River Valley Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center
1335 6th St, Del Norte, CO, 81132 · CCN 065424
River Valley Rehabilitation And Healthcare Center is a CMS-certified skilled nursing facility located in Del Norte, Colorado. This facility-specific record brings together official CMS provider, inspection, rating, and enforcement data while identifying what is missing or uncertain.
What stands out in the available record
The available records contain 29 cited deficiencies across 4 surveys. 1 were coded at G or above; 0 were coded at immediate-jeopardy levels J through L.
5 of the most frequently cited tags appear more than once in the available history: F0812 (3), F0600 (2), F0947 (2), F0880 (2), F0758 (2). Repetition can indicate a recurring compliance area, but it is not proof that the same underlying problem remained uncorrected.
Survey history
- April 2025 — Health: 1 cited deficiency
- December 2024 — Health: 11 cited deficiencies
- July 2023 — Health: 14 cited deficiencies
- January 2020 — Health: 3 cited deficiencies
Scope and severity distribution
- Scope/severity D: 16 citations
- Scope/severity E: 9 citations
- Scope/severity F: 3 citations
- Scope/severity G: 1 citation
1 available citations were coded at G or above, indicating actual harm or immediate jeopardy; 0 were coded J or above.
Top Deficiency Citations
- F0812 — Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. (3 citations)
- F0600 — Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. (2 citations)
- F0947 — Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention. (2 citations)
- F0880 — Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. (2 citations)
- F0758 — 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. (2 citations)
Deficiency categories
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies: 6 citations
- Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies: 5 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies: 5 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies: 4 citations
- Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies: 3 citations
- Infection Control Deficiencies: 2 citations
Official CMS Five-Star context
- Overall: 2 of 5 stars
- Health inspection: 2 of 5 stars
- Staffing: 2 of 5 stars
- Quality measure: 3 of 5 stars
CMS reports 2.79 total nurse staffing hours per resident day.
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Enforcement and penalties
No penalty actions appear in the enforcement records currently available to POCDesk. This is a statement about the present dataset, not a guarantee that no action has ever occurred.
Sources, freshness, and limitations
Source: official CMS datasets, including Provider Information, Health Deficiencies, and Penalties. View the CMS data source. Loaded survey records window — Earliest loaded survey: January 2020; Latest loaded survey: April 2025. These dates describe records loaded by POCDesk, not a CMS release or publication timestamp. Facility statistics refreshed: October 9, 2026 at 9:29 AM UTC. The available rating record has a CMS processing date of September 2026. POCDesk last refreshed that rating record on October 2026.
POCDesk groups citations by survey date, counts recurring F-Tags across the available history, and summarizes CMS scope/severity codes. Those summaries are POCDesk organization and interpretation of public records, not official ratings or survey findings of our own. Read the governing 42 CFR Part 483 and our editorial standards and methodology.
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