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Wyoming Veterans' Skilled Nursing Facility

⌖ Buffalo, WY · Johnson County
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Medicare overall rating 2 of 5 stars
Certified beds36
Medicare / MedicaidMedicare & Medicaid
OwnershipGovernment (state)

About Wyoming Veterans' Skilled Nursing Facility

Wyoming Veterans' Skilled Nursing Facility is a 36-bed government-run nursing home in Buffalo, WY. Medicare rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (below average); the average in Wyoming is 2.9. At its last full inspection (Jan 2026), inspectors found 9 problems, close to the Wyoming average of 7.8. 1 citation in its recent inspections was for residents being harmed or put in immediate danger. Nurses and aides spend about 7 hr 53 min a day with each resident, more than the Wyoming average of 3 hr 52 min. It has had no federal fines in the last three years.

Written from Medicare’s published figures; nothing here is paid for or written by the home. Our methodology

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Key details

Facility nameWyoming Veterans\' Skilled Nursing Facility
LocationJohnson County, Wyoming
Address700 Veteran's Lane, Buffalo, WY 82834 · Johnson County
CMS provider number535061
Ownership typeGovernment (state)
Official inspection reportsRead them on Medicare.gov ↗
Medicare enrolled sinceAugust 30, 2024 (2 years)
✓ Medicare✓ Medicaid

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Quality & inspections

Explore this facility's official CMS inspection history, staffing levels and quality measures below — sourced directly from Medicare's public records.

Overall rating2 of 5Below average
Health inspections2 of 5Below average
Quality measures3 of 5Average
Staffing4 of 5Above average

Ratings and inspection data on this page come directly from CMS's public records and are never altered for any paid listing. Medicare data as of September 2026.

What Medicare found

2 strengths and 3 things to ask about in Medicare's inspection, fine and staffing records for this home. 3 care-quality measures are worse than the state average in the rehab and long-term care section below.

Strengths

  • Nurse staffing per resident7 hr 53 min a dayWyoming average: 3 hr 52 min
    Strength
  • Registered nurse time per resident2 hr 00 min a dayWyoming average: 56 min
    Strength

About average

  • Health citations at last inspection9 (Jan 2026)Wyoming average: 7.8. Most citations are minor and corrected within weeks.
    About average

Things to ask about

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  • Abuse citationOn recordMedicare shows this icon when a home was cited for abuse, neglect or exploitation in recent inspections. Ask what happened and what changed.
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  • Serious health citations1 for actual harmCitations where inspectors found residents were harmed or put in immediate danger, most recently in Jan 2026 (within the past year). All 1 were later corrected.
    Ask about this
  • Fines and penalties1 Medicare payment denialFederal penalties from the last three years, most recently in Jan 2026 (within the past year). The national average is $30,972 per home.
    Ask about this

Source: Medicare (CMS) inspection, penalty and staffing records, compared with the Wyoming average. Problems may have been corrected since; ask the home about anything listed here. How we choose these

Short-term rehab or long-term care?

Medicare rates these separately, and many homes are better at one than the other.

Long-term care

For residents who live at the home for months or years.

Medicare quality rating: 3 of 5 (average)

  • Falls with a major injury8.1%State average: 4.7%
    Worse than average
  • Pressure sores (bedsores)10.0%State average: 4.6%
    Worse than average
  • Given antipsychotic drugs41.5%State average: 21.8%
    Worse than average

Source: Medicare (CMS) quality measures, compared with the Wyoming average. Lower is better for every rate shown.

Ratings over time

Its overall Medicare rating is 2 stars now, up from 1 star in March 2026. It has ranged from 1 to 2 stars and changed 1 time.

Overall rating2★
Health inspections2★
Staffing4★
Quality of care3★
2026
Show the values by year
MonthOverallInspectionsStaffingQualityNurse hours
Mar 20261212–
Sep 202622437.9

Source: Medicare (CMS) monthly Care Compare releases since 2019. Medicare has changed how some ratings are calculated over the years and paused most inspections in 2020, so some jumps reflect rule changes rather than changes at the home. Our methodology

See the full inspection reportEvery citation, fine, staffing figure and quality measure Medicare publishes for this home

From Medicare’s September 2026 data. Each inspection is dated below; staffing comes from payroll records for a recent quarter, and resident outcomes cover the latest period Medicare reports.

Inspection summary

How this facility compares to state and national averages on CMS-reported problems.

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Three-survey history

Citation counts across this facility's three most recent inspection cycles, so you can see whether problems are trending up, down, or holding steady.

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