Sierra View Medical Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Sierra View Medical Center is a 35-bed for-profit nursing home in Porterville, California. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.91 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 10% above the California average of 2.65, and 33.3% nursing staff turnover (California average 36.7%).
Sierra View Medical Center
465 W Putnam AvePorterville, CA 93257
Tulare 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 Sierra View Medical Center, nurse aides logged 2.91 hours per resident per day, 10% above the California average. With about 34 residents a day, that works out to roughly 100 aide hours a day, or about 13 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 9% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | California avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.91 | 2.65 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 2.93 | 1.20 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 1.75 | 0.67 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 7.58 | 4.52 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 6.93 | 4.09 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
33.3% of nursing staff at Sierra View Medical Center left over the year CMS measured, against a California average of 36.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 16.7%.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Apr 10, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 5 health deficiencies (California average 15.7). 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. Sierra View Medical Center holds 5 of 5 overall; the California average is 3.2.
About Sierra View Medical Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Legal name: Sierra View Local Health Care District
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Oct 27, 2000
- Located inside a hospital
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Sierra View Medical Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Sequoia Transitional Care Porterville | 0.2 | 99 | 2.87 | 4.10 | 38.0% | 4 | $41,759 |
| Sierra Valley Rehab Center Porterville | 0.6 | 139 | 2.62 | 4.08 | 33.3% | 4 | $8,190 |
| River Walk Care Center Porterville | 0.6 | 99 | 2.69 | 4.14 | 47.8% | 2 | $164,778 |
| Gateway Post Acute Porterville · many days without an RN | 1.2 | 62 | 2.54 | 3.95 | 54.7% | 2 | $8,018 |
| Lindsay Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation Lindsay | 10.7 | 99 | 2.52 | 3.78 | 39.8% | 4 | None |
| Grand Oaks Care Tulare | 20.2 | 99 | 2.77 | 4.25 | 50.4% | 3 | None |
| Tulare Healthcare & Wellness Center, LP Tulare | 20.3 | 97 | 2.59 | 4.10 | — | 2 | None |
| Orchards at Tulare Tulare | 20.3 | 99 | 3.37 | 4.96 | 50.0% | 1 | $68,938 |
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.