SANTA MONICA REHABILITATION CENTER

Special Focus Facility candidate · CMS abuse icon · Los Angeles · CA · For profit - Limited Liability company · 144 certified beds · CCN 555808 · 1338 20TH STREET LLC


SANTA MONICA REHABILITATION CENTER operates 144 certified beds in SANTA MONICA, California. Its Medicare and Medicaid certification dates to 2004-06-29. It averages 138.6 residents a day.

What harm was found in the violations cited at SANTA MONICA REHABILITATION CENTER?

CMS lists 167 health-inspection deficiencies for SANTA MONICA REHABILITATION CENTER, all of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is K; the most recent health inspection was 2026-06-30.

Survey dateTagDeficiencySeverity
2026-06-30F0726Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.D
2026-06-24F0550, F0557Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.D
2026-06-17F0726Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.D
2026-06-04F0637, F0641, F0684, F0689Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition / Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.D
2026-05-22F0656, F0695, F0805, F0812Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.E
2026-05-22F0550, F0557, F0558, F0580, F0583, F0604, F0636, F0640, F0641, F0645, F0676, F0684, F0686, F0688, F0689, F0760, F0825, F0842Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions. / Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. / Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. / Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. / Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment. / Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months. / Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment. / Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. / PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities / Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. / 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 residents are free from significant medication errors. / Provide or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.D
2026-05-21F0656Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.D
2026-03-24F0584, F0812Honor 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. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.E
2026-03-24F0550, F0689Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.D
2026-03-11F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.E
2026-03-11F0811Ensure that residents are assessed for appropriateness for a feeding assistant program, receive services as per their plan of care, and feeding assistants are trained and supervised.D
2026-02-25F0760Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.D
2026-02-17F0698Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.E
2026-01-15F0582Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.D
2026-01-06F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.E
2026-01-05F0656Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.E
2025-12-11F0609, F0745Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. / Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.D
2025-12-09F0558Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.D
2025-09-16F0689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.D
2025-09-11F0921Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.E
2025-09-04F0600Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.G
2025-08-23F0576, F0694Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods. / Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.D
2025-08-21F0620Not 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.D
2025-07-31F0600Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.D
2025-07-23F0609Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.D
2025-07-22F0695Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.D
2025-06-26F0726, F0825Ensure 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 or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident.E
2025-06-16F0561, F0725Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. / Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.E
2025-05-08F0609Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.D
2025-04-24F0825, F0850Provide or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident. / Hire a qualified full-time social worker in a facility with more than 120 beds.E
2025-04-24F0558, F0689Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.D
2025-04-14F0609Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.D
2025-04-08F0600Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.D
2025-04-04F0656, F0658, F0684, F0689Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.D
2025-04-02F0689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.G
2025-04-01F0580, F0585, F0602, F0655Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. / 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. / Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money. / Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admittedD
2025-03-18F0558, F0583, F0725Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. / Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. / Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.D
2025-02-28F0837Establish a governing body that is legally responsible for establishing and implementing policies for managing and operating the facility and appoints a properly licensed administrator responsible for managing the facility.D
2025-02-27F0689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.G
2025-02-27F0573Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records.D
2025-02-06F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.F
2025-02-06F0578, F0584, F0726, F0757, F0812, F0924Honor 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. / 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. / 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. / Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. / Put firmly secured handrails on each side of hallways.E
2025-02-06F0550, F0604, F0656, F0688, F0689, F0690, F0695Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / 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. / Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.D
2025-01-13F0908Keep all essential equipment working safely.E
2024-12-04F0842Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.D
2024-11-26F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.E
2024-11-26F0609, F0925Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. / Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.D
2024-11-05F0573, F0580Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records. / Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.D
2024-09-25F0760Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.D
2024-08-08F0600, F0609Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. / Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.D
2024-07-01F0919Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.E
2024-07-01F0576Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods.D
2024-04-12F0726Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.D
2024-04-11F0695, F0880Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.E
2024-04-11F0686Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.D
2024-03-19F0622Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.D
2024-03-04F0686Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.G
2024-03-04F0658, F0842Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.E
2024-03-04F0585, F0656, F0697Honor 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. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.D
2024-02-27F0726Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.D
2024-01-25F0802, F0812, F0908Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service. / 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.F
2024-01-25F0550, F0686, F0759, F0761, F0804Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. / 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 food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.E
2024-01-25F0558, F0578, F0583, F0641, F0644, F0657, F0689, F0726, F0729, F0730, F0850, F0921Reasonably 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. / Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. / Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. / Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed. / Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / 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. / Verify that a nurse aide has been trained; and if they haven't worked as a nurse aide for 2 years, receive retraining. / Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. / Hire a qualified full-time social worker in a facility with more than 120 beds. / Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.D
2024-01-16F0692Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.D
2024-01-10F0880Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.D
2024-01-08F0755Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.K
2024-01-08F0600, F0678Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. / Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.J
2024-01-08F0583Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.F
2024-01-08F0726Ensure 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
2024-01-08F0609, F0610, F0645, F0689, F0740, F0760, F0761Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. / Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. / PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. / Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. / 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.D
2023-12-12F0656, F0690, F0695, F0880Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.D
2023-11-07F0550, F0658, F0689, F0761, F0842, F0880Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / 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. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.D
2023-11-01F0607Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.D
2023-10-31F0919Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.D
2023-10-16F0656Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.D
2023-09-27F0684Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.D
2023-09-23F0729Verify that a nurse aide has been trained; and if they haven't worked as a nurse aide for 2 years, receive retraining.E

Why was SANTA MONICA REHABILITATION CENTER fined 3 times?

DateTypeAmount
2025-08-21Fine$37,310
2025-02-06Fine$78,787
2024-01-08Fine$27,067

Has SANTA MONICA REHABILITATION CENTER had payment denied by Medicare more than once?

Payment denial startLength in days
2025-03-2833
2024-02-0260

How is SANTA MONICA REHABILITATION CENTER staffed relative to the CA average?

MeasureThis facilityCA average
Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day4.023714.51570
Total nursing staff turnover (%)55.836.7
Average number of residents per day138.687.9

Who owns SANTA MONICA REHABILITATION CENTER?

SANTA MONICA REHABILITATION CENTER is registered with CMS as For profit - Limited Liability company, operates under the legal business name 1338 20TH STREET LLC.

RoleOwnerAssociation date
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST1338 SANTA MONICA PARTNERS LLC, SANTA MONICA REHAB HOLLDINGS LLC, BERCOVICH, EZEQUIEL, ZENOU, ADAMsince 08/01/2024
5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTERESTCHUEKE-BERCOVICH, SARA, HOROWICZ, AVIsince 08/01/2024
OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROLBERCOVICH, EZEQUIEL, RUBER, NURIT, WANG, SHUOsince 08/01/2024
ADP OF THE SNFMENLO TRUST U/T/D FEBRUARY 22, 1983, MIRACLE MILE PROPERTIES LP, MM2 BUSINESS SERVICES, LLLP, RUBER, NURIT, WANG, SHUOsince 04/02/2026

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