Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Medical Hill Healthcare Center
475 29Th Street, Oakland, CA 94609 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of Pacs Group (264 facilities) · 124 certified beds
Medical Hill Healthcare Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Oakland, California. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.98 hours per resident per day, below the California average of 4.51. Its most recent inspection on Aug 8, 2025 cited 10 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Medical Hill 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) | 3.98 | 4.51 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.60 | 0.65 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.52 | 2.64 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 34.4% | 38.1% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 10.0 | 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.
What inspectors found at Medical Hill 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
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 · Aug 8, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
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.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Aug 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 · Aug 8, 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 · Aug 8, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 8, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Aug 8, 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 · Aug 8, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Aug 8, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Aug 8, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · May 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Feb 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Oct 15, 2024 · 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
- 475 29Th Street
Oakland, CA 94609 - CMS certification #
- 555254
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 124
- Avg residents/day
- 118.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1987-02-03
- 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 Medical Hill Healthcare Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day, diabetes care, behavioral support, transportation
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2018, 5 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Medical Hill Healthcare 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.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
24/7 Nursing Care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers diabetes care.
Diabetes Care
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers behavioral support.
Our secure behavioral health unit was designed to help patients with mental wellness issues including Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, and more.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Transportation to appointments
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
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.
- Sep 21, 2018: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case closed Sep 3, 2019. 5 violations cited (5 other). Penalties: $3,375 proposed, $2,435 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Medical Hill Rehab Center, L.l.c.
Details
- Other than serious: Cited rule 3203(A). Penalty $900 proposed, $750 now. To be fixed by Mar 4, 2019. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 3342(C). Penalty $900 proposed, $750 now. To be fixed by Mar 4, 2019. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 5193(C)(1)(B). Penalty $900 proposed, $750 now. To be fixed by Mar 4, 2019. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 5193(C)(2). Penalty $450 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 4, 2019. Contested by the employer.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 6151(C)(1). Penalty $225 proposed, $185 now. To be fixed by Mar 4, 2019. 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
- Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond, Oakland. 0.8 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Mcclure Post Acute, Oakland. 0.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Astra Health Care Home Health Agency, Oakland. 0.8 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- VitaCare Pharmacy. 0.3 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 94609 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Rai-Telegraph-Peralta, Oakland, 0.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Rai Piedmont, Oakland, 0.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Rai-Oakland Home Program, Oakland, 0.2 miles away, straight line - Hospice
- 27 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 94609.
Asian Network Hospice, Inc, office in Oakland, 1.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Kaiser Foundation Hospital Hospice-Oakland, office in Oakland, 1.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Sutter Care At Home, office in Alameda, 2.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Lifelong Medical Care, Berkeley. 2.1 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
- 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 moderate, 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 |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Medical Hill Healthcare Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Medical Hill Healthcare Center an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Medical Hill Healthcare Center staffed?
Medical Hill Healthcare Center reports 3.98 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the California average of 4.51.
Has Medical Hill Healthcare Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 10 deficiencies.
How many beds does Medical Hill Healthcare Center have?
Medical Hill Healthcare Center is certified for 124 beds.