Watsonville Nursing Center
535 Auto Center Drive, Watsonville, CA, 95076
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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: Cambridge Healthcare Services
- Certified beds
- 87 · avg 73 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 26.8% — lower than most California nursing homesCalifornia avg: 37.4% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 50% — higher 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 · $44,488 total
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 055240
- Certified beds
- 87 beds · avg 73 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
- Cf Watsonville East Llc
- Chain affiliation
- Cambridge Healthcare Services
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Cambridge Healthcare Services chain — 32 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 2.6 / 5.
Parent entity
Crescent Facilities Operations Llc
Disclosed owners (23 on record)
- Cambridge Healthcare Services Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Rae Ann Radford
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Darryl w Thomas
Operational/managerial Control · since 2025
- Julie Butenko
Operational/managerial Control · since 2023
- Heidi Capela
Operational/managerial Control · since 2023
- Lance a Hassell
Operational/managerial Control · since 2022
+ 17 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
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 42)
- B0912·Jan 9, 2026
Environmental Deficiencies
Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.
- E0880·Jan 9, 2026
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- E0812·Jan 9, 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.
- E0804·Jan 9, 2026
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
- D0757·Jan 9, 2026
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
- D0698·Jan 9, 2026
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- E0697·Jan 9, 2026
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
- D0658·Jan 9, 2026
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20231 fine · $44K
Most recent events
- Aug 22, 2023Fine · $44K
Fire-safety citations
15 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Jan 9, 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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