• CMS rates this facility 2/5 stars (below average)
• Has 124 certified beds with an average of 73.7 residents per day (59% occupancy)
• Last health inspection found 16 deficiencies (inspected Mar 6, 2025)
• Has been fined a total of $42,640 across 1 fine(s)
• Total nursing staff: 4.51 hours per resident per day
• Staff turnover rate: 52.0% (high)
Ridgecrest Regional Transitional Care and Rehabili is a 2-star Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in Ridgecrest, California with 124 certified beds. It has been operating since 2012. The facility scored below average compared to California facilities.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of 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.
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.
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.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
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.
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Include as part of its infection prevention and control program, mandatory training that includes written standards, policies, and procedures for the program.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
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.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods.
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.
Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
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.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
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.
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.
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
+ 19 more deficiencies
Staffing hours per resident per day. The black line shows the national average.
Quality measures as percentages of residents. Lower is better for all measures.
| Name | Role | Type | Ownership % | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SUVER, JAMES | OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | Individual | N/A | Feb 17, 2009 |
| ABU-ISSA, SHROOQ | CORPORATE DIRECTOR | Individual | N/A | May 1, 2021 |
| COSNER, LAWRENCE | CORPORATE DIRECTOR | Individual | N/A | May 1, 2023 |
| ELLIS, CHRISTOPHER | CORPORATE DIRECTOR | Individual | N/A | May 1, 2021 |
| HANNON, MARGARET | CORPORATE DIRECTOR | Individual | N/A | May 1, 2017 |
| HASLAM, GEORGE | CORPORATE DIRECTOR | Individual | N/A | May 1, 2016 |
| HOPPUS, MARTHA | CORPORATE DIRECTOR | Individual | N/A | May 1, 2022 |
| LYONS, DANA | CORPORATE DIRECTOR | Individual | N/A | May 1, 2018 |
| READ, ANITA | CORPORATE DIRECTOR | Individual | N/A | May 1, 2017 |
| RIZZARDINI, JAMES | CORPORATE DIRECTOR | Individual | N/A | May 1, 2019 |
| SORBO, PAIGE | CORPORATE DIRECTOR | Individual | N/A | May 1, 2017 |
| THARP, JUDITH | CORPORATE DIRECTOR | Individual | N/A | May 1, 2022 |
| SUVER, JAMES | CORPORATE OFFICER | Individual | N/A | Feb 17, 2009 |
| LOCK, KIMBERLY | W-2 MANAGING EMPLOYEE | Individual | N/A | Dec 2, 2015 |