Nursing home
Fruitvale Healthcare Center
3020 East 15Th Street, Oakland, CA 94601 · Map
For profit - Partnership · Part of Mariner Health Care (18 facilities) · 140 certified beds
Fruitvale Healthcare Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Oakland, California. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.88 hours per resident per day, below the California average of 4.51. Its most recent inspection on Oct 24, 2024 cited 4 deficiencies. Note: it carries a CMS abuse icon.
- CMS abuse iconThis facility has an active abuse icon on its CMS record.
- 27 fines totaling $156,085In CMS records: 27 total penalties.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Fruitvale Healthcare 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) | 3.88 | 4.51 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.39 | 0.65 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.67 | 2.64 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 24.8% | 38.1% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 4.0 | 15.4 | 9.5 | below 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: 27 fines totaling $156,085, 27 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Fruitvale Healthcare 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
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · May 9, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Actual 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, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Oct 24, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Oct 24, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 6, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Apr 29, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Mar 8, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Feb 15, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Dec 10, 2021 - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 10, 2021 - Potential for harm
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Dec 10, 2021
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
- 3020 East 15Th Street
Oakland, CA 94601 - CMS certification #
- 555358
- Ownership
- For profit - Partnership
- Certified beds
- 140
- Avg residents/day
- 128.2
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1989-04-20
- Chain
- Mariner Health Care (18 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Mariner Health Care
Mariner Health Care operates 18 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Mariner Health Care facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Fruitvale Healthcare Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Workplace safety 2 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2021, 10 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
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 9, 2022: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case closed Jul 21, 2025. 6 violations cited (1 serious, 5 other). Penalties: $10,355 proposed, $6,050 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Fruitvale Operating Company, LP.
Details
- Other than serious: Cited rule 332.4. Penalty $375 proposed, $375 now. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 356(A). Penalty $375 proposed, $0 now. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 5144(M)(4). Penalty $375 proposed, $375 now. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 5199(C)(9). Penalty $375 proposed, $0 now. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 5194(E)(1). Penalty $420 proposed, $300 now. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Cited rule 5199(C)(5). Penalty $8,435 proposed, $5,000 now. Contested by the employer.
- Feb 16, 2021: accident investigation inspection, partial (health). Case closed Apr 14, 2025. 4 violations cited (1 serious, 3 other). Penalties: $22,310 proposed, $13,310 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Fruitvale Operating Company, LP.
Details
- Other than serious: Cited rule 5199(C)(9). Penalty $375 proposed, $375 now. To be fixed by Sep 3, 2021. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 5194(E)(1). Penalty $560 proposed, $560 now. To be fixed by Sep 3, 2021. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 5199(C). Penalty $1,125 proposed, $2,250 now. To be fixed by Sep 3, 2021. Contested by the employer.
- Serious: Cited rule 5199(C)(6)(B). Penalty $20,250 proposed, $10,125 now. To be fixed by Aug 11, 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
- Highland Hospital, Oakland. 1.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 1 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Garfield Neurobehavioral Center, Oakland. 0.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Baypoint Home Health, Inc, Alameda. 1.2 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 94601 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Rai - East Bay - Oakland, Oakland, 0.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Shc Oakland Waterfront, Oakland, 2.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Rai - Bancroft Ave - Oakland, Oakland, 3.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 39 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 94601.
Sutter Care At Home, office in Alameda, 2.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Asian Network Hospice, Inc, office in Oakland, 2.5 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Accentcare Hospice & Palliative Care Of Ca - Oakla, office in Oakland, 2.7 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Alameda Health System, Oakland. 1.4 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
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: very high. By hazard: inland flooding relatively high, coastal flooding relatively low, tornado very 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 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| 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 Fruitvale Healthcare Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Fruitvale Healthcare Center an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Fruitvale Healthcare Center staffed?
Fruitvale Healthcare Center reports 3.88 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the California average of 4.51.
Has Fruitvale Healthcare Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 4 deficiencies.
How many beds does Fruitvale Healthcare Center have?
Fruitvale Healthcare Center is certified for 140 beds.