CCN 555256 · Kern County, California
The Rehabilitation Center of Bakersfield
2211 Mount Vernon Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93306
The Rehabilitation Center of Bakersfield is a 160-bed for-profit nursing home in Bakersfield, California, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1986. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 142.0 residents a day, about 89% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $33.7 million originally, at 3.85%, with $28.2 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in October 2052.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 160
- Average residents per day
- 142.0 (88.8% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Bakersfield Healthcare & Wellness Centre LLC
- Certified since
- Dec 23, 1986
- Chain or affiliated group
- Citrus Wellness Centre (5 facilities, chain average 2.6 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 | 1 of 5 | State spread: 186 at 1, 213 at 2, 244 at 3, 240 at 4, 270 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 1 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.07 | 4.24 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.31 | 0.50 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.66 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | not reported | 36.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 88.8% | 92.0% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 2 totaling $23,740 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 15 (Jan 16, 2026) | ||
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). The Rehabilitation Center of Bakersfield does not meet it today: overall rating 1, health inspection rating 1. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citrus Wellness Centre, LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 72% | 10/01/2009 |
| Rockport Administrative Services, LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2010 |
| Rechnitz, ShlomoIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2019 |
| Sharma, ParikshatIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2024 |
| Vinson, AlishaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/24/2025 |
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs lists these FHA-insured loans for a project we matched to this facility by name, city and bed count. Status, rate and balance come from HUD's insured-mortgage files as of September 30, 2026. Check the FHA number against the loan documents before relying on the match.
| Endorsed | Program | Original amount | Status | FHA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2017 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Rechnitz-The Rehabilitation Center of Bakersfield, 160 beds. Lender at endorsement: First American Capital Group Corp | $33,698,500 | Active: 3.85%, $28,223,712 balanceMatures Oct 1, 2052. Servicer: First American Capital Group C | 12222212 |
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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