Desert Regional Medical Center D/P SNF — Palm Springs, CA
This page sets out what the federal inspection record says about Desert Regional Medical Center D/P SNF, a 32-bed nursing home at 1150 North Indian Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, California. Every figure below is copied from data the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) publishes about nursing homes that take Medicare or Medicaid. We have not added our own judgment to it.
The record at a glance
| Federal ID (CCN) | 555417 |
| Legal business name | Desert Regional Medical Center, Inc. |
| Address | 1150 North Indian Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92262 |
| Phone listed with CMS | (760) 323-6511 |
| Ownership type | For profit – Corporation |
| Certified beds | 32 |
| Average residents per day | 18.8 |
| Certified since | March 28, 1990 |
| Overall CMS rating | 5 out of 5 |
| Health inspection rating | 4 out of 5 |
| Staffing rating | 5 out of 5 |
| Quality measures rating | 4 out of 5 |
| Total nursing staff turnover | 15.8% |
| Most recent standard inspection | June 11, 2026 |
CMS scores nursing homes from one to five stars. The health inspection rating is set relative to other nursing homes in the same state, so a one-star home is in the bottom fifth in California, not the bottom fifth nationally. Staffing and quality measure ratings are scored against national thresholds.
Federal penalties
CMS’s penalty file lists 2 federal penalties against this facility: 1 fine totalling $14,043, and 1 denial of payment for new admissions. A denial of payment means CMS stopped paying the home for residents admitted after a set date until the problem was fixed.
Inspectors have cited this home 22 times since January 2024
1 of those was at severity level G or above — what CMS calls actual harm. 1 reached immediate jeopardy, CMS’s most serious category. 3 came from complaints rather than routine inspections. Every one of them is listed below, with its date and what the rule required.
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Inspection citations since January 2024
CMS records 22 health citations at this facility from inspections between January 3, 2024 and June 11, 2026.
| Inspected | Tag | What the rule requires | Scope and severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2026 | F0684 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | D — Isolated, Potential for more than minimal harm | Correction date Jun 30, 2026 |
| Jun 11, 2026 | F0655 | Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident’s most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted | D — Isolated, Potential for more than minimal harm | Correction date Jun 30, 2026 |
| Jun 11, 2026 | F0580 | Immediately tell the resident, the resident’s doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | D — Isolated, Potential for more than minimal harm | Correction date Jun 30, 2026 |
| Jun 11, 2026 | F0804 | Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature. | E — Pattern, Potential for more than minimal harm | Correction date Jun 30, 2026 |
| Aug 21, 2025 | F0812 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | F — Widespread, Potential for more than minimal harm | Correction date Sep 12, 2025 |
| Aug 21, 2025 | F0880 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D — Isolated, Potential for more than minimal harm | Correction date Sep 12, 2025 |
| Feb 29, 2024 | F0812 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | L — Widespread, Immediate jeopardy | Correction date Apr 12, 2024 |
The wording in the third column is CMS’s own plain-language summary of the federal rule that was cited, not a description of what happened. This table shows every one of the 1 citation at actual-harm level or above, plus the 6 most recent of the rest. The other 15 are in the CMS file linked below.
How to read scope and severity
Every citation gets a letter from A to L. The letter carries two things at once: how serious the problem was, and how many residents it reached.
| Severity | Isolated | Pattern | Widespread |
|---|---|---|---|
| Immediate jeopardy to resident health or safety | J | K | L |
| Actual harm | G | H | I |
| No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm | D | E | F |
| No actual harm, potential for minimal harm | A | B | C |
“Immediate jeopardy” is CMS’s term for a situation that has caused, or is likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death. It requires the home to act at once.
What this page does not tell you
- A citation is an inspector’s finding against a federal rule. It is not a court judgment, and the facility may be disputing it. Citations marked “under dispute” above are in CMS’s formal review process.
- Citation counts partly reflect how often a home was inspected and how many complaints were filed about it. A home with more citations has not automatically given worse care than one with fewer.
- Bigger homes have more residents, more staff and more inspections, so they tend to accumulate more citations.
- None of this says anything about the care any one resident received. A home with a clean record can still fail somebody, and a home with a bad record can be caring for your mother well.
- This is a snapshot. CMS updates these files monthly, and the figures here are from the file dated August 1, 2026.
Where this comes from
- Ratings, ownership, beds and penalties: CMS Provider Information dataset (4pq5-n9py), file dated August 1, 2026.
- Citations: CMS Health Deficiencies dataset (r5ix-sfxw), file dated August 1, 2026, filtered to inspections on or after January 1, 2024.
- This facility on the government’s own site: Medicare Care Compare.
- Retrieved August 29, 2026. Our method is set out in Editorial policy and How we count.
For the facility
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