Nursing home
Brier Oak on Sunset
5154 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Genesis Healthcare (193 facilities) · 159 certified beds
Brier Oak on Sunset is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Los Angeles, California. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.79 hours per resident per day, below the California average of 4.51. Its most recent inspection on Jan 3, 2025 cited 45 deficiencies.
- 3 fines totaling $94,221In CMS records: 4 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Brier Oak on Sunset 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) | 3.79 | 4.51 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.42 | 0.65 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.48 | 2.64 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 28.2% | 38.1% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 45.0 | 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: 3 fines totaling $94,221, 4 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Brier Oak on Sunset
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
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Environmental Deficiencies · Mar 4, 2026 · 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 · Feb 4, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jan 14, 2026 · 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 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Dec 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
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.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 8, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Nov 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 18, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 18, 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
- 5154 Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027 - CMS certification #
- 056056
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 159
- Avg residents/day
- 135.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1979-01-01
- Chain
- Genesis Healthcare (193 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Genesis Healthcare
Genesis Healthcare operates 193 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Genesis Healthcare facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Brier Oak on Sunset using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2020, 5 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
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, most recently for a period ending May 26, 2011.
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.
- May 29, 2020: accident investigation inspection, partial (health). Case closed Nov 10, 2021. 5 violations cited (3 serious, 2 other). Penalties: $41,625 proposed, $17,100 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Brier Oak on Sunset.
Details
- Other than serious: Cited rule 3203(A). Penalty $375 proposed, $300 now. To be fixed by Jul 6, 2021. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 5199(C)(1). Penalty $750 proposed, $600 now. To be fixed by Jul 6, 2021. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Cited rule 5199(C)(3). Penalty $13,500 proposed, $5,400 now. To be fixed by Jul 6, 2021. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Cited rule 5199(C)(5). Penalty $13,500 proposed, $5,400 now. To be fixed by Jul 6, 2021. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Cited rule 5199(C)(6). Penalty $13,500 proposed, $5,400 now. To be fixed by Jul 6, 2021. Contested by the employer.
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
- Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, Los Angeles. 0.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Alexandria Care Center, Los Angeles. 0.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Royal Hollywood Healthcare, Inc., Los Angeles. 0.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Pharmacy. 0.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 90027 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Hollywood Dialysis Center, Los Angeles, 0.0 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Kaiser Foundation Hospital Medical Ctr.- Sunset, Los Angeles, 0.5 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Childrens Hospital Of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, 2.0 miles away, straight line - Hospice
- 267 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 90027.
E2 Hospice, Inc, office in Los Angeles, 0.1 miles away, straight line
Pm Care Hospice, office in Los Angeles, 0.6 miles away, straight line
Hillhurst Hospice, Inc, office in Los Angeles, 0.8 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Los Angeles. 0.2 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor 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: 0.2% annual chance (500-year) flood area (moderate risk). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: very high. By hazard: inland flooding relatively high, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake very 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 |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Brier Oak on Sunset a good nursing home?
CMS gives Brier Oak on Sunset an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Brier Oak on Sunset staffed?
Brier Oak on Sunset reports 3.79 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the California average of 4.51.
Has Brier Oak on Sunset had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 45 deficiencies.
How many beds does Brier Oak on Sunset have?
Brier Oak on Sunset is certified for 159 beds.