Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center is a 113-bed for-profit nursing home in Pocatello, Idaho, part of The Ensign Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.26 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 7% below the Idaho average of 2.44, and 45.7% nursing staff turnover (Idaho average 50.3%).
Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center
1071 Renee AvenuePocatello, ID 83201
Bannock County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center, nurse aides logged 2.26 hours per resident per day, 7% below the Idaho average. With about 63 residents a day, that works out to roughly 141 aide hours a day, or about 18 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 14% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Idaho avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.26 | 2.44 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.67 | 0.74 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.56 | 0.86 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.50 | 4.04 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 3.01 | 3.49 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
45.7% of nursing staff at Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Idaho average of 50.3% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 60.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 17, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 8 health deficiencies (Idaho average 10.2). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the Idaho average is 3.1.
About Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: The Ensign Group, 342 homes
- Legal name: Valley View Health Services, Inc.
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 1, 1967
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Monte Vista Hills Healthcare Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Gateway Transitional Care Center Pocatello | 1.7 | 102 | 2.09 | 3.76 | 50.0% | 3 | None |
| Idaho State Veterans Home - Pocatello Pocatello | 2.0 | 66 | 2.91 | 4.95 | 48.6% | 5 | None |
| Quinn Meadows Rehabilitation and Care Center Pocatello | 2.2 | 41 | 2.63 | 4.28 | — | 2 | None |
| Syringa Chalet Nursing Facility Blackfoot | 20.8 | 42 | 3.87 | 5.79 | 37.3% | 5 | $13,923 |
| Bingham Memorial Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Blackfoot | 21.1 | 27 | — | — | — | 4 | None |
| Power County Skilled Nursing Facility American Falls | 22.6 | 21 | 2.92 | 4.63 | — | 1 | None |
| Promontory Point Rehabilitation Ammon | 44.4 | 50 | 3.29 | 5.62 | 21.3% | 5 | None |
| Teton Healthcare of Cascadia Idaho Falls | 45.6 | 88 | 2.03 | 3.78 | 60.8% | 1 | $36,190 |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.