Nursing home
Artesia Palms Care Center
11900 E. Artesia Blvd., Artesia, CA 90701 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Pacs Group (264 facilities) · 296 certified beds
Artesia Palms Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Artesia, California. Nurse staffing is 5.28 hours per resident per day, above the California average of 4.51. Its most recent inspection on Dec 11, 2025 cited 19 deficiencies. Note: it is a CMS Special Focus Facility under enhanced oversight and it carries a CMS abuse icon.
- CMS abuse iconThis facility has an active abuse icon on its CMS record.
- Special Focus FacilityCMS has identified this facility for enhanced oversight.
- 6 fines totaling $294,128In CMS records: 9 total penalties, 3 Medicare payment denials.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Artesia Palms Care Center compares
This facility vs. the California and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | California avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 5.28 | 4.51 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.31 | 0.65 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.49 | 2.64 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 37.8% | 38.1% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 19.0 | 15.4 | 9.5 | above avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
Penalties in CMS records: 6 fines totaling $294,128, 9 total penalties, 3 Medicare payment denials.
What inspectors found at Artesia Palms Care Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 19, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Dec 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Dec 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Dec 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Minimal
Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.
Environmental Deficiencies · Dec 11, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 25, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 11900 E. Artesia Blvd.
Artesia, CA 90701 - CMS certification #
- 555565
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 296
- Avg residents/day
- 198.6
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1993-04-16
- Chain
- Pacs Group (264 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Pacs Group
Pacs Group operates 264 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Pacs Group facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Artesia Palms Care Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Transportation
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2023, 3 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Artesia Palms Care Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Provides transportation.
Arrange transportation to appointments
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Our semi-private rooms provide you with the comfort and privacy you need to heal.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Smoke-free.
For the safety and welfare of all residents and staff, we are a non-smoking facility.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
DOL also concluded 1 case here with no violations found.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Jun 15, 2023: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case closed Nov 6, 2023. 3 violations cited (3 other). Penalties: $935 proposed, $935 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Windsor Twin Palms Healthcare Center LLC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Other than serious: Cited rule 461(C). Penalty $375 proposed, $375 now. To be fixed by Nov 29, 2023.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 3203(A). Penalty $375 proposed, $375 now. To be fixed by Nov 29, 2023.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 3249(C). Penalty $185 proposed, $185 now. To be fixed by Dec 14, 2023.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Coast Plaza Hospital, Norwalk. 3.0 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 1 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Artesia Christian Home INC., Artesia. 0.8 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- L A Metropolitan Home Health, Incorporation, Artesia. 0.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 0.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 90701 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Cerritos Dialysis, Cerritos, 1.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Medical Care Norwalk East, Santa Fe Springs, 2.5 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Davita Firestone Blvd Dialysis, Norwalk, 2.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 79 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 90701.
Pure Care Hospice, Inc, office in Cerritos, 0.0 miles away, straight line
Hospice Of The East And Palliative Care Inc., office in Cerritos, 0.0 miles away, straight line
Passionate Heart Hospice, Inc, office in Artesia, 0.2 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Bellflower. 3.8 miles away, straight line. 2 geriatric medicine doctors listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Zone X: Area protected by a levee from the 1% annual chance flood (moderate risk). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: inland flooding relatively moderate, tornado very low, heat wave very low, earthquake relatively high. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | No kitchen matched |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: no FEMA wildfire rating of moderate or higher here |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
How is Artesia Palms Care Center staffed?
Artesia Palms Care Center reports 5.28 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the California average of 4.51.
Has Artesia Palms Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 19 deficiencies. This facility is on CMS's Special Focus list for enhanced oversight.
How many beds does Artesia Palms Care Center have?
Artesia Palms Care Center is certified for 296 beds.