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Sierra View Medical Center

A nursing home in Porterville, California 93257

465 W Putnam Ave, Porterville, California 93257. (559) 788-6157.

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The short answer

Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.

The last 24 months 13 citations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. Most serious: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm (E). Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean7
Star ratings
CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Scope and severity (A to L)
CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7).
Nurse staffing hours
The hours registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse aides worked, per resident per day, from the payroll records each home sends CMS. Source: CMS, Payroll-Based Journal.
Fines and payment denials
A fine (civil money penalty) is money CMS makes a nursing home pay when it falls short of federal rules. A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stop paying for new admissions until the home meets the rules again. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.430 and 488.417.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

5 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The California average is 15.7.

Last standard inspection Apr 10, 2025.

Most serious in three years: D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.

Source:

CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

When those citations happened

13 citations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. Most serious: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm (E). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

All 13 citations in the last three years

Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries , from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 1 came from complaint inspections.

Source:

CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Dec 17, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 18, 2026.

Apr 10, 2025: standard inspection4 citations

  • Ensure 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.

    Rule F0693. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 8, 2025.

  • Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

    Rule F0755. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 8, 2025.

  • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

    Rule F0812. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 8, 2025.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 8, 2025.

Mar 28, 2024: standard inspection8 citations

  • Give the resident’s representative the ability to exercise the resident’s rights.

    Rule F0551. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 30, 2024.

  • Ensure that each resident is free from the use of physical restraints, unless needed for medical treatment.

    Rule F0604. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 30, 2024.

  • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

    Rule F0658. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 30, 2024.

  • Ensure 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.

    Rule F0693. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 30, 2024.

  • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

    Rule F0695. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 30, 2024.

  • Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

    Rule F0755. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 30, 2024.

  • Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.

    Rule F0847. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 30, 2024.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 30, 2024.

Is it certified, and in good standing?

  • Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Oct 27, 2000.
  • Not on CMS’s special focus list.
  • No abuse icon from CMS.
  • No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
  • CMS lists its ownership as for profit, corporation.
  • 35 certified beds.
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Has it been fined or penalized?

  • No fines in the last three years.
  • No Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
  • 1 citation in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
Source:

CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Who does the caring?

5.13 nurse hours per resident per day

The California average is 4.54.

CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.

Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Staffing measures
MeasureThis homeCalifornia average
Nurse hours per resident per day5.134.54
Of which registered nurses1.080.68
At weekends4.444.10
Nursing staff turnover26.2%36.6%
Registered nurse turnover18.2%37.8%
Administrators who leftNot givenNot given

Who owns it?

  • Sierra View Local Health Care District runs it.
  • 16 owners or officers are people: Harpreet S Sandhu (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Harpreet S Sandhu (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Gaurang S Pandya (on the governing body (managing control)); Gaurang S Pandya (trustee); Liberty A Lomeli (on the governing body (managing control)); Liberty A Lomeli (trustee); Donna J Hefner (corporate officer); Donna J Hefner (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Bindusagar H Reddy (on the governing body (managing control)); Bindusagar H Reddy (trustee); Cerelina Pichay (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Cerelina Pichay (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Hans Kashyap (on the governing body (managing control)); Hans Kashyap (trustee); Areli Orosco Martinez (on the governing body (managing control)); Craig Mcdonald (runs it (operational or managerial control)).
  • No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
  • No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
Source:

CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

How do residents fare?

  • CMS rates its quality measures 5 of 5 (California average 4.2).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS’s star ratings, from 1 to 5
MeasureRating
Overall rating4 of 5
Health inspections4 of 5
Staffing1 of 5
Quality measures5 of 5

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among the 12 nearest homes, within 23.3 miles, this one had the 12th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (5; the middle value was 12.5).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

The 12 nearest, by straight-line distance
PlaceMiles awayCitations, latest cycle
Sierra View Medical Center This nursing home5
Sequoia Transitional Care0.210
Sierra Valley Rehab Center0.613
River Walk Care Center0.612
Gateway Post Acute1.216
Lindsay Gardens Nursing & Rehabilitation10.717
Grand Oaks Care20.27
Tulare Healthcare & Wellness Center, LP20.321
Orchards at Tulare20.323
Kaweah Health Skilled Nursing Center22.48
Visalia Post Acute23.124
Delta Healthcare & Wellness Center, LP23.310

What the record doesn’t say

  • Complaints that didn’t lead to a citation aren’t published.
  • Inspections reach CMS’s data about six weeks after they happen, and staffing about four months after.
  • CMS publishes the inspectors’ full written findings in a separate monthly file, which isn’t loaded yet.
  • Fines and Medicare payment denials are the only enforcement CMS publishes; state licence actions aren’t included.

Sources

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Information (4pq5-n9py).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Deficiencies (r5ix-sfxw).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Penalties (g6vv-u9sr).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).

    Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State and US Averages (xcdc-v8bm).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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