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Uintah Health Care Special Service District

510 South 500 West, Vernal, UT, 84078

Type
Nursing home
Medicare/Medicaid certified · CCN 465092

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Federal Quality Data

Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed June 2026.

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CMS Star Ratings

Overall3 / 5
Health inspections3 / 5
Staffing4 / 5
Quality measures4 / 5

Facility & Staffing

Ownership
Government - County
Certified beds
110 · avg 30 residents/day
Administrators who left
1 departednear the Utah averageUtah avg: 0.6 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare

Enforcement & Citations

Fines (past 3 years)
1 fine · $28,038 total

Medicare certification

CMS Certification Number
465092
Certified beds
110 beds · avg 30 residents/day
Ownership type
Government - County
Continuing-care community
No

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Ownership & operations

Legal business name
Uintah Health Care Special Service District

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Federal ownership record

For-profitOther

Disclosed owners (2 on record)

  • Alicen Hatch

    Corporate Director · since 2018

  • Uintah Health Care Special Service District

    Other · since 2006

Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners, as of May 2026.

Federal inspection record

8 health citations on file1 immediate-jeopardy finding1 from complaints1 federal fine totalling $28K

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Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 8)

  • J0740·Sep 25, 2025Complaint

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.

  • D0880·Sep 25, 2025

    Infection Control Deficiencies

    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

  • D0775·Sep 25, 2025

    Administration Deficiencies

    Keep complete, dated laboratory records in the resident's record.

  • D0628·Sep 25, 2025

    Resident Rights Deficiencies

    Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.

  • E0605·Sep 25, 2025

    Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies

    Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.

  • E0880·Feb 9, 2022

    Infection Control Deficiencies

    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

  • E0711·Feb 9, 2022

    Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies

    Ensure the resident's doctor reviews the resident's care, writes, signs and dates progress notes and orders, at each required visit.

  • D0676·Feb 9, 2022

    Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies

    Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.

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Federal penalties

By year

  • 20251 fine · $28K

Most recent events

  • Sep 25, 2025Fine · $28K

Fire-safety citations

13 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Sep 25, 2025. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Jun 1, 2026.

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Where this information comes from

  • Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.

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