthcare Group LLC run it.
- 31 owners or officers are people: Toby Tilford (owns 5% or more through other companies, 46.6%); Toby Tilford (owns a share through other companies, 46.6%); Curtis Rodriguez (owns 5% or more through other companies, 46.6%); Curtis Rodriguez (owns a share through other companies, 46.6%); Scott Clawson (owns a share through other companies, 4%); Jack Sanofsky (owns a share through other companies, 2%); Steven Earl (owns a share through other companies, 0.8%); Todd A Farrer (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Todd A Farrer (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Mary Beardsley (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Mary Beardsley (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Toby Tilford (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Toby Tilford (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Chad Anderson (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Chad Anderson (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Imelda Rama (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Imelda Rama (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Antonette D Frojelin (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Antonette D Frojelin (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Myrna A Deguzman (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Myrna A Deguzman (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Victoria Bernholz (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Victoria Bernholz (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Melissa Carter (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Melissa Carter (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Jaden Hollingshead (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Jaden Hollingshead (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Sharon Ramirez (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Sharon Ramirez (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Curtis Rodriguez (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Curtis Rodriguez (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)).
- Part of Links Healthcare Group (32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forbright Bank | Holds 5% or more security interest | 100% | Jun 17, 2020 |
| Links Healthcare Group LLC | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Jun 17, 2020 |
| Links Support Services, LLC | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Jun 17, 2020 | |
| Links Support Services, LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Aug 11, 2025 | |
| Links Healthcare Group LLC | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Jun 17, 2020 | |
| Links Healthcare Group LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Aug 11, 2025 | |
| Eide Bailly LLP | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Jun 17, 2020 |
How do residents fare?
- CMS rates its quality measures 3 of 5 (California average 4.2).
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Overall rating | 2 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 |
| Staffing | 3 of 5 |
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Among the 12 nearest homes, within 17.4 miles, this one had the 6th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (18; the middle value was 17).
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Place | Miles away | Citations, latest cycle |
|---|---|---|
| The Orchards Post-Acute This nursing home | 18 | |
| San Joaquin Nursing Center and Rehabilitation Cent | 0.6 | 12 |
| Valley Healthcare Center | 1.5 | 22 |
| The Rehabilitation Center of Bakersfield | 2.3 | 15 |
| Height Street Skilled Care | 2.4 | 15 |
| Kern River Transitional Care | 3.1 | 24 |
| Rosewood Health Facility | 4.0 | 10 |
| Parkview Julian Healthcare Center | 4.2 | 21 |
| Bakersfield Post Acute | 4.3 | 31 |
| Bayshire Riverwalk Post-Acute | 9.0 | 23 |
| Arvin Post Acute | 15.7 | 16 |
| Shafter Nursing Care | 17.4 | 6 |
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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