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Ridgecrest Regional Transitional Care and Rehabili

A nursing home in Ridgecrest, California 93555

1081 North China Lake Boulevard, Ridgecrest, California 93555. (760) 446-3551.

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The short answer

Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.

The last 24 months 43 citations in 11 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: actual harm (G). Every month

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?

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The California average is 15.7.

Last standard inspection Feb 26, 2026.

Most serious in three years: actual harm (G), at a complaint inspection on Apr 8, 2024

Source:

CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

When those citations happened

43 citations in 11 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: actual harm (G). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

All 45 citations in the last three years

Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries , from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 19 came from complaint inspections.

Source:

CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Aug 18, 2026: complaint inspection2 citations
  • Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

    Rule F0609. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 14, 2026.

  • Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident’s bathroom and bathing area.

    Rule F0919. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 4, 2026.

Jul 15, 2026: complaint inspection1 citation
  • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

    Rule F0656. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint.

May 19, 2026: complaint inspection3 citations
  • Keep residents’ personal and medical records private and confidential.

    Rule F0583. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 30, 2026.

  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

    Rule F0684. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 30, 2026.

  • 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.

    Rule F0761. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 30, 2026.

Feb 26, 2026: standard inspection5 citations
  • Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident’s needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.

    Rule F0628. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 17, 2026.

  • Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.

    Rule F0644. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 24, 2026.

  • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

    Rule F0658. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 17, 2026.

  • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

    Rule F0759. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 31, 2026.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 24, 2026.

Mar 6, 2025: standard inspection16 citations
  • Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

    Rule F0558. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 14, 2025.

  • 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.

    Rule F0584. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 14, 2025.

  • Honor the resident’s right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.

    Rule F0585. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 14, 2025.

  • Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

    Rule F0657. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 14, 2025.

  • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

    Rule F0658. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 14, 2025.

  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 14, 2025.

  • Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.

    Rule F0697. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 14, 2025.

  • Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.

    Rule F0725. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 14, 2025.

  • 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.

    Rule F0761. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 14, 2025.

  • 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.

    Rule F0803. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 14, 2025.

  • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

    Rule F0812. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 14, 2025.

  • Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.

    Rule F0867. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 14, 2025.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 14, 2025.

  • Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.

    Rule F0882. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 14, 2025.

  • Keep all essential equipment working safely.

    Rule F0908. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 14, 2025.

  • Include as part of its infection prevention and control program, mandatory training that includes written standards, policies, and procedures for the program.

    Rule F0945. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 14, 2025.

Jan 29, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
  • Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

    Rule F0755. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 11, 2025.

Dec 18, 2024: complaint inspection2 citations
  • Honor the resident’s right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.

    Rule F0585. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 19, 2024.

  • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

    Rule F0658. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 19, 2024.

Oct 15, 2024: complaint inspection2 citations
  • Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

    Rule F0558. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 22, 2024.

  • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

    Rule F0658. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 22, 2024.

May 14, 2024: complaint inspection3 citations
  • Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods.

    Rule F0576. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 14, 2024.

  • Honor the resident’s right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.

    Rule F0585. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 14, 2024.

  • Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.

    Rule F0835. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 14, 2024.

May 1, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
  • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

    Rule F0656. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 28, 2024.

Apr 29, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 29, 2024.

Apr 8, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
  • Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

    Rule F0600. G: actual harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 21, 2024.

Mar 14, 2024: standard inspection5 citations
  • 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.

    Rule F0584. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 5, 2024.

  • Not require residents to give up Medicare or Medicaid benefits, or pay privately as a condition of admission; and must tell residents what care they do not provide.

    Rule F0620. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 5, 2024.

  • Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.

    Rule F0676. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 5, 2024.

  • Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.

    Rule F0867. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 5, 2024.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 5, 2024.

Nov 17, 2023: complaint inspection2 citations
  • Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.

    Rule F0604. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 11, 2023.

  • Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.

    Rule F0607. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Dec 11, 2023.

Is it certified, and in good standing?

  • Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Sep 11, 2012.
  • 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 non profit, corporation.
  • 124 certified beds.
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Has it been fined or penalized?

  • 1 fine in the last three years, $27,716 in all.
  • 1 Medicare payment denial in the last three years.
  • 19 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
Source:

CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Fines and payment denials, newest first
DateKindAmount
Mar 14, 2024Medicare payment denialNot given
Mar 14, 2024Fine$27,716

Who does the caring?

4.69 nurse hours per resident per day

The California average is 4.54.

CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.

Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Staffing measures
MeasureThis homeCalifornia average
Nurse hours per resident per day4.694.54
Of which registered nurses0.690.68
At weekends3.724.10
Nursing staff turnover44%36.6%
Registered nurse turnover42.9%37.8%
Administrators who leftNot givenNot given

Who owns it?

  • 14 owners or officers are people: James A Suver (corporate officer, 100%); James A Suver (runs it (operational or managerial control), 100%); Dana Lyons (corporate director, 5%); James Rizzardini (corporate director, 5%); Anita L Read (corporate director, 5%); Margaret M Hannon (corporate director, 5%); George Haslam (corporate director, 5%); Paige Sorbo (corporate director, 5%); Christopher Ellis (corporate director, 0%); Judith Tharp (corporate director, 0%); Lawrence N Cosner (corporate director, 0%); Kimberly A Lock (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Shrooq Abu-Issa (corporate director, 0%); Martha Hoppus (corporate director, 0%).
  • No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
  • No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
Source:

CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

How do residents fare?

  • CMS rates its quality measures 3 of 5 (California average 4.2).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS’s star ratings, from 1 to 5
MeasureRating
Overall rating2 of 5
Health inspections2 of 5
Staffing4 of 5
Quality measures3 of 5

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among the 12 nearest homes, within 75.1 miles, this one had the 9th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (11; the middle value was 15.5).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

The 12 nearest, by straight-line distance
PlaceMiles awayCitations, latest cycle
Ridgecrest Regional Transitional Care and Rehabili This nursing home11
Kern Valley Healthcare District DP SNF41.615
Mountain View Post Acute63.03
Veterans Home of California - Barstow64.81
Southern Inyo Hospital D/P SNF70.34
Antelope Valley Care Center71.157
Mirage Post Acute71.269
Desert Canyon Post Acute, LLC71.339
The Ellison John Transitional Care Center71.736
Arvin Post Acute71.716
Bakersfield Post Acute73.231
Height Street Skilled Care75.115

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

  • 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).

  • 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).

  • 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).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).

    Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • 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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Source:

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Replies

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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