Nursing home
Silver Hills Health Care Center
3450 N Buffalo Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89129 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Covenant Care (24 facilities) · 155 certified beds
Silver Hills Health Care Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Las Vegas, Nevada. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 2/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.24 hours per resident per day, below the Nevada average of 4.34. Its most recent inspection on Aug 20, 2025 cited 10 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Silver Hills Health Care Center compares
This facility vs. the Nevada and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Nevada avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.24 | 4.34 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.67 | 1.06 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.57 | 2.37 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 54.8% | 46.3% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 10.0 | 9.4 | 9.5 | above 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 November 20, 2025 inspection was corrected by January 8, 2026
What inspectors found at Silver Hills Health Care Center
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
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Nov 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Nov 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Aug 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.
Administration Deficiencies · Aug 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Aug 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Aug 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Aug 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Aug 20, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Prepare residents for a safe transfer or discharge from the nursing home.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Feb 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
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
- 3450 N Buffalo Dr
Las Vegas, NV 89129 - CMS certification #
- 295066
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 155
- Avg residents/day
- 139.3
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1998-10-21
- Chain
- Covenant Care (24 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Covenant Care
Covenant Care operates 24 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Covenant Care facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Silver Hills Health Care Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Transportation
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2024, 3 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Silver Hills Health Care Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Provides transportation.
Arrange transportation to appointments
(page, checked Oct 15, 2026) - Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
We offer private and semi-private rooms only for your maximum comfort and privacy.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Smoke-free.
For the safety and welfare of all residents and staff, we are a non-smoking facility.
(page, checked Oct 12, 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.
- Nov 13, 2024: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (health). Case open. 3 violations cited (1 serious, 2 other). Penalties: $10,578 proposed, $10,578 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Covenant Care Vegas, INC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
Details
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(g)(2)(i)). Penalty $10,578 proposed, $10,578 now.
- Other than serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(f)(1)(i)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now.
- Other than serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(f)(2)(iv)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now.
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
- Mountainview Hospital, Las Vegas. 0.9 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Neurorestorative, Las Vegas. 0.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Allied Home Health Care Services, Las Vegas. 0.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 1.1 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 89129 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Cheyenne Dialysis, Las Vegas, 0.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Davita Pelican Point Dialysis, Las Vegas, 0.5 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
292506 Northwest Las Vegas Dialysis (Fmc), Las Vegas, 1.2 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 76 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 89129.
Reliable Hospice, office in Las Vegas, 0.5 miles away, straight line
Southwest Medical Associates Hospice And Palliative Care, office in Las Vegas, 1.1 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Shining Light Hospice, office in Las Vegas, 2.1 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Cardiacare Rehab And Wellness LLC, Las Vegas. 1.2 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 very low, heat wave very high, earthquake relatively moderate. 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 Silver Hills Health Care Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Silver Hills Health Care Center an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 2/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Silver Hills Health Care Center staffed?
Silver Hills Health Care Center reports 3.24 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Nevada average of 4.34.
Has Silver Hills Health Care Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 10 deficiencies.
How many beds does Silver Hills Health Care Center have?
Silver Hills Health Care Center is certified for 155 beds.