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Desert Springs Healthcare & Wellness Centre

82262 VALENCIA AVENUE, INDIO, CA, 92201

(760) 347-6000

68 licensed beds

CMS rates Desert Springs Healthcare & Wellness Centre 3 out of 5 overall. Federal inspectors issued 66 citations across 19 inspections in the last three years, with no federal fines. Listing last updated 2026-11-06.

★★★★★3/5CMS Five-Star overall3/5 health inspections2/5 staffing4/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Indio, CA 92201

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Public record summary

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Bed capacity

CMS facility ID

555084

Care type

Nursing home

County

Riverside

Facility name

Desert Springs Healthcare & Wellness Centre

Street address

82262 VALENCIA AVENUE

City / state / ZIP

Indio, CA 92201

Phone

(760) 347-6000

About this facility — Desert Springs Healthcare & Wellness Centre

Desert Springs Healthcare & Wellness Centre is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Indio, California. It is licensed for 68 beds — below the median for skilled nursing facilities in California (98 beds).

It is one of 11 senior care facilities in Indio 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 Desert Springs Healthcare & Wellness Centre 66 times across 19 inspections in the last three years, including 3 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 November 6, 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

Citrus Wellness Centre

Ownership type

For profit - Limited Liability company

Registered owners & officers

Citrus Wellness Centre Llc

Direct owner — 97% stake — since 2010

Corporate Interface Services Llc

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2024

Indio-let Llc

Additional disclosable party — since 2025

Lin, Sam

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2025

Rechnitz, Shlomo

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2010

Rockport Administrative Services, Llc

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2010

Thomas, Dillon

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2025

Weiss, Jonathan

Direct owner — since 2010

Regulatory standing

Licensed / certified since

1978-04-01

CMS overall rating

3 of 5 stars

Health deficiencies

11 at the last standard inspection

Federal fines

None on record

Last standard inspection

2025-09-18

Nurse staffing

4.1 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges

$912 per day (≈ $27,720/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.

Payer mix (resident days)

49% Medicaid · 24% Medicare · 27% private/other

Occupancy

94% (fiscal year 2023)

Vs. state median

77% above the CA median of $514/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds

Medicare

Accepted

Medicaid

Accepted

Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report · last verified 2026-11-06. 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 3 food-safety citations on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.

2026-08-12Health inspectionComplaint-triggered3 citations

F-0607

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.

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.

F-0684

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

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

2026-05-27Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0686

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

Corrected 2026-06-04

17 earlier / fire-safety inspections (62 citations)

2025-09-18Health inspection7 citations

F-0552

D · No harm found

Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.

Corrected 2025-10-10

F-0578

D · No harm found

Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.

Corrected 2025-10-10

F-0605

D · No harm found

Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.

Corrected 2025-10-10

F-0641

D · No harm found

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

Corrected 2025-10-10

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 2025-10-10

F-0761

E · No harm found

Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.

Corrected 2025-10-10

F-0880

E · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2025-10-10

2025-07-30Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0569

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death.

Corrected 2025-07-31

2025-04-17Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0676

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

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

Corrected 2025-05-09

2025-03-27Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0684

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

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

Corrected 2025-04-15

2025-01-24Health 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 2025-01-29

2024-09-18Health inspectionComplaint-triggered4 citations

F-0550

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

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

Corrected 2024-09-24

F-0697

G · Actual harmFrom a complaint

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

Corrected 2024-09-24

F-0755

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

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

Corrected 2024-09-24

F-0908

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Keep all essential equipment working safely.

Corrected 2024-09-24

2024-09-17Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations

F-0684

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

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

Corrected 2024-10-03

F-0726

E · No harm foundFrom a complaint

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.

Corrected 2024-10-03

2024-08-09Health 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 2024-08-12

2024-07-18Health inspection13 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 2024-08-07

F-0578

E · No harm found

Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.

Corrected 2024-08-07

F-0656

E · 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 2024-08-07

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 2024-08-07

F-0684

D · No harm found

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

Corrected 2024-08-07

F-0689

D · No harm found

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

Corrected 2024-08-07

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 2024-08-07

F-0756

E · 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 2024-08-07

F-0757

E · No harm found

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

Corrected 2024-08-07

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 2024-08-07

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 2024-08-07

F-0880

E · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2024-08-07

F-0881

D · No harm found

Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

Corrected 2024-08-07

2023-12-19Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0684

E · No harm foundFrom a complaint

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

Corrected 2023-12-21

2023-12-07Health 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 2023-12-12

2023-10-25Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations

F-0600

G · Actual harmFrom a complaint

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

Corrected 2023-11-13

F-0744

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia.

Corrected 2023-11-13

2022-12-12Health inspection10 citations

F-0625

D · No harm found

Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.

Corrected 2023-01-11

F-0641

D · No harm found

Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

Corrected 2023-01-11

F-0684

D · No harm found

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

Corrected 2023-01-11

F-0685

D · No harm found

Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.

Corrected 2023-01-11

F-0692

E · No harm found

Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

Corrected 2023-01-11

F-0761

E · No harm found

Corrected 2023-01-11

F-0812

E · No harm foundFood safety

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Corrected 2023-01-11

F-0814

F · No harm foundFood safety

Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.

Corrected 2023-01-11

F-0865

E · No harm found

Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.

Corrected 2023-01-11

F-0880

E · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2023-01-11

2026-07-09Fire-safety inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

K-0521

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions.

Corrected 2026-07-17

2025-09-18Fire-safety inspection5 citations

K-0100

D · No harm found

Meet other general requirements.

Corrected 2025-09-19

K-0324

D · No harm found

Provide properly protected cooking facilities.

Corrected 2025-10-01

K-0363

D · No harm found

Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.

Corrected 2025-09-19

K-0511

D · No harm found

Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment.

Corrected 2025-09-19

K-0918

F · No harm found

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

Corrected 2025-10-14

2024-07-18Fire-safety inspection2 citations

K-0161

D · No harm found

Use approved construction type or materials.

Corrected 2024-07-29

K-0511

D · No harm found

Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment.

Corrected 2024-07-29

2022-12-12Fire-safety inspection9 citations

E-0031

D · No harm found

Provide emergency officials' contact information.

Corrected 2023-01-10

K-0161

D · No harm found

Use approved construction type or materials.

Corrected 2023-01-10

K-0211

D · No harm found

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

Corrected 2023-01-10

K-0324

D · No harm found

Provide properly protected cooking facilities.

Corrected 2023-01-10

K-0353

D · No harm found

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2023-01-10

K-0355

D · No harm found

Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.

Corrected 2023-01-10

K-0363

E · No harm found

Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.

Corrected 2023-01-10

K-0374

D · No harm found

Install smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes.

Corrected 2023-01-10

K-0914

D · No harm found

Ensure receptacles at patient bed locations and where general anesthesia is administered, are tested after initial installation, replacement or servicing.

Corrected 2023-01-10

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 555084.

Quality of care & staffing

How it compares in California.

Inspection citations, 3 years

More than 51% of nursing homes in the state

State median: 65

Federal fines, 3 years

No federal fines on record

State median: $0

Nurse staffing, hours per resident per day

4.1

Higher than 31% of nursing homes in the state

State median: 4.3

Resident outcomes

On 21 federal quality measures, this facility does better than the California average on 11 and worse on 6. Differences within 10% of the average are shown as near average.

Long-stay residents	This facility	State	US	Compared with state
Need for help with daily activities has increased	5.6%	10.2%	13.5%	Better than state
Lose too much weight	2.0%	4.1%	5.1%	Better than state
With a catheter inserted and left in their bladder	0.0%	0.7%	0.7%	Better than state
With a urinary tract infection	0.6%	1.2%	1.5%	Better than state
Have depressive symptoms	2.1%	7.6%	13.5%	Better than state
Were physically restrained	0.0%	0.3%	0.1%	Better than state
Experiencing one or more falls with major injury	0.6%	1.6%	3.2%	Better than state
Assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	100.0%	98.7%	93.7%	Near state average
Ability to walk independently worsened	3.4%	8.9%	12.7%	Better than state
Received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication	15.1%	13.7%	19.5%	Worse than state
Assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine	97.9%	97.9%	95.3%	Near state average
With pressure ulcers	0.6%	4.3%	4.5%	Better than state
With new or worsened bowel or bladder incontinence	15.3%	9.8%	18.3%	Worse than state
Received an antipsychotic medication	9.6%	12.3%	15.4%	Better than state
Hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days	2.83	2.21	1.81	Worse than state
Outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days	1.70	1.50	1.69	Worse than state

Short-stay residents	This facility	State	US	Compared with state
Assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	92.0%	94.6%	82.3%	Near state average
Newly received an antipsychotic medication	0.8%	1.3%	1.5%	Better than state
Were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine	94.8%	93.1%	80.1%	Near state average
Were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission	25.2%	22.6%	23.4%	Worse than state
Had an outpatient emergency department visit	20.7%	11.1%	11.8%	Worse than state

Source: CMS MDS and Medicare claims quality measures, measure period 2025Q3-2026Q2. Averages are computed from all nursing homes reporting each measure.

Cited more than once

The same rule cited at separate inspections can point to a problem that wasn't fully fixed.

F-0684 6 inspections. Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
F-0880 3 inspections. Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
F-0689 3 inspections. Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
F-0578 2 inspections. Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
F-0641 2 inspections. Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
F-0756 2 inspections. Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.

Verify & compare

Where to check, and what's nearby.

Who to contact in California

Licensing: California Department of Public Health, Center for Health Care Quality, Licensing and Certification
File a complaint: 844-538-8766 · Online
Long-Term Care Ombudsman: 800-231-4024. A free advocate for residents and families.
Adult Protective Services: 833-401-0832. Some states send facility cases to licensing instead. In an emergency, call 911.
Eldercare Locator: 800-677-1116, a federal service for local aging help.

Nearest emergency hospitals

John F Kennedy Memorial Hospital, about 1.3 miles. CMS rating 2 of 5.
Desert Regional Medical Center, about 20 miles. CMS rating 2 of 5.
Hi-desert Medical Center, about 28 miles. CMS rating 2 of 5.

Source: CMS Hospital General Information. Straight-line distance.

Nearby facilities with inspection records

Desert Mountain Care Center, Indio, about 0.9 miles. CMS rating 4 of 5.
Sunset Retreats Senior Living, Indio, about 1.6 miles. 2 state visits on record.
Angelic Hands Senior Services, Indio, about 1.9 miles. 9 state visits on record.
A Luminescent Life, Indio, about 2.0 miles. 1 state visits on record.
Golden Life Manor Oasis, Indio, about 2.2 miles. 1 state visits on record.

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Last verified 2026-11-06

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