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ARTESIA PALMS CARE CENTER

An independent review of Artesia Palms Care Center's safety record, its Medicare rating, health-inspection citations, staffing, fines and complaints, drawn from public federal data (not user star-ratings).

11900 E. ARTESIA BLVD. · ARTESIA, CA 90701 · 296 beds
Phone: 5628650271
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Open Care Data Safety Grade

This facility raises serious safety concerns and ranks well below its peers.

Starts from the Medicare rating, then weighs an abuse finding on record; below-average staffing; high RN turnover (56%); $267,056 in federal fines. How we grade · See how it compares
Open Care Data's independent assessment of public federal data, not an official CMS rating. Data can lag or change. Operate this facility? Report a correction.

Recent News August 2026 federal update

Removed from the federal Special Focus watch list

In the August 2026 federal update, this facility was no longer listed under the federal Special Focus Facility program, which tracks nursing homes with a persistent pattern of serious quality problems.

These changes are drawn from the U.S. federal (CMS) nursing home data. The facts are CMS's; the explanations are Open Care Data's. Federal data updates periodically and can lag current conditions. Operate this facility? Add context or report a correction.

Medicare Five-Star Rating · as of the latest federal update

Overall
1 / 5
Staffing
★★
2 / 5
Health Inspection
★★
2 / 5
Quality Measures
1 / 5

Top concerns What stands out in the record

  • Flagged for a serious abuse-related finding by inspectors.
  • Below-average overall Medicare rating (1 of 5 stars).
  • $267,056 in federal fines across 6 penalties.
  • Staffing rating is in the bottom tier, often the strongest predictor of care quality.
  • High registered-nurse turnover (56%), care continuity may suffer.
  • 20 deficiency citations on record in the last three years.

How it compares vs. 1165 CA nursing homes

Overall Medicare rating
1of 5 stars
Better than 0% of CA homes
Staffing rating
2of 5 stars
Better than 7% of CA homes
Health-inspection rating
2of 5 stars
Better than 19% of CA homes
Total nurse hours / resident / day
4.00318hrs
Better than 25% of CA homes
RN hours / resident / day
0.25537hrs
Better than 6% of CA homes
RN turnover
55.6%
Better than 19% of CA homes

Percentiles rank this facility against every other Medicare-rated nursing home in California, using the latest federal data.

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Safety & Enforcement Federal inspection record

Safety indicators

Abuse indicator Flagged, abuse finding
Substantiated complaints 0

Financial penalties

6
Fines
$267,056
Total fines
2
Payment denials
8
Total penalties

Staffing Hours per resident / day

0.25537
RN hours per resident / day
Benchmark ≥ 0.75
4.00318
Total nursing hours / day
Benchmark ≈ 4.1
3.91544
Weekend nursing hours / day
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Higher staffing, especially RN time, correlates with better outcomes and higher Medicare star ratings.

Recent Deficiency Citations Last 36 months · federal inspections

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Quality Measures Medicare quality data · lower is better

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