Nursing home
Ocean Pointe Healthcare Center
1330 17Th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404 · Map
For profit - Individual · Part of Aspen Skilled Healthcare (34 facilities) · 72 certified beds
Ocean Pointe Healthcare Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Santa Monica, California. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 4.19 hours per resident per day, below the California average of 4.51. Its most recent inspection on Mar 20, 2025 cited 15 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $55,450In CMS records: 2 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 Ocean Pointe 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) | 4.19 | 4.51 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.43 | 0.65 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.66 | 2.64 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 39.5% | 38.1% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 15.0 | 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: 1 fine totaling $55,450, 2 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Ocean Pointe 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
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Mar 24, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Dec 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 14, 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 · Nov 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Notify the appropriate authorities when residents with MD or ID services has a significant change in condition.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Nov 14, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Nov 13, 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 · Sep 30, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Environmental Deficiencies · Mar 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Environmental Deficiencies · Mar 20, 2025 · 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 · Mar 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Mar 20, 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
- 1330 17Th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404 - CMS certification #
- 055155
- Ownership
- For profit - Individual
- Certified beds
- 72
- Avg residents/day
- 62.4
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1979-06-01
- Chain
- Aspen Skilled Healthcare (34 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Aspen Skilled Healthcare
Aspen Skilled Healthcare operates 34 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Aspen Skilled Healthcare facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Ocean Pointe 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.
- Smoke-free.
Smoking is not permitted in the facility.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Santa Monica - Ucla Med Ctr & Orthopaedic Hospital, Santa Monica. 0.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 5 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Berkley West Healthcare Center, Santa Monica. 0.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- A Plus Care, LLC, Los Angeles. 1.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- SMC 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 90404 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Santa Monica Dialysis, Santa Monica, 0.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Brentwood Home Training, Los Angeles, 1.7 miles away, straight line
Davita Century City Dialysis Center, Los Angeles, 3.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 92 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 90404.
Luxe Hospice, Inc, office in Pacific Palisades, 2.9 miles away, straight line
Caring Like Family Hospice, office in Marina Del Rey, 3.5 miles away, straight line
Roze Room Hospice, office in Culver City, 5.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- The Regents Of The University Of California, Santa Monica. 0.1 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: relatively high. 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 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| 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
Is Ocean Pointe Healthcare Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Ocean Pointe Healthcare Center an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Ocean Pointe Healthcare Center staffed?
Ocean Pointe Healthcare Center reports 4.19 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the California average of 4.51.
Has Ocean Pointe Healthcare Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 15 deficiencies.
How many beds does Ocean Pointe Healthcare Center have?
Ocean Pointe Healthcare Center is certified for 72 beds.