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Ashby Care Center

Nursing home in Berkeley, CA

Medicare & Medicaid certified2★ overall (CMS)

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Public-record details

Address
2270 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705
Phone
(510) 841-9494
Listed under
For-profit
Medicare CCN
555466
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
31
Average residents per day
22
Ownership
For-profit, corporation
Legal business name
Mms Quality Nursing Services, INC.
Certified for
Medicare and Medicaid
First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
May 13, 1991
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 555466. 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 22, 2025. CMS lists 39 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Jun 16, 2021 to Jun 9, 2026): 7 from complaint inspections, 2 at the “actual harm” level or higher.

InspectionCitationSeverity
Jun 9, 2026Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Quality of Life and Care · complaint inspection		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Mar 5, 2026Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
Resident Rights · complaint inspection		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Mar 5, 2026Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Quality of Life and Care · complaint inspection		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
May 22, 2025Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.
Environmental		B
Potential for minimal harm, pattern
May 22, 2025Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
May 22, 2025Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.
Infection Control		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
May 22, 2025Honor 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
May 22, 2025Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
May 22, 2025Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.
Nursing and Physician Services		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
May 22, 2025Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
Nutrition and Dietary		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
May 22, 2025Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
May 22, 2025Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern

Showing the 12 most recent of 39. 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 $66,134 and 1 denial of Medicare payment for new admissions in the last three years.

Apr 10, 2024Fine: $66,134
Apr 10, 2024Payment denial for 8 days from May 1, 2024

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

Staffing

Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
22%

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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