Nursing home report
PORTERVILLE, CA · Medicare-certified · 99 beds
RIVER WALK CARE CENTER (PORTERVILLE, CA) has a 2 out of 5 overall rating, with 2-star health inspection and staffing ratings and a 4-star quality measures rating. Reported nurse staffing is 4.10 hours per resident per day, matching the federal benchmark of 4.1, and the facility had $164,778 in fines in the last 24 months with a recent federal penalty.
Health inspections
Staffing
4.1042 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 4.1042.
Hours per resident per day.
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The nursing home failed to develop and carry out a complete care plan that met each resident’s needs with clear steps and timelines. Cited September 2025 — isolated incident, actual harm.
F-Tag 656 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(1) — S/S: G
The home failed to provide appropriate care to help a resident maintain or improve movement and mobility. Cited March 2025 — isolated incident, actual harm.
F-Tag 688 — 42 CFR §483.25(c) — S/S: G
The nursing home failed to keep the area free of hazards and provide enough supervision to prevent accidents. Cited October 2024 — isolated incident, actual harm.
F-Tag 689 — 42 CFR §483.25(d) — S/S: G
The home failed to make sure food was safely sourced, stored, prepared, and served according to professional standards. Cited October 2025 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 812 — 42 CFR §483.60(i) — S/S: F
The home failed to honor residents’ choices about treatment, research participation, and advance care instructions. Cited October 2024 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
F-Tag 578 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: F
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
Health inspection found 7 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
A federal fine of $24,252 was recorded.
A federal payment denial was recorded.
A federal fine of $64,200 was recorded.
A federal fine of $76,326 was recorded.
On record with Medicare: 4 fines · $173,129 in total fines · 1 payment denial.
Federal fine
Aug 21, 2025
Medicare/Medicaid payment denial
Mar 12, 2025
Federal fine
Mar 12, 2025
Federal fine
Oct 3, 2024
Federal fine
Jun 28, 2023
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.
