The nursing home failed to keep the area free of hazards and provide enough supervision to prevent accidents. Cited July 2025 — isolated incident, actual harm.
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F-Tag 689 — 42 CFR §483.25(d) — S/S: G
Nursing home report
Newport Subacute Healthcare Center
COSTA MESA, CA · Medicare-certified · 139 beds
Needs attention
For-profit
1 of 5 overall
Newport Subacute Healthcare Center in Costa Mesa has a 1 out of 5 overall rating, with a 1-star health inspection rating and a 2-star staffing rating, though reported nurse staffing is above the federal benchmark (4.98 vs. 4.1 hours per resident per day). It has no fines in the last 24 months, but it carries the lowest overall rating flag and recent inspection citations included accident safety, record-keeping, and food service concerns.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
4.9807 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: February 11, 2026Penalties, last 24 months: $0lowest overall rating
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.9807.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 0.50
- Licensed practical nurses
- 1.94
- Nurse aides
- 2.54
- Weekend nursing
- 4.71
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 40%
Registered nurse turnover: 36%
Resident outcomes
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
11.5%Worsening
Residents with a fall causing major injury
0.6%Worsening
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
6.7%Improving
Residents with a urinary tract infection
0.6%Worsening
Residents who lost too much weight
4.2%Improving
Residents who were physically restrained
0%Steady
Residents needing more help with daily activities
6.5%Steady
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
13.6%Steady
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Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
19.4%Improving
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
1.9%Worsening
Residents with a long-term catheter
4.5%Improving
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
8.2%Improving
Residents with depressive symptoms
0.4%Worsening
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
100%Steady
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
100%Steady
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
98%Steady
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
96.4%Worsening
What the inspectors found
The home failed to safeguard residents’ private information and keep each resident’s medical records properly maintained. Cited February 2026 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 842 — 42 CFR §483.70 — S/S: E
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited August 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: E
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited August 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: E
The home failed to assess bed rail safety, review the risks and benefits, get informed consent, or properly install and maintain the rail. Cited May 2024 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 700 — 42 CFR §483.25(n) — S/S: E
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 2 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Occupancy
- 94.3 residents on an average day (68% of 139 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 26 years
Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.