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Valley Health Services Inc

Nursing home in Herkimer, NY

Medicare & Medicaid certified2★ overall (CMS)

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Public-record details

Address
690 West German Street, Herkimer, NY 13350
Phone
(315) 866-3330
Listed under
Nonprofit, No fines in 3 years
Medicare CCN
335672
Overall star rating
2 of 5 ★★☆☆☆
Health inspection rating
2 of 5
Staffing rating
4 of 5
Quality measures rating
2 of 5
Certified beds
160
Average residents per day
141
Ownership
Nonprofit, corporation
Legal business name
Valley Health Services INC
Certified for
Medicare and Medicaid
First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
Apr 1, 1984
Changed ownership in last 12 months
No
Continuing care retirement community
No
Located inside a hospital
No
Resident or family council
Resident council
Sprinklers in all required areas
Yes

CMS certification number 335672. Source: CMS Nursing Home Provider Information, Health Deficiencies and Penalties (record). Data as of 2026-09-30.

Inspection record

Most recent standard health inspection: Jan 9, 2026. CMS lists 25 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Nov 18, 2021 to Jan 9, 2026): 6 from complaint inspections, 1 at the “actual harm” level or higher.

InspectionCitationSeverity
Jan 9, 2026Post nurse staffing information every day.
Nursing and Physician Services		B
Potential for minimal harm, pattern
Jan 9, 2026Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jan 9, 2026Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Quality of Life and Care		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jan 9, 2026Provide 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.
Quality of Life and Care		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jan 9, 2026Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jan 9, 2026Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Quality of Life and Care		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jan 9, 2026Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with mental disorder or psychosocial adjustment difficulty, or who has a history of…
Quality of Life and Care		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jan 9, 2026Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jan 9, 2026Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Environmental		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Jan 9, 2026Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Resident Rights		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Jan 9, 2026Provide appropriate colostomy, urostomy, or ileostomy care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Jan 9, 2026Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern

Showing the 12 most recent of 25. Full inspection reports are on Medicare Care Compare.

Severity letters follow CMS's scope-and-severity grid: A–C potential for minimal harm, D–F potential for more than minimal harm, G–I actual harm, J–L immediate jeopardy. Most citations are corrected; a citation is what inspectors found on that date. Source: CMS Health Deficiencies file, processed Aug 1, 2026.

Fines and payment denials

CMS records no fines or payment denials for this facility in the last three years.

Source: CMS Penalties file, processed Aug 1, 2026. Amounts are as CMS reports them and may reflect later reductions or appeals.

Staffing

Total nurse staffing per resident per day
3.63 hours
Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
0.64 hours
Nurse aide time per resident per day
1.99 hours
Total nurse staffing on weekends
3.06 hours
Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
41%
RN turnover (yearly)
35%
Administrators who left in the past year
1

From payroll-based staffing data the facility submits to CMS. Hours are per resident per day.

A citation is what inspectors found on one date; most are corrected within weeks. Look for patterns — the same problem cited in several inspections — and for anything at the G–L level (actual harm or immediate jeopardy). The full inspection narrative (Form CMS-2567) is linked from Medicare Care Compare, and your state long-term care ombudsman can tell you about complaints.

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