Star Valley Care Center in Afton, WY

Star Valley Care Center is a medicaid certified nursing home in Afton, Wyoming. It is located in Lincoln county at 130 Hospital Lane, Afton, Wyoming 83110. You can reach out to the office of Star Valley Care Center via phone at (307) 885-5900. This skilled nursing facility has 24 federally certified beds with average occupancy rate of 68.33%. Its legal business name is Legal Business Name Not Available and has the following ownership type - Government - Hospital District.

Star Valley Care Center (Medicare CCN 53A050) is certified by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and participates in medicaid program. This means if you are part of medicaid program, you may consider this nursing facility for your medical needs. It was first certified by CMS in 1997 (27 years certified) and the last quality survey was conducted in May, 2019.

Name	Star Valley Care Center
Location	130 Hospital Lane, Afton, Wyoming
Certified By	Medicaid
No. of Certified Beds	24
Occupancy Rate	68.33%
Medicare ID (CCN)	53A050
Legal Business Name	Legal Business Name Not Available
Ownership Type	Government - Hospital District

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

The resident survey data of Star Valley 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	13.33	14.46
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight	1.56	5.51
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder	17.65	48.41
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder	9.78	1.79
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection	0	2.65
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms	20.97	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	4.62	3.36
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	100	93.87
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication	3.08	14.2
Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	95.83	83.88