Kern Valley Healthcare District Dp Snf
6412 Laurel Ave, Lake Isabella, CA, 93240
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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
- Government - Hospital district
- Certified beds
- 74 · avg 53 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 31.1% — lower than most California nursing homesCalifornia avg: 37.4% · National avg: 46.1% · 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)
- 2 fines · $31,581 total
- Payment denials
- 1 denial
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 555517
- Certified beds
- 74 beds · avg 53 residents/day
- Ownership type
- Government - Hospital district
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Kern Valley Healthcare District
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Disclosed owners (7 on record)
- Brenda Jean Pettijohn
W-2 Managing Employee · since 2023
- Frederick Clark
Corporate Director · since 2021
- Katheryn s Elconin
Corporate Director · since 2021
- Ross w Elliott
Corporate Director · since 2020
- John r Blythe
Other · 1% · since 2017
- Chester Beedle
W-2 Managing Employee · since 2009
+ 1 additional owner on the federal record.
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 32)
- D0926·Apr 23, 2026
Environmental Deficiencies
Have policies on smoking.
- F0880·Apr 23, 2026
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D0813·Apr 23, 2026
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
- E0812·Apr 23, 2026
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- F0727·Apr 23, 2026
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
- D0695·Apr 23, 2026
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- E0689·Apr 23, 2026
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- E0658·Apr 23, 2026
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20251 fine · $22K · 1 payment denial
- 20241 fine · $10K
Most recent events
- Oct 27, 2025Payment denial · 51 days · starting Jan 8, 2026
- Oct 27, 2025Fine · $22K
- Nov 25, 2024Fine · $10K
Largest single fine on record: $22K.
Fire-safety citations
14 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Apr 23, 2026. 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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