Antelope Valley Care Center
Nursing home in Lancaster, California, CMS certification number 555456
44567 North 15th St. West, Lancaster, CA 93534 · Los Angeles County
- CMS overall rating
- 1 of 5 stars
- Certified beds
- 199
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Last standard inspection
- August 29, 2025
- Deficiencies at that inspection
- 57
- Fines in 3 years
- $68,401 (2)
Does Antelope Valley Care Center take Medicare and Medicaid?
Yes to both. Antelope Valley Care Center is certified for Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare can pay for a short skilled stay after a qualifying hospital stay; Medicaid can pay for long-term care once you qualify.
Certification isn't a promise of an open bed. Ask how many Medicaid beds it has free and whether it keeps residents who move from Medicare to Medicaid. Our guide explains what Medicare pays for.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every certified nursing home from 1 to 5 stars. The overall rating starts from health inspections, then moves up or down for staffing and quality. These come from the CMS Provider Information, October 2026 release.
| Measure | CMS stars |
|---|---|
| Overall | 1 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 |
| Staffing | 2 of 5 |
| Quality of resident care | 4 of 5 |
| Long-stay quality | 5 of 5 |
| Short-stay quality | 3 of 5 |
Nurse staffing hours and turnover
These are the hours Antelope Valley Care Center reported to CMS, split across residents and days. More hours per resident usually means more hands at the bedside.
- Total nurse hours per resident per day
- 4.14
- Registered nurse hours
- 0.26
- Licensed practical nurse hours
- 1.29
- Nurse aide hours
- 2.60
- Weekend total hours
- 3.69
- Nursing staff turnover
- 42.9%
- Registered nurse turnover
- 60%
- Administrators who left
- 2
Health inspections and complaints
Inspectors last made a standard visit on August 29, 2025 and cited 57 deficiencies, plus 24 from complaint visits.
The visit before, on September 17, 2024, found 32.
CMS shows an abuse icon for Antelope Valley Care Center. That means inspectors cited it for abuse, neglect or exploitation in the past year or two.
It is a candidate for the CMS special focus program. CMS puts homes with a long record of serious problems on this list for extra inspections.
Read every citation on the CMS Care Compare page.
Fines and payment denials
CMS fined Antelope Valley Care Center 2 times in the past 3 years, for $68,401 in total.
It also had 1 payment denial, when Medicare stopped paying for new admissions for a time.
Beds and residents
On an average day 187.3 residents live here, about 94% of its 199 certified beds.
- Certified beds
- 199
- Average residents per day
- 187.3
- Certified since
- February 22, 1991
- Resident or family council
- Resident
Who owns Antelope Valley Care Center
- Legal business name
- Antelope Valley SNF Healthcare LLC
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- 277 homes nationally under Pacs Group, 3-star chain average
Other nursing homes near Antelope Valley Care Center
- Mirage Post Acute44445 15th St W, Lancaster 93534
- Desert Canyon Post Acute, LLC1642 West Avenue J, Lancaster 93534
- The Ellison John Transitional Care Center43830 10th Street West, Lancaster 93534
- Santa Clarita Post-Acute Care Center23801 Newhall Avenue, Newhall 91321
- Mountain View Conv Hosp13333 Fenton Avenue, Sylmar 91342
Who inspects nursing homes in California
California's state survey agency licenses nursing homes and carries out the federal inspections for CMS. A home must keep its state licence and meet the federal rules to take Medicare or Medicaid.
Compare all nursing homes in California, or see how assisted living and nursing homes differ.
Is this your facility?
If you run Antelope Valley Care Center, email contact@assistedlivingaccess.com from your work address. We can add your own rates, photos and contact details next to the state record, or take the listing down.
Questions about Antelope Valley Care Center
What is the CMS star rating of Antelope Valley Care Center?
1 out of 5 stars overall.
Does Antelope Valley Care Center accept Medicaid?
Yes, it is Medicaid certified.
What did inspectors find at Antelope Valley Care Center?
57 cited at the last standard visit.
Who owns Antelope Valley Care Center?
Antelope Valley SNF Healthcare LLC, for profit - limited liability company.
From the federal record: CMS Care Compare and the CMS Provider Information dataset, October 2026 release.