Compiled from official CMS federal data
KERN RIVER TRANSITIONAL CARE, BAKERSFIELD, CA — Violations & Inspection Reports
Does KERN RIVER TRANSITIONAL CARE have a federal violation or abuse history?
According to the public federal record on file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), KERN RIVER TRANSITIONAL CARE (CCN 555912), in BAKERSFIELD, CA, has federal inspection findings.
In its current inspection cycle, CMS cited the facility for 28 deficiencies; the most severe is rated F — which CMS classifies as "potential for harm," a level below actual harm (risk, but no harm confirmed). The latest standard health inspection on file is dated 2025-04-24. Earlier-cycle citations appear in the dated timeline below as historical, not current. CMS has $77,720 in civil money penalties on file against the facility. The record also includes 8 abuse- or neglect-related citations in CMS's "Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation" family (F600-series; most recent Dec 2024). This page restates the federal record and draws no conclusion of its own.
Abuse-, fall-, and care-related findings on the federal record
- 8 citations in CMS's "Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation" family (F600-series) — most recent Dec 2024.
- 2 citations for accident hazards or inadequate supervision (F689) — the deficiency family behind fall-related findings; most recent Dec 2024.
- 1 pressure-ulcer care citation (F686) — the consumer term is "bedsores"; most recent Mar 2024.
- 1 nutrition and hydration citation (F692) — the consumer terms are "malnutrition" and "dehydration"; most recent May 2021.
- 62 findings on file from complaint-triggered inspections.
Every figure above restates CMS’s own dated record; this page draws no conclusion of its own. Strict state filing deadlines can apply to nursing-home injury claims — a licensed attorney in your state can review this record.
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The Federal Record
Federal abuse- or neglect-related citations on record (F600-series).
Below is this facility's federal inspection record as on file with CMS.
Scope & Severity — current cycle
CMS's own A–L scope/severity grid. Plotted cells mark this facility's most recent (current-cycle) citations.
Civil money penalties on file
$77,720
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About this record: Federal nursing-home surveys are conducted on a recurring cycle by state survey agencies acting on CMS's behalf, and the figures on this page are compiled from CMS's published provider data, as on file with CMS; the federal record may understate what actually occurred, and inspection findings are point-in-time survey results, not a determination that any specific resident was harmed.
Deficiency timeline
Citations are listed by scope/severity (most severe first), not chronologically; each entry is labeled current-cycle or historical.
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 that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
57 more citations on file — Abuse & neglect 2 · Accidents & supervision 1 · Medication & pharmacy 2 · Resident rights 10 · Other citations 40 (expand)
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
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 residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
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 appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
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.
Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly
Hire a qualified full-time social worker in a facility with more than 120 beds.
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Provide routine and 24-hour emergency dental care for each resident.
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.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Provide appropriate foot care.
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Establish 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.
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.
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.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
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.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
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.
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Overall CMS star rating
This facility: 1 · CMS state average: 3.2
Both figures as published by CMS.
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How to read this record
Making sense of a CMS inspection record
CMS scores every citation on a grid from A to L, combining how widespread a finding was with how serious it was. A–C is a deficiency CMS classifies as no harm; D–F as the potential for harm; G–I as actual harm that reached a resident; and J–L as immediate jeopardy, CMS’s most serious level. Later letters mark more serious findings.
Three questions to ask on a tour
- How is the home staffed on nights, weekends, and holidays?
- What happens when a resident’s condition changes suddenly?
- How, and how quickly, are families told about an incident?