Colorado State Veterans Nursing Home - Rifle

Clinical Quality Measures

• Long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection

  6.4%

  national median 0.9%

  worse than the national median

• Long-stay residents experiencing falls with major injury

  2.9%

  national median 2.8%

  near the national median

• Short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication

  0.0%

  national median 1.0%

  better than the national median

• Long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened

  12.5%

  national median 12.5%

  near the national median

• Long-stay residents with pressure ulcers

  6.5%

  national median 4.2%

  worse than the national median

• Long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication

  13.4%

  national median 13.4%

  near the national median

Source: CMS MDS quality measures (four-quarter average).

Nurse Staffing

Nurse staffing per resident per day

4.1 hours

CO average: 3.7 hours · National: 3.9 hours

All nursing staff combined: RNs, LPNs/LVNs, and nurse aides.

Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day

1.3 hours

CO average: 0.8 hours · National: 0.7 hours

RN hours only — the most highly trained nursing staff.

Weekend nurse staffing per resident per day

3.5 hours

CO average: 3.3 hours · National: 3.4 hours

Total nurse staffing on Saturdays and Sundays, when staffing typically dips.

Nursing staff turnover in the past year

48.7%

CO average: 47.1% · National: 45.8%

Share of this facility’s nursing staff who stopped working there over 12 months.

Reported by facilities through CMS's Payroll-Based Journal system. Facility values and the state/national averages are shown exactly as CMS publishes them. More staffing hours are generally better; lower turnover is generally better.

Penalties & Enforcement

1 fine totaling $32,975 in the recent inspection window (most recent: November 22, 2024).

Federal enforcement actions from CMS's penalty file: civil money penalties (fines) and denials of Medicare payment tied to health-inspection deficiencies.

Ownership

Ownership type

Government - State