CCN 465181 · Utah County, Utah
Mervyn Sharp Bennion Central Utah Veterans Home
1551 North Main Street, Payson, UT 84651
Mervyn Sharp Bennion Central Utah Veterans Home is a 108-bed government-owned nursing home in Payson, Utah, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 2013. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 103.8 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
- 108
- Average residents per day
- 103.8 (96.1% of beds)
- Ownership type
- Government - State
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Avalon Care Center - VA Payson LLC
- Certified since
- Oct 21, 2013
- Chain or affiliated group
- Avalon Health Care (16 facilities, chain average 3.4 stars)
- 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 | Utah median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 5 of 5 | State spread: 9 at 1, 19 at 2, 24 at 3, 19 at 4, 25 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 5 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 5 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 5.69 | 3.71 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 1.88 | 1.04 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 5.19 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 33.7% | 50.5% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 96.1% | 77.0% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 1 (Apr 13, 2026) | ||
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). Mervyn Sharp Bennion Central Utah Veterans Home meets that part today: 5 stars overall, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon VA Management LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 02/17/2015 |
| Avalon Veterans Services, L.L.C.Organization | Indirect Ownership Interest | 100% | 12/18/2018 |
| Avalon Health Care IncOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/20/2012 |
| Avalon Health Care Management IncOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/03/2010 |
| State of UtahOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/20/2012 |
| Bott, WesleyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/01/2016 |
| Brannin, LoriIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/01/2026 |
| Harris, BradfordIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/16/2026 |
| Hash, AlanIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/15/2017 |
| Kirton, HyrumIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/29/2022 |
| Newby, JoshuaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/21/2022 |
| Smith, NicoleIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/01/2023 |
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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