CCN 355067 · Grand Forks County, North Dakota
Valley Senior Living on Columbia
2900 14th Ave S, Grand Forks, ND 58201
Valley Senior Living on Columbia is a 196-bed nonprofit nursing home in Grand Forks, North Dakota, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1978. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 187.1 residents a day, about 96% of its certified beds. We found no FHA-insured Section 232 loan for it in HUD's healthcare endorsement database (fiscal 2001 onward).
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 196
- Average residents per day
- 187.1 (95.5% of beds)
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Church related
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Valley Homes and Services
- Certified since
- Jul 1, 1978
- Chain or affiliated group
- None listed by CMS
- Location
- Urban
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | North Dakota median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4 of 5 | State spread: 14 at 1, 10 at 2, 15 at 3, 15 at 4, 17 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 5 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 5.32 | 4.37 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 1.30 | 0.90 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 4.23 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 32.6% | 50.0% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 95.5% | 94.5% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 3 totaling $31,594 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 4 (Jun 19, 2025) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Valley Senior Living on Columbia meets that part today: 4 stars overall, 3 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altru Health SystemOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 06/01/1994 |
| Valley Senior LivingOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/12/1997 |
| Anderson, MeganIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/31/2014 |
| Baumgarten, JessicaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/06/2015 |
| Berge, ScottIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/25/2023 |
| Bott, LorileeIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/29/2004 |
| Brown, MichaelIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/28/2020 |
| Colenso, ThomasIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/30/2024 |
| Edwards, AdamIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/05/2021 |
| Hathaway, SonjaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/19/2023 |
| Henderson, ChristopherIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 06/25/2018 |
| Hoeger, NannetteIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/03/2023 |
| Lien, MichaelIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/17/2005 |
| Litsey, JoeIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 06/02/2023 |
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
No FHA-insured loan matching this facility appears in HUD's database of healthcare endorsements, which covers fiscal 2001 onward (HUD data run of July 8, 2026). A loan could still exist under a different project name or from before 2001.
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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