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D

54/100

Below average

Bixby Towers Post-Acute Rehab

3747 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90807

CMS 2/5 stars #341 of 369 in Los Angeles County (562) 426-6123
Certified beds
99
Occupancy
89%
Ownership
For-profit
Accepts
Medicare + Medicaid

What to ask about before you visit

These are findings in the public CMS record for this home. They are not our opinion, each one comes straight from a federal inspection or enforcement file.

  • Special Focus Facility

    CMS has placed this home in its Special Focus Facility program for a persistent pattern of poor care. These homes get inspected twice as often.

  • $132,727 in federal fines

    CMS has fined this facility across 5 penalty action(s).

Our read on Bixby Towers Post-Acute Rehab

Bixby Towers runs 99 certified beds in Long Beach, and its nurse staffing sits at 4.26 hours per resident day, roughly 10% above the national average, though weekends dip about 7% below its own weekday levels. Staff turnover is 53.8%, well above the 45.8% national figure, and the inspection record carries 82 deficiencies, including six at the harm or jeopardy level and five tied to abuse, with four fines totaling $114,270. The most recent inspection was August 1, 2025, so the picture is current. Ownership is a for-profit limited liability company. Strong quality measure scores sit alongside a single-star inspection rating, worth asking about directly.

Written from the CMS figures for this home shown further down this page. Nothing here is paid for or supplied by the home.

How this grade was calculated

Every point is shown. Nothing is weighted behind the scenes, the full formula is on How we grade.

Inspection30/30Staffing18/30Stability9/15Outcomes15/15Enforcement0/10

A full pentagon is full marks. The shape shows what kind of good or bad a home is, two homes can share a score and look nothing alike.

Inspection safety

30/30

Citations from state health inspections over the last three surveys, weighted by how much harm CMS says they caused.

  • →No citations recorded in the last 3 years

Staffing

18/30

Nursing hours per resident per day, adjusted for how sick the residents are, plus RN cover and weekend consistency.

  • →4.43 total nurse hours per resident per day (national median 3.77)
  • →0.33 RN hours per resident per day
  • →Weekend staffing drops 7% against weekdays

Staff stability

9/15

How much of the nursing team leaves in a year. High turnover means a resident rarely sees the same face twice.

  • →54% of nursing staff left in the last year

Resident outcomes

15/15

The CMS quality-measure rating, built from resident outcomes like falls, pressure ulcers, infections and antipsychotic use.

  • →5 of 5 stars on the CMS quality-measure rating

Enforcement history

0/10

Fines and payment denials CMS has imposed. A denial of payment means CMS stopped paying for new admissions.

  • →$132,727 in federal fines across 5 action(s)
  • →-2 for 1 denial(s) of Medicare payment for new admissions

Grade ceiling applied

  • Capped at 54 (grade D), CMS Special Focus Facility

Staffing, against the national average

Full detail

Hours of nursing care each resident receives per day. The marker on each bar is the national average.

Total nurse hours per resident per day4.26 hrs
National average 3.86 hrsBetter than average
Registered nurse (RN) hours0.33 hrs
National average 0.69 hrsBelow average

RNs are the licence level most likely to catch a resident deteriorating.

Weekend nurse hours3.96 hrs
National average 3.42 hrsBetter than average

The shift most families visit, and the one thinned first.

Nursing staff turnover53.80%
National average 45.80%Below average

The share of nursing staff who left over the last year.

Recent inspection findings

Last standard health inspection: August 1, 2025 (1 year ago). No citations were recorded.

No health-inspection citations on record for this facility in the current CMS release.

Who owns this home

Full record

Part of ASPEN SKILLED HEALTHCARE, which operates 35 homes. Staffing budgets are usually set at chain level, not in the building.

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Common questions about Bixby Towers Post-Acute Rehab

What is the ElderGrade for Bixby Towers Post-Acute Rehab? +

Bixby Towers Post-Acute Rehab holds an ElderGrade of D (54 out of 100), which we describe as "below average". The grade combines its inspection citations, nurse staffing levels, staff turnover, resident outcomes and enforcement history from the federal CMS record.

How many nursing hours does each resident get at Bixby Towers Post-Acute Rehab? +

Residents receive an average of 4.26 nursing hours per day across all nursing staff, against a national average of 3.86 hours.

Has Bixby Towers Post-Acute Rehab been cited for harming residents? +

No. None of the 0 citations on record were scored at the levels CMS uses to indicate actual harm or immediate jeopardy.

Does Bixby Towers Post-Acute Rehab accept Medicaid? +

Yes, Bixby Towers Post-Acute Rehab is certified to accept Medicaid, which is the programme that pays for long-term custodial care once a resident meets their state's income and asset limits.