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VALLEY HEALTHCARE CENTER

An independent review of Valley Healthcare Center's safety record, its Medicare rating, health-inspection citations, staffing, fines and complaints, drawn from public federal data (not user star-ratings).

1205 8TH STREET · BAKERSFIELD, CA 93304 · 87 beds
Phone: 6613342200
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Open Care Data Safety Grade

This facility raises serious safety concerns and ranks well below its peers.

Starts from the Medicare rating, then weighs $91,195 in federal fines. How we grade · See how it compares
Open Care Data's independent assessment of public federal data, not an official CMS rating. Data can lag or change. Operate this facility? Report a correction.

Recent News August 2026 federal update

Total federal fines changed to $91,195

In the August 2026 federal update, the total dollar amount of federal fines on this facility's record changed from $99,934 to $91,195. Fines are civil monetary penalties CMS levies when serious problems are identified and not corrected.

These changes are drawn from the U.S. federal (CMS) nursing home data. The facts are CMS's; the explanations are Open Care Data's. Federal data updates periodically and can lag current conditions. Operate this facility? Add context or report a correction.

Medicare Five-Star Rating · as of the latest federal update

Overall
1 / 5
Staffing
★★★
3 / 5
Health Inspection
1 / 5
Quality Measures
★★
2 / 5

Top concerns What stands out in the record

  • Below-average overall Medicare rating (1 of 5 stars).
  • $91,195 in federal fines across 2 penalties.
  • 18 deficiency citations on record in the last three years.

How it compares vs. 1165 CA nursing homes

Overall Medicare rating
1of 5 stars
Better than 0% of CA homes
Staffing rating
3of 5 stars
Better than 22% of CA homes
Health-inspection rating
1of 5 stars
Better than 0% of CA homes
Total nurse hours / resident / day
3.77845hrs
Better than 6% of CA homes
RN hours / resident / day
0.34451hrs
Better than 20% of CA homes
RN turnover
28.6%
Better than 64% of CA homes

Percentiles rank this facility against every other Medicare-rated nursing home in California, using the latest federal data.

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Safety & Enforcement Federal inspection record

Safety indicators

Abuse indicator None on record
Substantiated complaints 0

Financial penalties

2
Fines
$91,195
Total fines
0
Payment denials
2
Total penalties

Staffing Hours per resident / day

0.34451
RN hours per resident / day
Benchmark ≥ 0.75
3.77845
Total nursing hours / day
Benchmark ≈ 4.1
3.37412
Weekend nursing hours / day
Look for parity with weekdays

Higher staffing, especially RN time, correlates with better outcomes and higher Medicare star ratings.

Recent Deficiency Citations Last 36 months · federal inspections

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Quality Measures Medicare quality data · lower is better

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