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Sierra View Medical Center

465 W PUTNAM AVE, PORTERVILLE, CA, 93257

(559) 788-6157

35 licensed beds

★★★★★5/5CMS Five-Star overall4/5 health inspections3/5 staffing5/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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465 W Putnam Ave

Porterville, CA 93257

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Bed capacity

CMS facility ID

555766

Care type

Nursing home

County

Tulare

Facility name

Sierra View Medical Center

Street address

465 W PUTNAM AVE

City / state / ZIP

Porterville, CA 93257

Phone

(559) 788-6157

About this facility — Sierra View Medical Center

Sierra View Medical Center is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Porterville, California. It is licensed for 35 beds — well below the median for skilled nursing facilities in California (98 beds).

It is one of 25 senior care facilities in Porterville and 1,165 skilled nursing facilities across California. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Sierra View Medical Center 28 times across 8 inspections in the last three years, including 1 food-safety citation; no federal fines are on record. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

Facility background

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Ownership type

For profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

Hefner, Donna

Officer · Operational control — since 2013

Kashyap, Hans

Governing body · Trustee — since 2025

Lomeli, Liberty

Governing body · Trustee — since 2020

Martinez, Areli

Governing body — since 2022

Mcdonald, Craig

Operational control — since 2024

Pandya, Gaurang

Governing body · Trustee — since 2012

Pichay, Cerelina

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2023

Reddy, Bindusagar

Governing body · Trustee — since 2020

Sandhu, Harpreet

Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2000

Sierra View Local Health Care District

Operational control — since 2000

Regulatory standing

Licensed / certified since

2000-10-27

CMS overall rating

5 of 5 stars

Health deficiencies

5 at the last standard inspection

Federal fines

None on record

Last standard inspection

2025-04-10

Nurse staffing

7.6 hours per resident per day

Services & coverage

Licensed beds

Medicare

Accepted

Medicaid

Accepted

Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.

Inspection record

Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 1 food-safety citation on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.

2025-12-17Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0880

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2026-02-18

2025-04-10Health inspection4 citations

F-0693

E · No harm found

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.

Corrected 2025-05-08

F-0755

E · No harm found

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

Corrected 2025-05-08

F-0812

E · No harm foundFood safety

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

Corrected 2025-05-08

F-0880

E · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2025-05-08

6 earlier / fire-safety inspections (23 citations)

2024-03-28Health inspection8 citations

F-0551

E · No harm found

Give the resident's representative the ability to exercise the resident's rights.

Corrected 2024-04-30

F-0604

D · No harm found

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

Corrected 2024-04-30

F-0658

F · No harm found

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

Corrected 2024-04-30

F-0693

D · No harm found

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.

Corrected 2024-04-30

F-0695

E · No harm found

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

Corrected 2024-04-30

F-0755

D · No harm found

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

Corrected 2024-04-30

F-0847

D · No harm found

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

Corrected 2024-04-30

F-0880

E · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2024-04-30

2023-10-12Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation

F-0658

D · No harm foundFrom a complaint

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

Corrected 2023-10-23

2022-12-08Health inspection5 citations

F-0658

D · No harm found

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

Corrected 2023-01-09

F-0679

E · No harm found

Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.

Corrected 2023-01-09

F-0680

F · No harm found

Ensure the activities program is directed by a qualified professional.

Corrected 2023-01-09

F-0759

D · No harm found

Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

Corrected 2023-01-09

F-0880

D · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2023-01-09

2025-04-10Fire-safety inspection2 citations

E-0025

C · No harm found

Create arrangements with other facilities to receive patients.

Corrected 2025-04-16

K-0923

D · No harm found

Have proper medical gas storage and administration areas.

Corrected 2025-04-25

2024-03-28Fire-safety inspection1 citation

K-0345

F · No harm found

Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.

Corrected 2024-04-17

2022-12-08Fire-safety inspection6 citations

E-0031

D · No harm found

Provide emergency officials' contact information.

Corrected 2023-01-06

K-0161

D · No harm found

Use approved construction type or materials.

Corrected 2023-01-06

K-0324

D · No harm found

Provide properly protected cooking facilities.

Corrected 2023-01-06

K-0353

E · No harm found

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2023-01-06

K-0374

D · No harm found

Install smoke barrier doors that can resist smoke for at least 20 minutes.

Corrected 2023-01-06

K-0918

D · No harm found

Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

Corrected 2023-01-06

Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 555766.

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Inspection citations — last 5 years

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Original records

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Source

CMS Nursing Home Compare

data.cms.gov Provider Data Catalog

Last verified 2026-08-31

Source

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