Penn Mar Healthcare Center

Nursing home in El Monte, CA

Medicaid-certified2★ overall (CMS)

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Public-record details

Address: 3938 Cogswell Road, El Monte, CA 91732
Phone: (626) 401-1557
Listed under: For-profit
Medicare CCN: 05A360
Overall star rating: 2 of 5 ★★☆☆☆
Health inspection rating: 2 of 5
Staffing rating: 1 of 5
Quality measures rating: 5 of 5
Certified beds: 45
Average residents per day: 44
Ownership: For-profit, limited Liability company
Legal business name: Legal Business Name Not Available
Certified for: Medicaid
First approved by Medicare/Medicaid: Apr 25, 1985
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 05A360. Source: CMS Nursing Home Provider Information, Health Deficiencies and Penalties (record). Data as of 2026-09-30.

Inspection record

Most recent standard health inspection: Nov 21, 2025. CMS lists 70 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Nov 7, 2023 to Jun 24, 2026): 30 from complaint inspections, 1 at the “actual harm” level or higher.

Inspection	Citation	Severity
Jun 24, 2026	Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. Quality of Life and Care · complaint inspection	D Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Dec 4, 2025	Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. Resident Assessment and Care Planning · complaint inspection	D Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Nov 21, 2025	Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. Infection Control	B Potential for minimal harm, pattern
Nov 21, 2025	Educate 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	B Potential for minimal harm, pattern
Nov 21, 2025	Ensure resident rooms hold no more than 4 residents; for new construction after November 28, 2016, rooms hold no more than 2 residents. Environmental	B Potential for minimal harm, pattern
Nov 21, 2025	Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function. Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation	D Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Nov 21, 2025	Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. Resident Assessment and Care Planning	D Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Nov 21, 2025	Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. Pharmacy Service	D Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Nov 21, 2025	Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. Resident Rights	E Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Nov 21, 2025	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… Resident Rights	E Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Nov 21, 2025	Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. Resident Assessment and Care Planning	E Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Nov 21, 2025	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. Nursing and Physician Services	E Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern

Showing the 12 most recent of 70. 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 1 fine totalling $4,893 in the last three years.

Jan 8, 2024

Fine: $4,893

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: 3.35 hours
Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day: 0.20 hours
Nurse aide time per resident per day: 2.12 hours
Total nurse staffing on weekends: 2.96 hours
Nursing staff turnover (yearly): 57%
RN turnover (yearly): 100%
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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