CCN 056389 · Contra Costa County, California
Vale Healthcare Center
13484 San Pablo Avenue, San Pablo, CA 94806
Vale Healthcare Center is a 202-bed for-profit nursing home in San Pablo, California, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1973. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 187.6 residents a day, about 93% of its certified beds. We found no FHA-insured Section 232 loan for it in HUD's healthcare endorsement database (fiscal 2001 onward).
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 202
- Average residents per day
- 187.6 (92.9% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Vale Operating Company LP
- Certified since
- Apr 13, 1973
- Chain or affiliated group
- Mariner Health Care (17 facilities, chain average 3.5 stars)
- Location
- Urban
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | California median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 3 of 5 | State spread: 186 at 1, 213 at 2, 244 at 3, 240 at 4, 270 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.95 | 4.24 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.33 | 0.50 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.70 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 33.9% | 36.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 92.9% | 92.0% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 20 (Jul 25, 2025) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Vale Healthcare Center meets that part today: 3 stars overall, 2 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gc Holding Company 2 LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 99% | 06/30/2015 |
| Grancare LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 06/30/2015 |
| Mariner Health Care, Inc.Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 06/30/2015 |
| MHC Holding CompanyOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 06/30/2015 |
| MHC West Holding CompanyOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 06/30/2015 |
| National Senior Care, Inc.Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 06/30/2015 |
| Grunstein, EmilyIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 02/06/2019 |
| Carter, BrazellIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/21/2011 |
| Chib, PrarthanaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/20/2025 |
| Sarcauga, DennisIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/06/2025 |
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2018 | Vale Operating Company LP | Grancare LLC |
HUD Section 232 loans
No FHA-insured loan matching this facility appears in HUD's database of healthcare endorsements, which covers fiscal 2001 onward (HUD data run of July 8, 2026). A loan could still exist under a different project name or from before 2001.
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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