The nursing home failed to provide services that met professional standards of quality. Cited March 2024 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 658 — 42 CFR §483.21(b)(3) — S/S: F
Nursing home report
SIERRA VIEW MEDICAL CENTER
PORTERVILLE, CA · Medicare-certified · 35 beds
In good standing
For-profit
4 of 5 overall
SIERRA VIEW MEDICAL CENTER in Porterville, CA has a 4-star overall rating, with strong quality and health inspection scores but a 1-star staffing rating. Reported nurse staffing is 5.23 hours per resident per day, above the 4.1-hour federal benchmark, and there were no fines in the last 24 months.
Facility ratings
Health inspections
Staffing
5.227 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Last inspection: December 17, 2025Penalties, last 24 months: $0
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 5.227.
Staffing detail
- Registered nurses
- 1.15
- Licensed practical nurses
- 2.01
- Nurse aides
- 2.06
- Weekend nursing
- 4.87
Hours per resident per day.
Total staff turnover: 30%
Registered nurse turnover: 0%
Resident outcomes
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Negative outcomes
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
—0%—
Residents with a fall causing major injury
0%0%No change
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
4.8%10.8%Worsening
Residents with a urinary tract infection
10.7%3.2%Improving
Residents who lost too much weight
0%0%No change
Residents who were physically restrained
10.3%0%Improving
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
27.6%40.6%Worsening
Residents with a long-term catheter
6.5%6.3%No change
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
—0%—
Residents with depressive symptoms
—0%—
Positive outcomes
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
—93.8%—
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
89.7%100%Improving
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
—90.9%—
What the inspectors found
The nursing home failed to make sure its activities program was led by a qualified professional. Cited December 2022 — widespread issue, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 680 — 42 CFR §483.24 — S/S: F
The nursing home failed to provide and carry out an infection prevention and control program to help keep residents from getting or spreading infections. Cited April 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 880 — 42 CFR §483.80(a) — S/S: E
The home failed to make sure feeding tubes were used only when medically needed and that residents with feeding tubes received proper care. Cited April 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 693 — 42 CFR §483.25 — S/S: E
The home failed to provide pharmacy services and a licensed pharmacist needed to meet each resident’s medication needs. Cited April 2025 — limited pattern, potential for harm.
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F-Tag 755 — 42 CFR §483.45 — S/S: E
Recent history
- STAFFING
Reported nurse staffing met or exceeded the federal recommendation.
- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.
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- INSPECTION
Health inspection found 8 health deficiencies.
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Operator & ownership
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Occupancy
- 32.6 residents on an average day (93% of 35 beds)
- Resident voice
- Resident council
- Medicare history
- Certified for 25 years
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Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.