Professional Post Acute Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Professional Post Acute Center is a 99-bed for-profit nursing home in San Rafael, California, part of Cambridge Healthcare Services. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.54 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 4% below the California average of 2.65, and 38.1% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Professional Post Acute Center
81 Professional Center ParkwaySan Rafael, CA 94903
Marin County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Professional Post Acute Center, nurse aides logged 2.54 hours per resident per day, 4% below the California average. With about 84 residents a day, that works out to roughly 213 aide hours a day, or about 27 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 6% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.54 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.75 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.54 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.84 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.59 | 4.09 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
38.1% of nursing staff at Professional Post Acute Center left over the year CMS measured, against a California average of 36.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 46.2%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Sep 19, 2024. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 8 health deficiencies (California average 15.7). CMS lists 4 fines totaling $148,455 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2025 | Fine | $79,560 |
| Jan 4, 2024 | Fine | $61,204 |
| Oct 17, 2023 | Fine | $2,447 |
| Sep 25, 2023 | Fine | $5,244 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Professional Post Acute Center holds 3 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Professional Post Acute Center
- Ownership: For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain: Cambridge Healthcare Services, 32 homes
- Legal name: CF San Rafael, LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 12, 1985
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Professional Post Acute Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Pine Ridge Care Center San Rafael | 0.0 | 101 | 2.90 | 4.48 | 42.9% | 5 | None |
| Northgate Postacute Care San Rafael · abuse citation | 0.0 | 52 | 2.70 | 4.07 | 45.5% | 2 | $112,869 |
| Smith Ranch Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Cente San Rafael | 0.8 | 80 | 2.49 | 4.19 | 32.5% | 3 | None |
| Villa Marin San Rafael | 0.8 | 31 | 4.10 | 7.15 | — | 5 | None |
| Marin Post Acute San Rafael · abuse citation | 1.2 | 168 | 2.37 | 3.68 | — | 2 | $10,890 |
| San Rafael Healthcare & Wellness Center, LP San Rafael | 2.5 | 54 | 2.48 | 3.91 | — | 2 | $8,278 |
| The Tamalpais Greenbrae | 4.5 | 52 | 2.67 | 4.51 | 40.0% | 5 | None |
| South Marin Health & Wellness Center Greenbrae | 4.7 | 72 | 2.58 | 4.42 | 37.8% | 4 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.