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Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

3520 FOURTH AVENUE, SAN DIEGO, CA, 92103

(619) 291-5270

balboahc.com

194 licensed beds

★★★★★4/5CMS Five-Star overall3/5 health inspections2/5 staffing5/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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3520 Fourth Avenue

San Diego, CA 92103

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Public record summary

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Bed capacity

194

CMS facility ID

056105

Care type

Nursing home

County

San Diego

Facility name

Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

Street address

3520 FOURTH AVENUE

City / state / ZIP

San Diego, CA 92103

Phone

(619) 291-5270

Website

balboahc.com

About this facility — Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in San Diego, California. It is licensed for 194 beds — well above the median for skilled nursing facilities in California (98 beds).

It is one of 256 senior care facilities in San Diego and 1,165 skilled nursing facilities across California. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 72 times across 19 inspections in the last three years, including 2 food-safety citations; no federal fines are on record. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

Facility background

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Parent company

Pacs Group

Ownership type

For profit - Limited Liability company

Registered owners & officers

Apt, Frederick

Officer — since 2024

Christensen, Spencer

Managing employee · Operational control — since 2021

Hancock, Mark

Officer — since 2024

Jergensen, Joshua

Officer — since 2024

Mitchell, John

Officer — since 2024

Rajper, Saleem

Managing employee — since 2019

Regulatory standing

Federal court records

6 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)

Licensed / certified since

1969-10-10

CMS overall rating

4 of 5 stars

Health deficiencies

14 at the last standard inspection

Federal fines

None on record

Last standard inspection

2025-05-15

Nurse staffing

3.8 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges

$578 per day (≈ $17,570/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.

Payer mix (resident days)

5% Medicaid · 23% Medicare · 73% private/other

Occupancy

87% (fiscal year 2023)

Vs. state median

12% above the CA median of $514/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds

194

Medicare

Accepted

Medicaid

Accepted

Wheelchair accessible

entrance and parking

Visiting hours

Daily Open 24 hours

Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report; hours/accessibility via Google · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.

Inspection record

Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 2 food-safety citations on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.

2026-04-23Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0609

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

Corrected 2026-05-16

2026-03-05Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations

F-0757

E · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.

Corrected 2026-04-03

F-0881

E · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

Corrected 2026-04-03

16 earlier / fire-safety inspections (69 citations)

2026-01-27Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations

F-0583

F · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.

Corrected 2026-02-24

F-0584

E · No harm foundFrom a complaint

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.

Corrected 2026-02-24

2025-12-12Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0740

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.

Corrected 2026-01-09

2025-09-09Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0697

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.

Corrected 2025-10-03

2025-08-19Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0689

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Corrected 2025-09-18

2025-07-23Health inspectionComplaint-triggered3 citations

F-0684

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

F-0689

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Corrected 2025-09-05

F-0727

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.

2025-06-06Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0689

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Corrected 2025-07-03

2025-05-15Health inspection6 citations

F-0550

D · No harm found

Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

Corrected 2025-06-15

F-0641

D · No harm found

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

Corrected 2025-06-15

F-0656

D · No harm found

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Corrected 2025-06-15

F-0684

D · No harm found

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

Corrected 2025-06-15

F-0687

D · No harm found

Provide appropriate foot care.

Corrected 2025-06-15

F-0803

E · No harm foundFood safety

Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.

Corrected 2025-06-15

2025-03-20Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations

F-0655

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted

Corrected 2025-04-04

F-0740

G · Actual harmFrom a complaint

Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.

Corrected 2025-04-04

2024-08-05Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0600

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.

Corrected 2024-08-30

2024-06-27Health inspectionComplaint-triggered3 citations

F-0580

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.

Corrected 2024-07-26

F-0684

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

Corrected 2024-07-26

F-0842

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

Corrected 2024-07-26

2024-06-04Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0842

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

Corrected 2024-07-03

2022-08-25Health inspection13 citations

F-0576

D · No harm found

Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods.

Corrected 2022-09-19

F-0583

D · No harm found

Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.

Corrected 2022-09-19

F-0656

D · No harm found

Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

Corrected 2022-09-19

F-0658

D · No harm found

Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

Corrected 2022-09-19

F-0676

D · No harm found

Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.

Corrected 2022-09-19

F-0677

D · No harm found

Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

Corrected 2022-09-19

F-0688

E · No harm found

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.

Corrected 2022-09-19

F-0755

D · No harm found

Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

Corrected 2022-09-19

F-0756

D · No harm found

Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.

Corrected 2022-09-19

F-0757

D · No harm found

Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.

Corrected 2022-09-19

F-0758

D · No harm found

Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.

Corrected 2022-09-19

F-0759

D · No harm found

Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

Corrected 2022-09-19

F-0881

D · No harm found

Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

Corrected 2022-09-19

2019-01-18Health inspection6 citations

F-0558

D · No harm found

Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.

Corrected 2019-02-17

F-0641

E · No harm found

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

Corrected 2019-02-17

F-0755

D · No harm found

Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

Corrected 2019-02-17

F-0808

D · No harm foundFood safety

Ensure therapeutic diets are prescribed by the attending physician and may be delegated to a registered or licensed dietitian, to the extent allowed by State law.

Corrected 2019-02-17

F-0849

D · No harm found

Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.

Corrected 2019-02-17

F-0926

D · No harm found

Have policies on smoking.

Corrected 2019-02-17

2025-05-15Fire-safety inspection11 citations

E-0006

F · No harm found

Conduct risk assessment and an All-Hazards approach.

Corrected 2025-05-30

E-0039

F · No harm found

Conduct testing and exercise requirements.

Corrected 2025-06-15

E-0041

F · No harm found

Implement emergency and standby power systems.

Corrected 2025-05-30

K-0211

E · No harm found

Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.

Corrected 2025-05-27

K-0291

E · No harm found

Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours.

Corrected 2025-05-23

K-0324

D · No harm found

Provide properly protected cooking facilities.

Corrected 2025-05-22

K-0345

F · No harm found

Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.

Corrected 2025-05-23

K-0353

D · No harm found

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2025-06-01

K-0363

E · No harm found

Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.

Corrected 2025-05-23

K-0753

F · No harm found

Have restrictions on the use of highly flammable decorations.

Corrected 2025-05-25

K-0920

E · No harm found

Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.

Corrected 2025-05-27

2022-08-25Fire-safety inspection9 citations

E-0006

D · No harm found

Conduct risk assessment and an All-Hazards approach.

Corrected 2022-09-26

K-0211

D · No harm found

Keep aisles, corridors, and exits free of obstruction in case of emergency.

Corrected 2022-09-26

K-0347

D · No harm found

Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors.

Corrected 2022-09-26

K-0353

E · No harm found

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2022-09-26

K-0541

D · No harm found

Install properly constructed and protected linen or trash chutes.

Corrected 2022-09-26

K-0918

E · No harm found

Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

Corrected 2022-09-26

K-0919

D · No harm found

Meet requirements for the use of electrical equipment.

Corrected 2022-09-26

K-0920

E · No harm found

Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.

Corrected 2022-09-26

K-0923

E · No harm found

Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.

Corrected 2022-09-26

2019-01-18Fire-safety inspection8 citations

E-0032

D · No harm found

Provide primary/alternate means for communication.

Corrected 2019-04-08

K-0223

E · No harm found

Provide exit doors that are held open by devices that will automatically close on the activation of a fire alarm or smoke detector.

Corrected 2019-04-08

K-0227

D · No harm found

Have ramps, exits, fire escape ladders, steps, and areas of refuge that meet safety requirements.

Corrected 2019-04-08

K-0343

D · No harm found

Have a fire alarm with audible and visual signals that transmits the alarm automatically to notify emergency forces in event of fire.

Corrected 2019-04-08

K-0353

D · No harm found

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2019-04-08

K-0906

D · No harm found

Ensure gas cylinders are properly stored.

Corrected 2019-04-08

K-0919

D · No harm found

Meet requirements for the use of electrical equipment.

Corrected 2019-04-08

K-0920

D · No harm found

Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.

Corrected 2019-04-08

Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 056105.

Visitor reviews

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4.3187 ratings on Google

★★★★★Kathy Galea · 2026-07-21 · via Google
“My loved on was there for rehab after surgery. He is 6'7, and very stubborn. Way to much for me to handle. The nurses there are very gentle and kind. With an extra nudge from Dallin the administrator, and the great physical and occupational therapy team got him back on track. He's back home and walking around safely. I could of never done it. Thank you* Wonderful People.”

★★★★★nick lujan · 2025-11-13 · via Google
“I was a patient at Balboa Nursing Facility for over a month and have absolutely NO complaints. Housekeeping is excellent. The laundry care is awesome. The cafeteria did the best they could to accommodate everyone, and I enjoyed the meals. The care I received there was of the highest level and the staff always made sure I was comfortable and that my needs were met. Always cheerful, and often, I was…”

★★★★★g na · 2026-02-17 · via Google
“My mom was well cared for and loved at Balboa. I always knew she was safe. They communicated very well with me regarding all aspects of her care. The Social Services department is so helpful and clear with their communication. The PT, OT, ST dept is amazing. The nurses and CNAs are the best. The food is consistently very good...I know, I ate it myself. The cleaning crew and maintenance crew are al…”

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