Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Valley View Villa
815 Fremont Ave, Fort Morgan, CO 80701 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Life Care Centers Of America (194 facilities) · 120 certified beds
Valley View Villa is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Fort Morgan, Colorado. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (5/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.79 hours per resident per day, above the Colorado average of 3.70. Its most recent inspection on Dec 19, 2024 cited 2 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $7,443In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Valley View Villa compares
This facility vs. the Colorado and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Colorado avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.79 | 3.70 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.41 | 0.83 | 0.68 | above avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.19 | 2.20 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 26.8% | 48.6% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 2.0 | 8.8 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the December 1, 2025 inspection was corrected by December 10, 2025
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $7,443, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Valley View Villa
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Dec 1, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Dec 19, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 17, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 6, 2019 - Potential for harm
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Aug 6, 2019
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 815 Fremont Ave
Fort Morgan, CO 80701 - CMS certification #
- 065181
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 120
- Avg residents/day
- 39.7
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1990-01-01
- Chain
- Life Care Centers Of America (194 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Life Care Centers Of America
Life Care Centers Of America operates 194 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Life Care Centers Of America facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Valley View Villa using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day, transportation
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2022, 1 violation cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Valley View Villa says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
Focusing on inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation with 24-hour skilled nursing care, Valley View Villa offers state-of-the-art rehab equipment such as the AlterG
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Provides transportation.
Transportation services
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Smoke-free.
Non-smoking facility
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Apr 7, 2022: monitoring inspection, partial (health). Case closed Nov 3, 2022. 1 violation cited (1 other). Penalties: $1,000 proposed, $600 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Life Care Centers of America, INC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Other than serious: Giving injury records to OSHA when asked (1904.40(a)). Penalty $1,000 proposed, $600 now. To be fixed by Oct 13, 2022.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- St Elizabeth Hospital, Fort Morgan. 0.3 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- South Platte Rehabilitation and Nursing LLC, Brush. 7.4 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Colorado Plains Medical Center Home Care, Fort Morgan. 0.3 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 80701 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Hospice
- 3 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 80701.
- Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Select Physical Therapy Of West Denver Limited Partnership, Commerce City. 60.7 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire very low, tornado relatively high, heat wave very low, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Valley View Villa a good nursing home?
CMS gives Valley View Villa an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 5/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Valley View Villa staffed?
Valley View Villa reports 3.79 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Colorado average of 3.70.
Has Valley View Villa had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 2 deficiencies.
How many beds does Valley View Villa have?
Valley View Villa is certified for 120 beds.