Santa Monica Health Care Center
Medicare-certified1320 20TH STREET, Santa Monica, CA 90404
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Santa Monica Rehabilitation Center brings skilled nursing and rehabilitation services to California's coast with a focus on personalized recovery. Our compassionate team helps patients regain independence through evidence-based therapies and round-the-clock medical care, supporting each person's path back to their best self.
Capacity
144 residents
Location
Santa Monica, CA
Status
Listed in a public registry
1338 20TH STREET, Santa Monica, California 90404
From CMS Care Compare, the federal record every Medicare-certified nursing home is held to. Data as of September 1, 2026. Check it on Medicare.gov
At its most recent standard inspection, on May 22, 2026, state inspectors cited 53 health deficiencies (the California average is 15.5).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 4 hours 1 minute with each resident a day, below the California average of 4 hours 31 minutes.
Medicare fined Santa Monica Rehabilitation Center 3 times in the last three years, $143,164 in total.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 4 hours 1 minuteBelow the California average |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 26 minutesBelow the California average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 56%Above the California average |
173 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
July 30, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 4 citations
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
July 22, 2026 · Complaint investigation · 1 citation
Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food prepared in a form designed to meet individual needs.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Provide or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Ensure that residents are assessed for appropriateness for a feeding assistant program, receive services as per their plan of care, and feeding assistants are trained and supervised.
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods.
Not require residents to give up Medicare or Medicaid benefits, or pay privately as a condition of admission; and must tell residents what care they do not provide.
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3 fines totaling $143,164 and 2 Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
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State inspectors visited on May 22, 2026 and cited 53 health deficiencies, 35 of them from complaint investigations. The California average is 15.5.
Nurses and aides spend 4 hours 1 minute with each resident per day, including 26 minutes from registered nurses. 56% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Yes. Medicare fined Santa Monica Rehabilitation Center 3 times in the last three years, totaling $143,164.
Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled nursing per benefit period after a qualifying 3-day hospital stay — fully for the first 20 days, then with a daily copay. Long-term custodial stays are generally not covered.
A semi-private room averages about $7,900 per month nationally; private rooms cost more. Medicaid is the largest payer for long-term nursing home care.
Medicare rates nursing homes 1 to 5 stars on its Care Compare site. We don't repeat those stars here. Each nursing home page shows Medicare's underlying record instead: inspections, staffing and fines, with a link to check it on Medicare.gov.