La Crescenta Healthcare Center
3050 Montrose Ave, La Crescenta, CA, 91214
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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 - Partnership · Chain: Mariner Health Care
- Certified beds
- 92 · avg 86 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 40.6% — near the California averageCalifornia avg: 37.4% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 12.5% — lower than most California nursing homesCalifornia 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)
- 1 fine · $17,122 total
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 055960
- Certified beds
- 92 beds · avg 86 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Partnership
- Continuing-care community
- Yes
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Verdugo Vista Operating Company Lp
- Chain affiliation
- Mariner Health Care
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Mariner Health Care chain — 17 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 3.2 / 5.
Disclosed owners (13 on record)
- Dennis Sarcauga
Corporate Officer · since 2025
- Alex c Dela Cuadra
Operational/managerial Control · since 2024
- Jenny m Rimando
Operational/managerial Control · since 2020
- Emily Grunstein
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 100% · since 2019
- Saro Avakian
Operational/managerial Control · since 2017
- Capital Funding Llc
5% or Greater Security Interest · since 2015
+ 7 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 56)
- J0689·Jul 19, 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.
- G0689·Jul 10, 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.
- E0908·Apr 25, 2025
Environmental Deficiencies
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
- E0880·Apr 25, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D0812·Apr 25, 2025
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- D0761·Apr 25, 2025
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- D0760·Apr 25, 2025
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- D0759·Apr 25, 2025
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20251 fine · $17K
Most recent events
- Jul 10, 2025Fine · $17K
Fire-safety citations
21 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Apr 25, 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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