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Otterbein Portage Valley

A nursing home in Pemberville, Ohio 43450

20311 Pemberville Rd, Pemberville, Ohio 43450. (419) 833-7000.

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The short answer

Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.

The last 24 months 17 citations in 8 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm (D). 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?

8 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The Ohio average is 10.5.

Last standard inspection Jun 18, 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

17 citations in 8 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. Most serious: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm (D). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

17 citations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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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 17 citations in the last three years

Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries , from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 14 came from complaint inspections.

Source:

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

Jul 29, 2026: complaint inspection1 citation
  • Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

    Rule F0760. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 11, 2026.

Apr 15, 2026: complaint inspection2 citations
  • Immediately tell the resident, the resident’s doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.

    Rule F0580. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 21, 2026.

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

    Rule F0812. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 21, 2026.

Jun 18, 2025: standard inspection3 citations
  • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

    Rule F0686. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 11, 2025.

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

    Rule F0695. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 11, 2025.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 11, 2025.

Jun 18, 2025: standard and complaint inspection2 citations
  • Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.

    Rule F0697. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 11, 2025.

  • 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. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 11, 2025.

Mar 4, 2025: complaint inspection3 citations
  • Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

    Rule F0684. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 21, 2025.

  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 21, 2025.

  • Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

    Rule F0842. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 21, 2025.

Jan 23, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
  • Give the resident’s representative the ability to exercise the resident’s rights.

    Rule F0551. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Feb 3, 2025.

Sep 10, 2024: complaint inspection2 citations
  • Honor the resident’s right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

    Rule F0550. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 23, 2024.

  • Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.

    Rule F0607. C: no actual harm, potential for minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 23, 2024.

Jul 23, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
  • Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

    Rule F0677. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 4, 2024.

May 30, 2024: complaint inspection2 citations
  • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

    Rule F0759. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 10, 2024.

  • Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

    Rule F0760. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jun 10, 2024.

Is it certified, and in good standing?

  • Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Dec 15, 1981.
  • 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 non profit, corporation.
  • 50 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.
  • 14 citations 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?

3.34 nurse hours per resident per day

The Ohio average is 3.71.

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 homeOhio average
Nurse hours per resident per day3.343.71
Of which registered nurses0.720.64
At weekends3.033.29
Nursing staff turnover49.1%49%
Registered nurse turnover45.5%44.4%
Administrators who left0Not given

Who owns it?

  • Otterbein Lsc, LLC owns 100% directly since Jan 1, 2016.
  • Functional Pathways of Tennessee LLC and Otterbein Home run it.
  • 37 owners or officers are people: Tara Loar (on the governing body (managing control)); Tara Loar (trustee); Becky Bayliff (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Thomas Kyllo (on the governing body (managing control)); Thomas Kyllo (trustee); Jason E Miller (corporate officer); Heidi Glosser (runs it (operational or managerial control)); John Stephenson (corporate director); Victoria Bartlett (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Katie Mckibbin (on the governing body (managing control)); Katie Mckibbin (trustee); William Brownson (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Daniel Barbee (on the governing body (managing control)); Daniel Barbee (trustee); Rita C Hawkins (corporate officer); Tomas Hazelbaker (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Ralph Reed Fraley (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Norris Hinds (on the governing body (managing control)); Norris Hinds (trustee); John E Pierce (runs it (operational or managerial control)); John E Pierce (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Jill Wilson (corporate officer); Jessica Kirkendall (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Jessica Kirkendall (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Judy Benedict (on the governing body (managing control)); Judy Benedict (trustee); James Christopher Green (corporate officer); James Christopher Green (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Robert Coleman (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Angie Powell (corporate director); Mike Godfrey (on the governing body (managing control)); Mike Godfrey (trustee); Marilyn Bowlus (on the governing body (managing control)); Marilyn Bowlus (trustee); Daniel Burke (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Lynn App (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Steve Vonderhaar (runs it (operational or managerial control)).
  • Part of Otterbein Seniorlife (20 homes in CMS’s data).
  • 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.

Organisations CMS lists
OrganisationRoleShareSince
Otterbein Lsc, LLCOwns 5% or more directly100%Jan 1, 2016
Otterbein HomeOwns 5% or more through other companies100%Dec 1, 2021
Polaris Pharmacy Services of Ohio LLCAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Dec 1, 2018
Functional Pathways of Tennessee LLCRuns it (operational or managerial control)Dec 1, 2018
Functional Pathways of Tennessee LLCAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Apr 4, 2025
Otterbein HomeRuns it (operational or managerial control)Dec 1, 2021
Otterbein HomeAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Dec 1, 2021

How do residents fare?

  • CMS rates its quality measures 5 of 5 (Ohio average 4.5).
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 inspections3 of 5
Staffing3 of 5
Quality measures5 of 5

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among the 12 nearest homes, within 12.4 miles, this one had the 10th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (8; the middle value was 12.5).
Source:

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

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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