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PACS GROUP

Every nursing home CMS records under this group, and how the portfolio performs as a whole. Consistency across a group says more about an operator than any single building.

Homes

275

States

16

Beds

31,274

Avg score

73.3

Avg turnover

46%

Federal fines

$8,869,359

Flags across this group

29 of the group's homes carry a CMS abuse icon. 11 homes are in or a candidate for the Special Focus Facility programme.

All 275 homes

D

54/100

Antelope Valley Care Center

Lancaster, CA · Los Angeles County

CMS 2/5199 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
Nurse hours
4.11 /day
Staff turnover
44%
Serious cites
0

Abuse icon on record

Antelope Valley Care Center holds 199 certified beds in Lancaster under for-profit LLC ownership, and its record carries real weight: 170 deficiencies, five at harm or jeopardy level and eleven tied to abuse, with $124,690 in fines and a place in CMS's Special Focus Facility program. Staffing sits at 4.11 nurse hours per resident day, about 7% above the national average, but weekends run roughly 10% thinner than weekdays, and the staffing star rating is only 2 of 5. Annual turnover of 44.3% is slightly better than the 45.8% national figure, yet the inspection rating remains 1 of 5 despite a recent survey in August 2025.

D

53/100

Forest Acres Post Acute

Columbia, SC · Richland County

CMS 1/5132 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
Nurse hours
2.88 /day
Staff turnover
65%
Serious cites
0

Forest Acres runs lean on nurses, 2.88 hours per resident day against a national average of 3.86, roughly a quarter below what CMS considers typical, and weekends drop about 7% further from its own weekday levels. That thin coverage shows up in the numbers: 64.9% of staff left over the past year, versus 45.8% nationally, and the current record carries 10 deficiencies, including one at the harm or jeopardy level and one tied to abuse. A single $82,018 fine and a May 2025 inspection round out the picture at this for-profit, limited-liability home. The quality measure rating looks good on paper, but staffing is what families actually feel day to day.

D

50/100

Marietta Heights Post Acute

Marietta, OH · Washington County

99 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
Nurse hours
4.16 /day
Staff turnover
71%
Serious cites
0

Special Focus Facility

Marietta Heights runs nurse staffing at 4.16 hours per resident day, roughly 8% above the national average, so the raw coverage number looks fine on paper. But weekends drop about 20% below its own weekday levels, and annual turnover sits at 70.8% against a national 45.8%, meaning the people providing that care are cycling through fast. The record shows 132 deficiencies, 13 of them at harm or jeopardy level and 8 abuse-related, plus $439,979 in CMS fines across four events. That combination landed it in the Special Focus Facility program. If you're considering this home, ask specifically how weekend coverage is staffed and what's changed since the March 2026 inspection.

D

49/100

Lakeview Post Acute

Florissant, MO · St. Louis County

CMS 1/5120 bedsFor-profitMedicaid
Nurse hours
3.97 /day
Staff turnover
83%
Serious cites
0

Lakeview Post Acute runs 3.97 nurse hours per resident day, which edges past the national average of 3.86, but that number hides a staffing churn problem. Turnover sits at 83.3%, nearly double the national rate, and weekend coverage drops about 11% below weekdays, so the aide who knows your mother on Tuesday may be gone by next month. The inspection record is where it gets hard to ignore: 92 deficiencies, 8 at harm or jeopardy level, 5 tied to abuse, and a $176,501 fine, with the last inspection in October 2024. For-profit LLC ownership, and CMS rates staffing and health inspections 1 out of 5.

-

Not graded

Pacific Villas Post Acute

Oceanside, CA · San Diego County

For-profit
Nurse hours
n/a /day
Staff turnover
n/a
Serious cites
0

A clean federal record is genuinely uncommon, and Pacific Villas Post Acute has one: zero deficiencies on its current CMS record, none at the harm or immediate-jeopardy level, and nothing abuse-related. Its most recent inspection closed out in March 2025, so that record is recent rather than a stale snapshot from years ago. The catch is that this is a for-profit limited liability company, and a spotless inspection file tells you what surveyors found on one visit, not what daily staffing looks like between visits. Before you commit, ask for the direct-care hours per resident per day and the nursing turnover rate, because those are the numbers a good inspection can't speak to.