CCN 535039 · Sheridan County, Wyoming
Westview Health Care Center
1990 West Loucks St, Sheridan, WY 82801
Westview Health Care Center is a 102-bed for-profit nursing home in Sheridan, Wyoming, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1989. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 65.1 residents a day, about 64% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $6.9 million originally, at 2.54%, with $5.7 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in October 2048.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 102
- Average residents per day
- 65.1 (63.8% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Westview Operations LLC
- Certified since
- Oct 6, 1989
- Chain or affiliated group
- Life Care Centers of America (194 facilities, chain average 3.4 stars)
- Location
- Rural
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 | Wyoming median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 5 of 5 | State spread: 7 at 1, 10 at 2, 7 at 3, 3 at 4, 8 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 3 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.50 | 3.56 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.84 | 0.78 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.16 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 51.5% | 47.9% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 63.8% | 72.5% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 1 totaling $13,870 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 1 (Feb 14, 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). Westview Health Care Center meets that part today: 5 stars overall, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life Care Centers of America, Inc.Organization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/21/2015 |
| Burgess, ErikaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/11/2016 |
| Ferries, LauraIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2020 |
| Fletcher, ToddIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2021 |
| Lay, LisaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/24/2017 |
| Murner, TonyaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/01/2010 |
| Preston, AubreyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/27/2024 |
| Preston, ForrestIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/21/2015 |
| Schmidt, DerekIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/01/2023 |
| Swanker, RichardIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2022 |
| Ziegler, JamesIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/21/2015 |
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2016 | Westview Operations LLC | Life Care Centers of America, Inc. |
HUD Section 232 loans
HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs lists these FHA-insured loans for a project we matched to this facility by name, city and bed count. Status, rate and balance come from HUD's insured-mortgage files as of September 30, 2026. Check the FHA number against the loan documents before relying on the match.
| Endorsed | Program | Original amount | Status | FHA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 2018 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Life Care Westview Health Care Center, 86 beds. Lender at endorsement: Capital Funding LLC | $6,896,000 | Active: 2.54%, $5,693,401 balanceMatures Oct 1, 2048. Servicer: Capital Funding LLC | 10922012 |
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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