CALIFORNIA POST ACUTE

Special Focus Facility candidate · Los Angeles · CA · For profit - Individual · SERRANO GROUP chain · 66 certified beds · CCN 055461 · CALIFORNIA POST ACUTE LLC


CALIFORNIA POST ACUTE operates 66 certified beds in LOS ANGELES, California. Its Medicare and Medicaid certification dates to 1980-07-01. It averages 56.5 residents a day.

What harm was found in the violations cited at CALIFORNIA POST ACUTE?

CMS lists 125 health-inspection deficiencies for CALIFORNIA POST ACUTE since 2022-03-14, 100 of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is L; the most recent health inspection was 2026-05-20.

Survey dateTagDeficiencySeverity
2026-05-20F0627Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.D
2026-02-06F0656, F0657Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.D
2026-01-21F0584Honor 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.D
2025-12-18F0609, F0921Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. / Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.D
2025-11-17F0628Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.D
2025-11-13F0770Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.D
2025-08-11F0658Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.D
2025-07-26F0678, F0698Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives. / Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.J
2025-07-26F0686Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.G
2025-07-26F0865Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.F
2025-07-26F0605, F0656, F0726, F0755, F0759, F0761, F0803, F0812, F0814Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / 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. / Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. / Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. / 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. / 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. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. / Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.E
2025-07-26F0550, F0580, F0582, F0640, F0677, F0688, F0689, F0693, F0806, F0880Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. / Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered. / Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment. / Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. / 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. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / 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. / Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.D
2025-07-26F0912Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.B
2025-07-01F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.D
2025-05-20F0609, F0689Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.D
2025-05-09F0656, F0692, F0725Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. / Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.D
2025-03-20F0692, F0693, F0842Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. / 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. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.D
2025-01-16F0600Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.G
2025-01-10F0684Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.D
2025-01-07F0689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.G
2024-12-19F0552, F0758Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. / Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.D
2024-12-05F0689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.G
2024-12-05F0657, F0690Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. / Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.D
2024-12-03F0600, F0689Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.D
2024-10-28F0726Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.E
2024-10-24F0600Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.D
2024-10-08F0550Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.E
2024-10-08F0609, F0689Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.D
2024-09-30F0641, F0695Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.D
2024-08-30F0842Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.D
2024-08-15F0558, F0573, F0609, F0755Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. / Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records. / Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. / Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.D
2024-08-07F0657Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.D
2024-08-01F0558, F0641, F0656Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. / Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.D
2024-07-19F0745Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.E
2024-07-05F0761, F0812, F0908, F0912Ensure 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. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. / Keep all essential equipment working safely. / Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.E
2024-07-05F0550, F0580, F0641, F0657, F0688, F0757, F0758, F0759, F0880Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. / Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. / Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. / 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. / Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. / Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited. / Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.D
2024-05-01F0583, F0656Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.D
2024-04-26F0842Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.D
2024-04-19F0600Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.G
2024-04-19F0552, F0689Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.D
2023-12-20F0755Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.D
2023-12-07F0689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.L
2023-12-07F0727Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.D
2023-12-06F0812Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.E
2023-12-06F0755, F0803Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. / 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.D
2023-11-02F0755Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.D
2023-11-01F0600Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.G
2023-09-13F0600Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.G
2023-09-13F0689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.E
2023-09-13F0557, F0609Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions. / Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.D
2022-03-14F0759, F0760Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. / Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.K
2022-03-14F0558, F0578, F0679, F0688, F0693, F0726, F0758, F0761, F0808, F0880Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. / 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. / Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. / 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. / 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. / 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. / Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited. / 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. / Ensure therapeutic diets are prescribed by the attending physician and may be delegated to a registered or licensed dietitian, to the extent allowed by State law. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.E
2022-03-14F0550, F0552, F0625, F0644, F0656, F0675, F0689, F0755, F0842, F0881, F0919, F0921Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. / 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. / Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Honor each resident's preferences, choices, values and beliefs. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. / Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. / Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area. / Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.D
2022-03-14F0912Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.B

Why was CALIFORNIA POST ACUTE fined 3 times?

DateTypeAmount
2025-07-26Fine$34,772
2024-12-03Fine$105,329
2023-12-06Fine$24,102

Has CALIFORNIA POST ACUTE had payment denied by Medicare more than once?

Payment denial startLength in days
2025-08-239
2025-01-0335
2024-01-054

How is CALIFORNIA POST ACUTE staffed relative to the CA average?

MeasureThis facilityCA average
Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day4.034064.51570
Total nursing staff turnover (%)47.636.7
Average number of residents per day56.587.9

Who owns CALIFORNIA POST ACUTE, and what chain is it in?

CALIFORNIA POST ACUTE is registered with CMS as For profit - Individual, operates under the legal business name CALIFORNIA POST ACUTE LLC and belongs to the SERRANO GROUP chain.

RoleOwnerAssociation date
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTERESTJACOBS, DOVsince 06/09/2016
W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEEJACOBS, DOVsince 09/27/2016
CORPORATE OFFICERJACOBS, DOV, LANDA, BENJAMINsince 06/09/2016

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