Artesia Palms Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1993-04-16. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (562) 865-0271 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Artesia Palms Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of N/A out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (N/A★), Staffing (N/A★), and Quality of Resident Care (N/A★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 62.0/100, placing it #11433 of 14703 facilities nationally and #1018 of 1162 in California. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Artesia Palms Care Center receives a reported average of 5 hours 17 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 19 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 29 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 29 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 44 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is N/A out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 37.8%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

⚠️ CMS has flagged Artesia Palms Care Center with an abuse icon, indicating a history of reported abuse or neglect incidents. Families should review the detailed inspection reports on Medicare.gov before considering this facility. In the current reporting period, the facility received 6 fine(s) totaling $294,128. 108 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 3 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 6 fine(s) totaling $294,128, and 3 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 9. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 285.75 (lower scores are better). IMPORTANT: CMS has flagged this facility with an abuse icon — indicating a reported history of abuse or neglect. Families should review the full inspection report on medicare.gov/care-compare before deciding. Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Artesia Palms Care Center ranks 11433rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 62.0/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within CA, it ranks 1018th out of 1,162 nursing homes. In Artesia, it ranks 2nd out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #837 nationally and RN hours rank #12,574 nationally (#952 in CA). Our composite quality score of 62.0/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Artesia, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/california/artesia/