Lakewood Healthcare Center
12023 Lakewood Blvd., Downey, CA, 90242
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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 Abuse Flag
CMS has flagged this facility for a substantiated finding of resident abuse, neglect, or exploitation in its current or recent inspection cycle. Ask the facility for the specific citation and corrective-action plan during your visit, and consider contacting your state's long-term care ombudsman for context.
Source: CMS Care Compare.
Special Focus Candidate
CMS has identified this facility as a Special Focus Candidate — a track record of serious quality issues that places it one step away from full Special Focus Facility designation.
Source: CMS Care Compare.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation · Chain: Pacific Healthcare Holdings
- Certified beds
- 290 · avg 282 residents/day
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 3 fines · $128,597 total
- Payment denials
- 2 denials
- Infection control citations
- 1
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 555099
- Certified beds
- 290 beds · avg 282 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- The Healthcare Center Of Downey Llc
- Chain affiliation
- Pacific Healthcare Holdings
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Pacific Healthcare Holdings chain — 15 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 1.9 / 5.
Disclosed owners (8 on record)
- Corporate Interface Services Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Rockport Administrative Services, Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Alice Enriquez
Operational/managerial Control · since 2019
- David Blonder
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 8% · since 2019
- Rechnitz Lakewood gp
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 89% · since 2011
- Shlomo Rechnitz
Operational/managerial Control · since 2011
+ 2 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
Immediate-jeopardy citations (CMS scope/severity J–L) are the most serious category federal inspectors issue — meaning a deficiency placed residents in immediate risk of serious harm. Ask the facility for the corrective-action plan filed with CMS, and consider contacting your state long-term care ombudsman for context.
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 125)
- D0557·Apr 28, 2026Complaint
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
- E0697·Jan 28, 2026Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
- D0656·Jan 28, 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.
- E0580·Jan 28, 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.
- D0604·Jan 9, 2026Complaint
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
- D0689·Dec 31, 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.
- D0941·Dec 18, 2025
Administration Deficiencies
Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program that includes effective communications for direct care staff members.
- D0919·Dec 18, 2025
Environmental Deficiencies
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20252 fines · $102K · 2 payment denials
- 20241 fine · $27K
Most recent events
- Dec 18, 2025Payment denial · 35 days · starting Jan 22, 2026
- Dec 18, 2025Fine · $87K
- Jun 13, 2025Payment denial · 13 days · starting Jul 10, 2025
- Jun 13, 2025Fine · $15K
- Aug 2, 2024Fine · $27K
Largest single fine on record: $87K.
Fire-safety citations
17 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Dec 18, 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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