SIERRA VALLEY REHAB CENTER
SIERRA VALLEY REHAB CENTER is a 139-bed nursing home in PORTERVILLE, California. CMS has certified it for Medicare and Medicaid since 1974-07-01. It averages 126.0 residents a day.
What harm was found in the violations cited at SIERRA VALLEY REHAB CENTER?
CMS lists 62 health-inspection deficiencies for SIERRA VALLEY REHAB CENTER since 2022-03-10, 52 of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is G; the most recent health inspection was 2025-07-23.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-23 | F0658 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | D |
| 2025-02-27 | F0847, F0880, F0920 | Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. / Provide at least one room set aside to use as a resident dining room and for activities, that is a good size, with good lighting, air flow and furniture. | E |
| 2025-02-27 | F0641, F0656, F0658, F0684, F0685, F0694, F0730, F0803, F0810, F0926 | Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services. / Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed. / Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. / Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident. / Provide special eating equipment and utensils for residents who need them and appropriate assistance. / Have policies on smoking. | D |
| 2025-02-27 | F0912 | Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms. | B |
| 2025-02-03 | F0600, F0607 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. / Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. | D |
| 2024-12-30 | F0607, F0656, F0658, F0726, F0755 | Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / 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. / Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. | D |
| 2024-11-04 | F0656 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | G |
| 2024-10-25 | F0692 | Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. | D |
| 2024-07-24 | F0656, F0919 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area. | D |
| 2024-02-01 | F0698, F0726, F0758, F0801, F0840 | Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. / 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. / Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited. / Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician. / Employ or obtain outside professional resources to provide services in the nursing home when the facility does not employ a qualified professional to furnish a required service. | E |
| 2024-02-01 | F0554, F0655, F0656, F0657, F0677, F0684, F0689, F0690, F0692, F0755, F0756, F0757, F0802, F0803, F0812, F0842, F0880, F0883 | Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. / Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. / Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. / Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. / Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist. / Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. / Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. / Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service. / Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. / Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. | D |
| 2024-02-01 | F0912 | Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms. | B |
| 2023-09-19 | F0656 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | D |
| 2023-09-13 | F0658 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | D |
| 2022-03-10 | F0812 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | F |
| 2022-03-10 | F0726 | 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 |
| 2022-03-10 | F0550, F0656, F0658, F0688, F0732, F0758, F0880 | Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / 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. / Post nurse staffing information every day. / Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | D |
| 2022-03-10 | F0912 | Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms. | B |
Why was SIERRA VALLEY REHAB CENTER fined?
| Date | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-25 | Fine | $8,190 |
How is SIERRA VALLEY REHAB CENTER staffed relative to the CA average?
| Measure | This facility | CA average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 4.07751 | 4.51570 |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 33.3 | 36.7 |
| Average number of residents per day | 126.0 | 87.9 |
Who owns SIERRA VALLEY REHAB CENTER, and what chain is it in?
SIERRA VALLEY REHAB CENTER is registered with CMS as For profit - Limited Liability company, operates under the legal business name SIERRA NEVADA SNF LLC and belongs to the PACS GROUP chain.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| 5% OR GREATER SECURITY INTEREST | TRUIST BANK | since 12/07/2023 |
| OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | APT, FREDERICK, DOTSON, SANDRA, JERGENSEN, JOSHUA, MITCHELL, JOHN, RASMUSSEN, MASON, WADHWANI, SUNEEL | since 01/01/2024 |
| ADP OF THE SNF | PROVIDENCE ADMINISTRATIVE CONSULTING SERVICES INC, RASMUSSEN, MASON, WADHWANI, SUNEEL | since 06/15/2023 |
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