Golden Merced Care Center
3170 M Street, Merced, CA, 95340
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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 - Limited Liability company · Chain: Golden Snf Operations
- Certified beds
- 121 · avg 104 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 58.7% — higher than most California nursing homesCalifornia avg: 37.4% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 60% — higher than most California nursing homesCalifornia avg: 39.4% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 2 departed — near the California averageCalifornia avg: 0.4 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 5 fines · $103,467 total
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 055988
- Certified beds
- 121 beds · avg 104 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Merced Snf Operations Llc
- Chain affiliation
- Golden Snf Operations
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Golden Snf Operations chain — 7 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 2.6 / 5.
Parent entity
Cafive Operations Holdings Llc
Disclosed owners (24 on record)
- Merced Snf Realty Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Cafive Opco Manager Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Cafive Snf Consulting Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Couve Healthcare Consulting Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Merced Snf Operations Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Veritas Health Solutions Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
+ 18 additional owners on the federal record.
Recent change of ownership
March 2023 (3 years ago) · acquired from Hy-lond Health Care Center - Merced
Transaction type: Change of Ownership
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures + Change of Ownership, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 32)
- D0689·Apr 9, 2026Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- D0641·Nov 19, 2025Complaint
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- D0689·Jul 16, 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.
- D0689·Jul 11, 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.
- D0689·Jun 11, 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.
- E0689·Apr 2, 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.
- D0550·Mar 21, 2025Complaint
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- E0880·Mar 21, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20235 fines · $103K
Most recent events
- Sep 1, 2023Fine · $84K
- Aug 14, 2023Fine · $4,196
- Aug 7, 2023Fine · $3,846
- Jul 17, 2023Fine · $9,440
- Jun 26, 2023Fine · $2,447
Largest single fine on record: $84K.
Fire-safety citations
18 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Mar 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.
Facility background report
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