Nursing homeFAID #748
San Rafael Healthcare & Wellness Center
1601 5TH AVENUE, SAN RAFAEL, CA, 94901
(415) 456-7170
54 licensed beds
★★★★★2/5CMS Five-Star overall2/5 health inspections4/5 staffing4/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare
Public record summary
What we can show you for free.
Bed capacity
54
CMS facility ID
055331
Care type
Nursing home
County
Marin
Facility name
San Rafael Healthcare & Wellness Center
Street address
1601 5TH AVENUE
City / state / ZIP
San Rafael, CA 94901
Phone
(415) 456-7170
About this facility — San Rafael Healthcare & Wellness Center
San Rafael Healthcare & Wellness Center is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in San Rafael, California. It is licensed for 54 beds — below the median for skilled nursing facilities in California (98 beds).
It is one of 36 senior care facilities in San Rafael 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 San Rafael Healthcare & Wellness Center 84 times across 21 inspections in the last three years, including 6 food-safety citations, and CMS has imposed $8,278 in fines. 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
Corporate Interface Services
Ownership type
For profit - Limited Liability company
Registered owners & officers
Corporate Interface Services Llc
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2024
Dhugga, Gurpreet
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2019
Eretz San Rafael Properties Llc
Additional disclosable party — since 2014
Majer, Sol
Partner — since 2019
Rechnitz, Shlomo
Partner — since 2012
Rockport Administrative Services, Llc
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2012
San Rafael Wellness Gp Llc
Partner — since 2012
White, Charles
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2023
Regulatory standing
Licensed / certified since
1974-03-29
CMS overall rating
2 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
21 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
$8,278 total
Last standard inspection
2025-03-20
Nurse staffing
3.9 hours per resident per day
Cost & payer profile (FY2024 cost report)
Average billed charges
$575 per day (≈ $17,480/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.
Payer mix (resident days)
79% Medicaid · 13% Medicare · 9% private/other
Occupancy
93% (fiscal year 2024)
Vs. state median
12% above the CA median of $514/day — full state cost breakdown
Services & coverage
Licensed beds
54
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 2026-08-31. 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 6 food-safety citations on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.
2026-07-01Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0550
E · 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 2026-07-21
2026-06-09Health 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 2026-06-29
19 earlier / fire-safety inspections (82 citations)
2025-12-23Health 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 2026-01-02
2025-07-18Health 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 2025-08-07
2025-06-03Health inspectionComplaint-triggered3 citations
F-0557
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
Corrected 2025-07-01
F-0658
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Corrected 2025-07-01
F-0880
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2025-07-01
2025-05-07Health 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 2025-05-16
2025-04-23Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations
F-0697
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Corrected 2025-05-13
F-0919
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Corrected 2025-05-13
2025-04-10Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0552
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Corrected 2025-05-01
2025-03-27Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0689
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2025-04-29
2025-03-24Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations
F-0623
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Corrected 2025-04-16
F-0758
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
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 2025-04-16
2025-03-20Health inspection18 citations
F-0558
D · No harm found
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Corrected 2025-04-17
F-0559
D · No harm found
Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made.
Corrected 2025-04-17
F-0584
D · No harm found
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 2025-04-17
F-0623
D · No harm found
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Corrected 2025-04-17
F-0641
D · No harm found
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Corrected 2025-04-17
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 2025-04-17
F-0658
E · No harm found
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Corrected 2025-04-17
F-0677
D · No harm found
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Corrected 2025-04-17
F-0684
D · No harm found
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Corrected 2025-04-17
F-0693
D · No harm found
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.
Corrected 2025-04-17
F-0726
D · No harm found
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 2025-04-17
F-0759
D · No harm found
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Corrected 2025-04-17
F-0760
E · No harm found
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Corrected 2025-04-17
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 2025-04-17
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 2025-04-17
F-0825
D · No harm found
Provide or get specialized rehabilitative services as required for a resident.
Corrected 2025-04-17
F-0880
D · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2025-04-17
F-0921
D · No harm found
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Corrected 2025-04-17
2025-02-24Health inspectionComplaint-triggered3 citations
F-0559
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made.
Corrected 2025-03-12
F-0656
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Corrected 2025-03-12
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 2025-03-12
2024-08-19Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0698
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Corrected 2024-09-20
2024-05-07Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0726
D · 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 2024-07-01
2023-11-07Health 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 2023-11-30
2023-08-02Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0912
E · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.
Corrected 2023-08-02
2023-05-25Health inspection12 citations
F-0552
D · No harm found
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Corrected 2023-07-14
F-0558
D · No harm found
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Corrected 2023-07-14
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 2023-07-14
F-0641
E · No harm found
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Corrected 2023-07-14
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 2023-07-14
F-0692
D · No harm found
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Corrected 2023-07-14
F-0812
F · 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 2023-07-14
F-0813
D · No harm foundFood safety
Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
Corrected 2023-07-14
F-0814
D · No harm foundFood safety
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Corrected 2023-07-14
F-0842
D · No harm found
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Corrected 2023-07-14
F-0880
F · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2023-07-14
F-0921
D · No harm found
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Corrected 2023-07-14
2020-01-17Health inspection4 citations
F-0695
D · No harm found
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Corrected 2020-03-16
F-0801
E · No harm foundFood safety
Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
Corrected 2020-03-16
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 2020-03-16
F-0880
E · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2020-03-16
2025-03-20Fire-safety inspection5 citations
E-0031
F · No harm found
Provide emergency officials' contact information.
Corrected 2025-03-25
K-0353
D · No harm found
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Corrected 2025-03-27
K-0355
D · No harm found
Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.
Corrected 2025-03-27
K-0363
D · No harm found
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
Corrected 2025-04-15
K-0920
D · No harm found
Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
Corrected 2025-04-15
2023-05-25Fire-safety inspection11 citations
E-0006
E · No harm found
Conduct risk assessment and an All-Hazards approach.
Corrected 2023-06-28
E-0039
E · No harm found
Conduct testing and exercise requirements.
Corrected 2023-06-28
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 2023-06-28
K-0321
D · No harm found
Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
Corrected 2023-06-28
K-0324
D · No harm found
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
Corrected 2023-06-28
K-0341
D · No harm found
Install a fire alarm system that can be heard throughout the facility.
Corrected 2023-06-28
K-0347
D · No harm found
Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors.
Corrected 2023-06-28
K-0355
D · No harm found
Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.
Corrected 2023-06-28
K-0363
D · No harm found
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
Corrected 2023-06-28
K-0919
D · No harm found
Meet requirements for the use of electrical equipment.
Corrected 2023-06-28
K-0920
D · No harm found
Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
Corrected 2023-06-28
2020-01-17Fire-safety inspection13 citations
E-0006
D · No harm found
Conduct risk assessment and an All-Hazards approach.
Corrected 2020-03-25
E-0015
E · No harm found
Address subsistence needs for staff and patients.
Corrected 2020-03-25
E-0023
D · No harm found
Establish policies and procedures for medical documentation.
Corrected 2020-03-25
E-0026
D · No harm found
Establish roles under a Waiver declared by secretary.
Corrected 2020-03-25
E-0041
D · No harm found
Implement emergency and standby power systems.
Corrected 2020-03-25
K-0161
D · No harm found
Use approved construction type or materials.
Corrected 2020-03-25
K-0324
D · No harm found
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
Corrected 2020-03-25
K-0345
E · No harm found
Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
Corrected 2020-03-25
K-0347
D · No harm found
Properly provide smoke detection systems in areas open to corridors.
Corrected 2020-03-25
K-0363
D · No harm found
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
Corrected 2020-03-25
K-0531
D · No harm found
Have elevators that firefighters can control in the event of a fire.
Corrected 2020-03-25
K-0712
D · No harm found
Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
Corrected 2020-03-25
K-0741
D · No harm found
Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed.
Corrected 2020-03-25
Federal penalties
2025-03-20Fine$8,278
2025-03-20Medicare payment denial — 6 days
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 055331.
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Last verified 2026-08-31
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