San Rafael · 94903
Northgate Postacute Care
40 Professional Center Parkway
San Rafael, CA 94903
Professional Post Acute Center
⌖ San Rafael, CA · Marin County
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Medicare overall rating 3 of 5 stars
Certified beds99
Medicare / MedicaidMedicare & Medicaid
OwnershipFor-profit (limited liability company)
About Professional Post Acute Center
Professional Post Acute Center is a 99-bed for-profit nursing home in San Rafael, CA. Medicare rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall (average); the average in California is 3.2. At its last full inspection (Jul 2026), inspectors found 9 problems, fewer than the California average of 15.6. 1 citation in its recent inspections was for residents being harmed or put in immediate danger. Nurses and aides spend about 3 hr 50 min a day with each resident, less than the California average of 4 hr 31 min. About 38% of its nursing staff left in the past year. Medicare fined it $148,455 in the last three years.
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Key details
Facility nameProfessional Post Acute Center
LocationMarin County, California
Phone(415) 479-5161
Address81 Professional Center Parkway, San Rafael, CA 94903 · Marin County
CMS provider number555214
Ownership typeFor-profit (limited liability company)
Operating companyCambridge Healthcare Services · 32 homes
Official inspection reportsRead them on Medicare.gov ↗
Medicare enrolled sinceDecember 12, 1985 (40 years)
✓ Medicare✓ Medicaid
Certified for Medicaid; ask whether a Medicaid bed is available.
Quality & inspections
Explore this facility's official CMS inspection history, staffing levels and quality measures below — sourced directly from Medicare's public records.
Ratings and inspection data on this page come directly from CMS's public records and are never altered for any paid listing. Medicare data as of September 2026.
What Medicare found
1 strength and 4 things to ask about in Medicare's inspection, fine and staffing records for this home. 1 care-quality measure is worse than the state average in the rehab and long-term care section below.
Strengths
- Health citations at last inspection9 (Jul 2026)California average: 15.6. Most citations are minor and corrected within weeks.Strength
About average
- Nursing staff turnover38% a yearCalifornia average: 37%About average
Things to ask about
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- Serious health citations1 for actual harmCitations where inspectors found residents were harmed or put in immediate danger, most recently in Jul 2026 (within the past year). All 1 were later corrected.Ask about this
- Fines and penalties4 fines totaling $148,455Federal penalties from the last three years, most recently in Jul 2025 (about 1 year ago). The national average is $30,972 per home.Ask about this
- Nurse staffing per resident3 hr 50 min a dayCalifornia average: 4 hr 31 minWorse than state average
- Registered nurse time per resident33 min a dayCalifornia average: 40 minWorse than state average
Source: Medicare (CMS) inspection, penalty and staffing records, compared with the California average. Problems may have been corrected since; ask the home about anything listed here. How we choose these
Short-term rehab or long-term care?
Medicare rates these separately, and many homes are better at one than the other.
Short-term rehab
For a stay of a few weeks after a hospital visit, such as after surgery or a stroke.
- Newly given antipsychotic drugs1.1%State average: 1.5%Better than average
Physical therapist time: about 8 minutes per resident a day. That is more than the state average of 6 minutes. If rehab is the goal, ask how many therapy sessions a week to expect.
Long-term care
For residents who live at the home for months or years.
- Falls with a major injury2.1%State average: 1.6%Worse than average
- Pressure sores (bedsores)2.9%State average: 4.3%Better than average
- Given antipsychotic drugs9.0%State average: 12.0%Better than average
- Hospital stays per 1,000 resident days1.7State average: 2.2Better than average
Source: Medicare (CMS) quality measures, compared with the California average. Lower is better for every rate shown.
Who pays, and how full it is
Many residents here pay privately or through insurance. In California, Medicaid pays for 7% of resident days at a typical home.
- 13% Medicaid
- 3% Medicare
- 84% Private pay, insurance and other
Beds in use, on average88%California typical: 90%
Cost of care per resident day$448California typical: $464
Shares of resident days, from the home’s Medicare cost report for the year ending December 2024. The cost per day is what care costs the home to provide, not the price you would pay; ask the home for its private-pay rate. A busy home may have fewer open beds, so ask about availability.
Ratings over time
Its overall Medicare rating is 3 stars now, up from 2 stars in January 2019. It has ranged from 1 to 3 stars and changed 11 times.
Overall rating3★
Health inspections2★
Staffing4★
Quality of care5★
Nurse hours per resident per day3.8
20192020202120222023202420252026
Show the values by year
| Month | Overall | Inspections | Staffing | Quality | Nurse hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3.7 |
| Jan 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3.6 |
| Jan 2021 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3.1 |
| Jan 2022 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3.4 |
| Jan 2023 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3.4 |
| Jan 2024 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.8 |
| Feb 2025 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3.8 |
| Feb 2026 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3.8 |
| Sep 2026 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3.8 |
Source: Medicare (CMS) monthly Care Compare releases since 2019. Medicare has changed how some ratings are calculated over the years and paused most inspections in 2020, so some jumps reflect rule changes rather than changes at the home. Our methodology
See the full inspection reportEvery citation, fine, staffing figure and quality measure Medicare publishes for this home
From Medicare’s September 2026 data. Each inspection is dated below; staffing comes from payroll records for a recent quarter, and resident outcomes cover the latest period Medicare reports.
Inspection summary
How this facility compares to state and national averages on CMS-reported problems.
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Three-survey history
Citation counts across this facility's three most recent inspection cycles, so you can see whether problems are trending up, down, or holding steady.
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