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| Date | Severity | What inspectors found | Visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2026 | D · potential | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | Complaint |
| Mar 5, 2026 | E · potential | Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. | Complaint |
| Mar 5, 2026 | E · potential | Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. | Complaint |
| Jan 27, 2026 | F · potential | Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. | Complaint |
| Jan 27, 2026 | E · potential | Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. | Complaint |
| Dec 12, 2025 | D · potential | Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. | Complaint |
| Sep 9, 2025 | D · potential | Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services. | Complaint |
| Aug 19, 2025 | D · potential | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Complaint |
| Jul 23, 2025 | D · potential | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | Complaint |
| Jul 23, 2025 | D · potential | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Complaint |
| Jul 23, 2025 | D · potential | 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. | Complaint |
| Jun 6, 2025 | D · potential | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | Complaint |
| May 15, 2025 | D · potential | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. | Routine |
| May 15, 2025 | D · potential | Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | Routine |
| May 15, 2025 | D · potential | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Routine |
| May 15, 2025 | D · potential | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | Routine |
| May 15, 2025 | D · potential | Provide appropriate foot care. | Routine |
| May 15, 2025 | E · potential | Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident. | Routine |
| Mar 20, 2025 | D · potential | Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted | Complaint |
| Mar 20, 2025 | G · harm | Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. | Complaint |
| Aug 5, 2024 | D · potential | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | Complaint |
| Jun 27, 2024 | D · potential | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | Complaint |
| Jun 27, 2024 | D · potential | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | Complaint |
| Jun 27, 2024 | D · potential | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Complaint |
| Jun 4, 2024 | D · potential | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | Complaint |
| Aug 25, 2022 | D · potential | Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods. | Routine |
| Aug 25, 2022 | D · potential | Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential. | Routine |
| Aug 25, 2022 | D · potential | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | Routine |
| Aug 25, 2022 | D · potential | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | Routine |
| Aug 25, 2022 | D · potential | Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason. | Routine |
| Aug 25, 2022 | D · potential | Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. | Routine |
| Aug 25, 2022 | E · potential | Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason. | Routine |
| Aug 25, 2022 | D · potential | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Routine |
| Aug 25, 2022 | D · potential | Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. | Routine |
| Aug 25, 2022 | D · potential | Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. | Routine |
| Aug 25, 2022 | D · potential | Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited. | Routine |
| Aug 25, 2022 | D · potential | Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | Routine |
| Aug 25, 2022 | D · potential | Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. | Routine |
| Jan 18, 2019 | D · potential | Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | Routine |
| Jan 18, 2019 | E · potential | Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | Routine |
| Jan 18, 2019 | D · potential | Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | Routine |
| Jan 18, 2019 | D · potential | Ensure therapeutic diets are prescribed by the attending physician and may be delegated to a registered or licensed dietitian, to the extent allowed by State law. | Routine |
| Jan 18, 2019 | D · potential | Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services. | Routine |
| Jan 18, 2019 | D · potential | Have policies on smoking. | Routine |
Medicare's severity letters: A–C minimal harm, D–F potential for more than minimal harm, G–L actual harm or immediate danger. Source: CMS health deficiencies file, processed October 1, 2026.
Questions to ask on a visit
Balboa Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
3520 Fourth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92103 · (619) 291-5270
Visit date: ____________ Spoke with: ______________________
Record on file
- Certification
- Medicare and Medi-Cal certified skilled nursing facility
- Medicare number (CCN)
- 056105
- Certified beds
- 194
- Legal owner
- Balboa Healthcare, INC.
- Part of
- Pacs Group
Full profile on Medicare's Care Compare. Source: CMS, processed October 1, 2026.
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