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Saylor Lane Healthcare Center

Nursing home in Sacramento, CA

Medicare & Medicaid certified4★ overall (CMS)

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Public-record details

Address
3500 Folsom Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95816
Phone
(916) 457-3500
Listed under
For-profit, 4–5 star overall rating, No fines in 3 years
Medicare CCN
055417
Overall star rating
4 of 5 ★★★★☆
Health inspection rating
3 of 5
Staffing rating
4 of 5
Quality measures rating
5 of 5
Certified beds
42
Average residents per day
39
Ownership
For-profit, limited Liability company
Legal business name
Defender, LLC
Chain
Cypress Healthcare Group (13 facilities)
Certified for
Medicare and Medicaid
First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
Dec 31, 1971
Changed ownership in last 12 months
No
Continuing care retirement community
No
Located inside a hospital
No
Resident or family council
Resident council
Sprinklers in all required areas
Yes

CMS certification number 055417. Source: CMS Nursing Home Provider Information, Health Deficiencies and Penalties (record). Data as of 2026-09-30.

Inspection record

Most recent standard health inspection: May 8, 2025. CMS lists 41 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (May 19, 2022 to May 8, 2025): 2 from complaint inspections, 0 at the “actual harm” level or higher.

InspectionCitationSeverity
May 8, 2025Ensure 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.
Quality of Life and Care
D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
May 8, 2025Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff…
Infection Control
D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
May 8, 2025Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning
E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
May 8, 2025Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care
E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
May 8, 2025Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service
E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
May 8, 2025Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Pharmacy Service
E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
May 8, 2025Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Pharmacy Service
E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
May 8, 2025Ensure 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…
Pharmacy Service
E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
May 8, 2025Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.
Nutrition and Dietary
E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
May 8, 2025Ensure 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.
Nutrition and Dietary
E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
May 8, 2025Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control
E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
May 8, 2025Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary
F
Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread

Showing the 12 most recent of 41. Full inspection reports are on Medicare Care Compare.

Severity letters follow CMS's scope-and-severity grid: A–C potential for minimal harm, D–F potential for more than minimal harm, G–I actual harm, J–L immediate jeopardy. Most citations are corrected; a citation is what inspectors found on that date. Source: CMS Health Deficiencies file, processed Aug 1, 2026.

Fines and payment denials

CMS records no fines or payment denials for this facility in the last three years.

Source: CMS Penalties file, processed Aug 1, 2026. Amounts are as CMS reports them and may reflect later reductions or appeals.

Staffing

Total nurse staffing per resident per day
4.11 hours
Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
0.48 hours
Nurse aide time per resident per day
2.58 hours
Total nurse staffing on weekends
3.72 hours
Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
20%
Administrators who left in the past year
0

From payroll-based staffing data the facility submits to CMS. Hours are per resident per day.

A citation is what inspectors found on one date; most are corrected within weeks. Look for patterns — the same problem cited in several inspections — and for anything at the G–L level (actual harm or immediate jeopardy). The full inspection narrative (Form CMS-2567) is linked from Medicare Care Compare, and your state long-term care ombudsman can tell you about complaints.

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