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Kyakameena Care Center

2131 Carleton Street, Berkeley, CA, 94704

Type
Nursing home
Medicare/Medicaid certified · CCN 055715

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Federal Quality Data

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.

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CMS Star Ratings

Overall3 / 5
Health inspections3 / 5
Staffing4 / 5
Quality measures4 / 5

Facility & Staffing

Ownership
For profit - Corporation · Chain: Pratap Poddatoori
Certified beds
60 · avg 54 residents/day
Total nursing staff turnover
58.8%higher than most California nursing homesCalifornia avg: 37.4% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
RN turnover
40%near the California averageCalifornia avg: 39.4% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
Administrators who left
0 departednear the California averageCalifornia avg: 0.4 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare

Enforcement & Citations

Fines (past 3 years)
8 fines · $38,848 total

Medicare certification

CMS Certification Number
055715
Certified beds
60 beds · avg 54 residents/day
Ownership type
For profit - Corporation
Continuing-care community
No

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Ownership & operations

Legal business name
Sanhyd Inc
Chain affiliation
Pratap Poddatoori

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Federal ownership record

For-profitCorporation

Chain affiliation

Part of the Pratap Poddatoori chain — 6 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 3.7 / 5.

Disclosed owners (4 on record)

  • Christine Albarastine

    W-2 Managing Employee · since 2017

  • Terrance j Mcgregor

    W-2 Managing Employee · since 2017

  • Pratap Poddatoori

    5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · since 2001

  • Sanhyd Inc

    5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 100% · since 1993

Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures, as of May 2026.

Federal inspection record

38 health citations on file7 from complaints8 federal fines totalling $39K

Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 38)

  • D0559·Dec 17, 2025Complaint

    Resident Rights Deficiencies

    Honor the resident's right to share a room with spouse or roommate of choice and receive written notice before a change is made.

  • E0689·Nov 21, 2025Complaint

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

  • E0657·Nov 21, 2025Complaint

    Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

    Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

  • B0912·Nov 21, 2025

    Environmental Deficiencies

    Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.

  • B0911·Nov 21, 2025

    Environmental Deficiencies

    Ensure resident rooms hold no more than 4 residents; for new construction after November 28, 2016, rooms hold no more than 2 residents.

  • E0730·Nov 21, 2025

    Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies

    Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training.

  • B0698·Nov 21, 2025

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.

  • E0687·Nov 21, 2025

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Provide appropriate foot care.

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Federal penalties

By year

  • 20238 fines · $39K

Most recent events

  • Oct 17, 2023Fine · $4,587
  • Oct 10, 2023Fine · $4,587
  • Oct 2, 2023Fine · $4,235
  • Sep 25, 2023Fine · $3,882
  • Sep 21, 2023Fine · $7,443
  • Sep 18, 2023Fine · $3,529

Largest single fine on record: $7,443.

Fire-safety citations

29 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Nov 21, 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.

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Where this information comes from

  • Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.

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