Kyakameena Care Center
2131 Carleton Street, Berkeley, CA, 94704
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CMS Star Ratings
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 departed — near 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
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
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.
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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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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