Watsonville Post Acute Center
525 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
- 95 · avg 85 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 41.6% — near the California averageCalifornia avg: 37.4% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 47.1% — 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 · $8,018 total
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 055959
- Certified beds
- 95 beds · avg 85 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 West 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.
Disclosed owners (16 on record)
- Gerald e Hunter
W-2 Managing Employee · since 2019
- Heather Langford
Other · since 2017
- Cambridge Healthcare Services Llc
Other · since 2014
- The Hyman & Betty Ingber Family Trust
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 6% · since 2013
- Bering Properties Llc
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 6% · since 2007
- Francine Wintner
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 9% · since 2007
+ 10 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 36)
- F0880·Aug 29, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- E0812·Aug 29, 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·Aug 29, 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.
- E0759·Aug 29, 2025
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- D0698·Aug 29, 2025
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- E0658·Aug 29, 2025
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- D0880·Mar 8, 2024
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D0812·Mar 8, 2024
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20241 fine · $8,018
Most recent events
- Mar 8, 2024Fine · $8,018
Fire-safety citations
12 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Aug 29, 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.
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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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