Hi-Desert Medical Center D/P SNF — Joshua Tree, CA

This page sets out what the federal inspection record says about Hi-Desert Medical Center D/P SNF, a 92-bed nursing home at 6601 White Feather Rd, Joshua Tree, 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)	555443
Legal business name	Hdmc Holdings LLC
Address	6601 White Feather Rd, Joshua Tree, CA 92252
Phone listed with CMS	(760) 366-6437
Ownership type	For profit – Limited Liability company
Certified beds	92
Average residents per day	90.5
Certified since	January 11, 1991
Overall CMS rating	1 out of 5
Health inspection rating	1 out of 5
Staffing rating	2 out of 5
Quality measures rating	4 out of 5
Total nursing staff turnover	65.7%
Most recent standard inspection	March 19, 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.

Flags CMS has placed on this facility

• Abuse icon. CMS marks this facility with the abuse icon on Care Compare. CMS applies that icon to homes cited for “abuse that led to harm of a resident within the past year” or “abuse that could have potentially led to harm of a resident in each of the last two years.” CMS updates the list monthly and removes homes that no longer meet the criteria.

Inspectors have cited this home 31 times since January 2024

1 of those was at severity level G or above — what CMS calls actual harm. 16 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 31 health citations at this facility from inspections between January 23, 2024 and June 16, 2026.

Inspected	Tag	What the rule requires	Scope and severity	Status
Jun 16, 2026	F0688	Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason. (complaint)	E — Pattern, Potential for more than minimal harm	No plan of correction on file
May 6, 2026	F0689	Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. (complaint)	G — Isolated, Actual harm	Correction date May 29, 2026
Apr 29, 2026	F0725	Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. (complaint)	E — Pattern, Potential for more than minimal harm	Correction date May 28, 2026
Mar 19, 2026	F0835	Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.	F — Widespread, Potential for more than minimal harm	Correction date Apr 30, 2026
Mar 19, 2026	F0725	Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.	F — Widespread, Potential for more than minimal harm	Correction date Apr 30, 2026
Mar 19, 2026	F0760	Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.	D — Isolated, Potential for more than minimal harm	Correction date Apr 30, 2026
Mar 19, 2026	F0756	Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.	D — Isolated, Potential for more than minimal harm	Correction date Apr 30, 2026

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 24 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

If anything on this page is wrong, out of date or missing context, we will correct it. Hi-Desert Medical Center D/P SNF and anyone acting for it can reach the watchdog team through our corrections and right of reply page. We publish the response alongside the record.