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91/100

Excellent

Valley View Healthcare & Rehab

510 East Cedar Street, Houston, MN 55943

CMS 5/5 stars #1 of 3 in Houston County (507) 896-3125
Certified beds
40
Occupancy
94%
Ownership
Non-profit
Accepts
Medicare + Medicaid

What to ask about before you visit

These are findings in the public CMS record for this home. They are not our opinion, each one comes straight from a federal inspection or enforcement file.

  • $26,685 in federal fines

    CMS has fined this facility across 1 penalty action(s).

Our read on Valley View Healthcare & Rehab

Valley View runs a tight ship on staffing: 4.20 nurse hours per resident day, about 9% above the national average, and turnover sits at 19.1% when the typical home loses nearly 46% of its staff each year. That kind of retention matters, because residents see the same faces instead of a rotating cast. The catch is weekends, when coverage drops roughly 12% below the home's own weekday level. Inspections land in the middle, a 2025 visit, one harm-level deficiency among 10 total, no abuse findings, and a single $26,685 fine. Nonprofit ownership and 40 beds suggest a smaller operation. The weak spot isn't care quality on paper; it's whether the weekend shift erodes what the weekday numbers promise.

Written from the CMS figures for this home shown further down this page. Nothing here is paid for or supplied by the home.

How this grade was calculated

Every point is shown. Nothing is weighted behind the scenes, the full formula is on How we grade.

Inspection30/30Staffing29/30Stability15/15Outcomes12/15Enforcement5/10

A full pentagon is full marks. The shape shows what kind of good or bad a home is, two homes can share a score and look nothing alike.

Inspection safety

30/30

Citations from state health inspections over the last three surveys, weighted by how much harm CMS says they caused.

  • →No citations recorded in the last 3 years

Staffing

29/30

Nursing hours per resident per day, adjusted for how sick the residents are, plus RN cover and weekend consistency.

  • →5.5 total nurse hours per resident per day (national median 3.77)
  • →0.95 RN hours per resident per day
  • →Weekend staffing drops 12% against weekdays

Staff stability

15/15

How much of the nursing team leaves in a year. High turnover means a resident rarely sees the same face twice.

  • →19% of nursing staff left in the last year

Resident outcomes

12/15

The CMS quality-measure rating, built from resident outcomes like falls, pressure ulcers, infections and antipsychotic use.

  • →4 of 5 stars on the CMS quality-measure rating

Enforcement history

5/10

Fines and payment denials CMS has imposed. A denial of payment means CMS stopped paying for new admissions.

  • →$26,685 in federal fines across 1 action(s)

Staffing, against the national average

Full detail

Hours of nursing care each resident receives per day. The marker on each bar is the national average.

Total nurse hours per resident per day4.20 hrs
National average 3.86 hrsBetter than average
Registered nurse (RN) hours0.95 hrs
National average 0.69 hrsBetter than average

RNs are the licence level most likely to catch a resident deteriorating.

Weekend nurse hours3.68 hrs
National average 3.42 hrsBetter than average

The shift most families visit, and the one thinned first.

Nursing staff turnover19.10%
National average 45.80%Better than average

The share of nursing staff who left over the last year.

Recent inspection findings

Last standard health inspection: May 29, 2025 (1 year ago). No citations were recorded.

No health-inspection citations on record for this facility in the current CMS release.

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Common questions about Valley View Healthcare & Rehab

What is the ElderGrade for Valley View Healthcare & Rehab? +

Valley View Healthcare & Rehab holds an ElderGrade of A (91 out of 100), which we describe as "excellent". The grade combines its inspection citations, nurse staffing levels, staff turnover, resident outcomes and enforcement history from the federal CMS record.

How many nursing hours does each resident get at Valley View Healthcare & Rehab? +

Residents receive an average of 4.20 nursing hours per day across all nursing staff, against a national average of 3.86 hours.

Has Valley View Healthcare & Rehab been cited for harming residents? +

No. None of the 0 citations on record were scored at the levels CMS uses to indicate actual harm or immediate jeopardy.

Does Valley View Healthcare & Rehab accept Medicaid? +

Yes, Valley View Healthcare & Rehab is certified to accept Medicaid, which is the programme that pays for long-term custodial care once a resident meets their state's income and asset limits.