Lovington Healthcare LLC: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Lovington Healthcare LLC is a 62-bed for-profit nursing home in Lovington, New Mexico, part of Opco Skilled Management. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.70 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 23% below the New Mexico average of 2.21, and 57.7% nursing staff turnover (New Mexico average 53.3%).
Lovington Healthcare LLC
1600 West Avenue ILovington, NM 88260
Lea County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Lovington Healthcare LLC, nurse aides logged 1.70 hours per resident per day, 23% below the New Mexico average. With about 56 residents a day, that works out to roughly 95 aide hours a day, or about 12 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 12% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | New Mexico avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.70 | 2.21 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.98 | 0.70 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.38 | 0.63 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.06 | 3.53 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.70 | 3.10 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
57.7% of nursing staff at Lovington Healthcare LLC left over the year CMS measured, against a New Mexico average of 53.3% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 33.3%. 1 administrator left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 7, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 10 health deficiencies (New Mexico average 17.8). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Lovington Healthcare LLC holds 3 of 5 overall; the New Mexico average is 2.9.
About Lovington Healthcare LLC
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Opco Skilled Management, 66 homes
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Dec 1, 1991
- Councils: resident council
- Area: rural
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Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.