Sierra Health Care Center in T Or C, NM

Sierra Health Care Center is a medicare and medicaid certified nursing home in T Or C, New Mexico. It is located in Sierra county at 1400 North Silver Street, T Or C, New Mexico 87901. You can reach out to the office of Sierra Health Care Center via phone at (575) 894-7855. This skilled nursing facility has 90 federally certified beds with average occupancy rate of 63.89%. Its legal business name is Sierra Health Care Inc. and has the following ownership type - Non Profit - Corporation.

Sierra Health Care Center (Medicare CCN 325062) is certified by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and participates in both medicare and medicaid program. This means if you are part of medicare or medicaid program, you may consider this nursing facility for your medical needs. It was first certified by CMS in 1992 (32 years certified) and the last quality survey was conducted in February, 2020.

Name	Sierra Health Care Center
Location	1400 North Silver Street, T Or C, New Mexico
Certified By	Medicare and Medicaid
No. of Certified Beds	90
Occupancy Rate	63.89%
Medicare ID (CCN)	325062
Legal Business Name	Sierra Health Care Inc.
Ownership Type	Non Profit - Corporation

Nursing Homes may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with Sierra Health Care Center from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number	1225742315
Organization Name	PALOMA SPRINGS HEALTHCARE LLC
Address	1400 Silver St, Truth Or Consequences, NM 87901
Phone Number	575-894-7855

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Nursing homes vary in the quality of care and services they provide to their residents. The below quality ratings for Sierra Health Care Center are calculated from three sources - health inspection results, staffing data, and quality measure data. This information gives you an indication of the care Sierra Health Care Center give to their patients.

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Number of Facility Reported Incidents	0
Number of Substantiated Complaints	0
Number of Fines	1
Total Amount of Fines in Dollars	$19173
Number of Payment Denials	0
Total Number of Penalties	1

The resident survey data of Sierra Health Care Center is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Experience Measure	Provider	National Avg.
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased	17.83	14.46
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight	8.33	5.51
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder	40.21	48.41
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder	0.41	1.79
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection	2.21	2.65
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms	8.74	5.05
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained	0	0.23
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury	6.44	3.36
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	98.86	93.87
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication	21.68	14.2
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	83.96	83.88
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication	9.26	1.79
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to move independently worsened	23.12	17.09
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antianxiety or hypnotic medication	14.88	19.7
Percentage of high risk long-stay residents with pressure ulcers	6.1	7.32
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine	95.11	95.98
Percentage of short-stay residents who made improvements in function	77.54	67.99
Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine	81.25	82.93

Nursing Homes in T Or C, NM

Sierra Health Care Center Location: 1400 North Silver Street, T Or C, New Mexico 87901 Phone: (575) 894-7855

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A nursing home (also called skilled nursing facility) is a facility or distinct part of an institution whose primary function is to provide medical, continuous nursing, and other health and social services to patients who are not in an acute phase of illness requiring services in a hospital, but who require primary restorative or skilled nursing services on an inpatient basis above the level of intermediate or custodial care in order to reach a degree of body functioning to permit self care in essential daily living.

A skilled nursing facility (SNF) may be a freestanding facility or part of a hospital that has been certified by Medicare to admit patients requiring subacute care and rehabilitation.

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