Federal inspection record · CMS data as of October 1, 2026
Autumn Creek Post Acute
587 Rio Lindo Avenue, Chico, CA · (530) 345-1306
- Cited for abuse (CMS abuse icon)
- Certified beds
- 184
- Residents per day
- 155
- Ownership
- For-Profit
- Chain
- Corporate Interface Services
- Medicare / Medicaid
- Medicare + Medicaid
- Certified since
- August 1, 1978
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How this home got 1 star
The overall rating isn't an average. CMS starts from the inspection rating and nudges it at most two steps. Here is the arithmetic for this home, using CMS's own rules.
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Health inspections
★★★★★starting point
Everything starts from what state inspectors found on site. This is a ranking against other homes in California.
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Staffing
★★★★★no change
Only a 5-star staffing rating adds a star, and only a 1-star rating removes one. Ratings of 2 to 4 change nothing.
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Quality measures
★★★★★no change
Same rule: 5 stars adds one, 1 star takes one away. These measures are mostly reported by the home itself.
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Overall
★★★★★1 of 5
Matches the rating CMS publishes on Care Compare.
This home carries CMS's abuse icon, which caps its inspection rating at 2 stars and so its overall rating at 4.
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Where it sits among California homes
Autumn Creek Post Acute carries 182 inspection points. That is fewer than 12% of California's 1,154 rated homes.
Inspectors' citations earn points by how serious and how widespread they were (the grid below). CMS then ranks every home in California: the 10% with the fewest points get 5 stars, the 20% with the most get 1 star, and the middle 70% split evenly into 2, 3 and 4.
- 5★ 0–33 pts
- 4★ 33–66 pts
- 3★ 66–96 pts
- 2★ 96–146 pts
- 1★ over 146 pts
Bars show every rated home in California by its weighted inspection score. CMS recalibrates the cut points monthly but holds a home's rating until its own score changes, so a home can sit just outside today's band.
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What inspectors found
83 health citations on record since 2021. Each one gets a letter: the row says how badly residents were affected, the column how many.
Immediate jeopardyResidents at risk of serious injury or death
Actual harmA resident was hurt
Potential for harmNo one was hurt, but could have been
Minimal harmPaperwork-level problems
Read the rows, not the total. Most citations nationwide are a D: one problem, nobody hurt. Rows G–I mean a resident was harmed; J–L mean inspectors found residents in immediate danger of serious injury or death.
Small numbers in each cell are the inspection points CMS assigns per citation. Those points are what the state curve above ranks.
Harm and immediate-jeopardy citations (4)
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G
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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G
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
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G
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
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G
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Everything else, by area of care
Resident Rights15E
- D
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- D
Ensure the transfer/discharge meets the resident's needs/preferences and that the resident is prepared for a safe transfer/discharge.
- D
Give the resident's representative the ability to exercise the resident's rights.
- D
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- D
Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
- D
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- E
Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
- D
Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
- D
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
- E
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- D
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- D
Permit a resident to return to the nursing home after hospitalization or therapeutic leave that exceeds bed-hold policy.
- D
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
- D
Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
- E
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning14F
- E
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- E
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
- D
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
- D
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- D
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- D
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- D
Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs.
- F
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
- D
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- D
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- D
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- E
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- D
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- D
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation13E
- D
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- D
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- D
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- D
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- D
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- D
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- D
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- D
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- E
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
- D
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- D
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- D
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- D
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Quality of Life and Care11E
- E
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- E
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- D
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- D
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- D
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- D
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
- D
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- D
Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.
- E
Honor each resident's preferences, choices, values and beliefs.
- E
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- D
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Nursing and Physician Services9E
- E
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
- E
Ensure that nurse aides who have worked more than 4 months, are trained and competent; and nurse aides who have worked less than 4 months are enrolled in appropriate training.
- D
Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit.
- E
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
- E
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
- E
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
- E
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
- D
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
- E
Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
Pharmacy Service7F
- D
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- D
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- D
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- E
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- E
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
- F
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- E
Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
Infection Control3E
- D
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- E
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Environmental3E
- E
Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.
- D
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
- E
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Administration2E
- E
Establish a governing body that is legally responsible for establishing and implementing policies for managing and operating the facility and appoints a properly licensed administrator responsible for managing the facility.
- E
Ensure the facility is licensed under applicable State and local law and operates and provides services in compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and local laws, regulations, and codes, and with accepted professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary2D
- D
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- D
Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.
Inspection history
2025-02-06
25 health deficiencies · 6 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Freedom from Abuse and Neglect and Exploitation (5 deficiencies)
2024-01-19
26 health deficiencies · 12 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Resident Assessment and Care Planning (6 deficiencies)
2021-08-12
32 health deficiencies · 7 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Quality of Life and Care (8 deficiencies)
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Nursing time per resident, per day
Each resident here gets about 4 h 27 min of nursing staff time a day, 30 min of it from a registered nurse.
This home
4 h 27 min
California average
4 h 33 min
U.S. average
3 h 54 min
- Registered nurse
- Licensed practical nurse
- Nurse aide
Reported hours from payroll data the home submits to CMS, divided by its daily resident count. Not adjusted for how sick residents are.
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Fines and payment denials
$106,707 in federal fines on record over the past three years.
| Date | Penalty | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-20 | Payment Denial · 1 day denial | $0 |
| 2025-10-27 | Fine | $64,893 |
| 2025-07-15 | Fine | $41,814 |
| 2025-07-15 | Payment Denial · 27 day denial | $0 |
| 2023-12-05 | Payment Denial · 63 day denial | $0 |
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Resident outcomes
Quality measures compared with state and national averages. Most come from assessments the home itself reports.
| Measure | This home | State | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days0.5 pts better | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days0.3 pts better | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine1.3 pts better | 100.0% | 98.7% | 93.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine2.1 pts better | 100.0% | 97.9% | 95.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury0.4 pts worse | 2.0% | 1.6% | 3.2% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms5.8 pts better | 1.8% | 7.6% | 13.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight2 pts better | 2.1% | 4.1% | 5.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication1.4 pts better | 12.3% | 13.7% | 19.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication2.7 pts worse | 15.0% | 12.3% | 15.4% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained0.1 pts better | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened5.8 pts worse | 14.7% | 8.9% | 12.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased2.4 pts worse | 12.6% | 10.2% | 13.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder0.2 pts better | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.7% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection0.8 pts better | 0.4% | 1.2% | 1.5% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with new or worsened bowel or bladder incontinence2.5 pts worse | 12.3% | 9.8% | 18.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers0.9 pts better | 3.4% | 4.3% | 4.5% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine4.9 pts better | 99.5% | 94.6% | 82.3% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit3 pts worse | 14.1% | 11.1% | 11.8% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medicationAbout the same | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.5% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine6.4 pts better | 99.5% | 93.1% | 80.1% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission4.1 pts worse | 26.7% | 22.6% | 23.4% |
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Who owns and runs it
12 owners and managers reported to CMS. The last column counts how many nursing homes each one is tied to.
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| Name | Role | Share | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chico Heights Wellness Gp LLC | General Partnership Interest · Organization | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Chico Heights-Let LLC | Adp Of The SNF · Organization | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Corporate Interface Services LLC | Operational/Managerial Control · Organization | 0% | 42 facilities |
| Corporate Interface Services LLC | Adp Of The SNF · Organization | 0% | 42 facilities |
| Garretson, Charles | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Garretson, Charles | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Lerma, Stephanie | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Lerma, Stephanie | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Rechnitz, Shlomo | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 75 facilities |
| Rechnitz, Shlomo | Limited Partnership Interest · Individual | 0% | 75 facilities |
| Rockport Administrative Services, LLC | Operational/Managerial Control · Organization | 0% | 72 facilities |
| Rockport Administrative Services, LLC | Adp Of The SNF · Organization | 0% | 72 facilities |
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Fire safety
25 life-safety citations (sprinklers, exits, alarms). These don't count toward the star rating.
Smoke9F
- D
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- D
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
- F
Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
- E
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
- C
Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.
- D
Have a fire alarm with audible and visual signals that transmits the alarm automatically to notify emergency forces in event of fire.
- D
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- D
Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.
- D
Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
Emergency Preparedness7F
- F
Develop Emergency Preparedness policies and procedures.
- F
Develop a communication plan.
- F
Establish emergency prep training and testing.
- F
Develop and maintain an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP).
- F
Implement emergency and standby power systems.
- D
Create arrangements with other facilities to receive patients.
- D
Provide primary/alternate means for communication.
Gas, Vacuum, and Electrical Systems5F
- F
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
- D
Meet requirements for the use of electrical equipment.
- D
Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
- F
Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
- D
Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
Construction2D
- D
Use approved construction type or materials.
- D
Use approved construction type or materials.
Egress1D
- D
Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
Miscellaneous1D
- D
Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed.
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