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Sierra View Medical Center

Nursing home in Porterville, CA

Medicare & Medicaid certified5★ overall (CMS)

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Public-record details

Address
465 W Putnam Ave, Porterville, CA 93257
Phone
(559) 788-6157
Listed under
For-profit, 4–5 star overall rating, No fines in 3 years
Medicare CCN
555766
Overall star rating
5 of 5 ★★★★★
Health inspection rating
4 of 5
Staffing rating
3 of 5
Quality measures rating
5 of 5
Certified beds
35
Average residents per day
34
Ownership
For-profit, corporation
Legal business name
Sierra View Local Health Care District
Certified for
Medicare and Medicaid
First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
Oct 27, 2000
Changed ownership in last 12 months
No
Continuing care retirement community
No
Located inside a hospital
Yes
Resident or family council
Resident council
Sprinklers in all required areas
Yes

CMS certification number 555766. Source: CMS Nursing Home Provider Information, Health Deficiencies and Penalties (record). Data as of 2026-09-30.

Inspection record

Most recent standard health inspection: Apr 10, 2025. CMS lists 19 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Dec 8, 2022 to Dec 17, 2025): 2 from complaint inspections, 0 at the “actual harm” level or higher.

InspectionCitationSeverity
Dec 17, 2025Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control · complaint inspection		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Apr 10, 2025Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Quality of Life and Care		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Apr 10, 2025Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Apr 10, 2025Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Apr 10, 2025Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Mar 28, 2024Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Mar 28, 2024Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Quality of Life and Care		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Mar 28, 2024Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Mar 28, 2024Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.
Administration		D
Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated
Mar 28, 2024Give the resident's representative the ability to exercise the resident's rights.
Resident Rights		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Mar 28, 2024Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern
Mar 28, 2024Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control		E
Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern

Showing the 12 most recent of 19. 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
7.58 hours
Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
1.75 hours
Nurse aide time per resident per day
2.91 hours
Total nurse staffing on weekends
6.93 hours
Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
33%
RN turnover (yearly)
17%

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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