Kern River Transitional Care
5151 Knudsen Drive, Bakersfield, CA, 93308
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Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed June 2026.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company · Chain: Pacs Group
- Certified beds
- 140 · avg 133 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 48.9% — higher than most California nursing homesCalifornia avg: 37.4% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 25% — lower than most California nursing homesCalifornia avg: 39.4% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 1 departed — near the California averageCalifornia avg: 0.4 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 1 fine · $77,720 total
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 555912
- Certified beds
- 140 beds · avg 133 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Bakersfieldidence Opco Llc
- Chain affiliation
- Pacs Group
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Pacs Group chain — 279 facilities across 16 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 3.0 / 5.
Disclosed owners (11 on record)
- Jason h Murray
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 42% · since 2024
- Mark d Hancock
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 42% · since 2024
- Frederick g Apt
Corporate Officer · since 2024
- John t Mitchell
Corporate Officer · since 2024
- Joshua o Jergensen
Corporate Officer · since 2024
- Pacs Group, Inc.Holding
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 100% · since 2023
+ 5 additional owners on the federal record.
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 95)
- D0656·Apr 29, 2026Complaint
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- D0580·Apr 29, 2026Complaint
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- D0726·Jul 28, 2025Complaint
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
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.
- D0690·Jul 28, 2025Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- D0658·Jul 28, 2025Complaint
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- D0552·Jul 28, 2025Complaint
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- D0684·May 16, 2025Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- D0849·May 15, 2025Complaint
Administration Deficiencies
Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20231 fine · $78K
Most recent events
- Dec 7, 2023Fine · $78K
Fire-safety citations
18 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Apr 24, 2025. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Jun 1, 2026.
Facility background report
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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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