Nursing Homes in New Mexico: Staffing, Turnover, and Penalties
New Mexico has 68 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes in 32 cities. On CMS's August 2026 figures, nurse aides there log 2.21 hours per resident per day, 5% below the US average of 2.32, and 53.3% of nursing staff leave in a year (US 45.8%).
New Mexico averages
Aide hours per resident per day is the nurse aide time a home logged for each resident across a whole day, from the payroll records every home submits to CMS. More hours per resident means more hands on the floor for the same number of residents. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. Fines and payment denials are CMS penalties from the last three years.
CMS Care Compare State and US Averages, August 2026 release
Nursing homes by city
The most nursing homes are in Albuquerque (18), Las Cruces (6), Farmington (4). Each city page compares every home on staffing, turnover, CMS stars, and fines.
- Alamogordo (2)
- Albuquerque (18)
- Artesia (1)
- Aztec (1)
- Belen (1)
- Bloomfield (1)
- Carlsbad (1)
- Casa Blanca (1)
- Clayton (1)
- Clovis (3)
- Deming (1)
- Farmington (4)
- Gallup (2)
- Grants (1)
- Hobbs (2)
- Las Cruces (6)
- Las Vegas (2)
- Los Alamos (1)
- Lovington (1)
- Mescalero (1)
- Portales (1)
- Raton (1)
- Rio Rancho (3)
- Roswell (3)
- Santa Clara (1)
- Santa Fe (2)
- Silver City (1)
- Socorro (1)
- Springer (1)
- Taos (1)
- T or C (1)
- Truth or Consequences (1)
Largest nursing home chains in New Mexico
CMS links 48 of New Mexico's homes to these 6 chains. A chain is a group of homes under common ownership or management, as CMS records it.
| Chain | Homes in NM | Homes nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Opco Skilled Management | 23 | 66 |
| Genesis Healthcare | 20 | 184 |
| Purehealth | 2 | 8 |
| Advanced Health Care | 1 | 26 |
| Eduro Healthcare | 1 | 34 |
| Life Care Centers of America | 1 | 194 |
Chain as recorded in the CMS Provider Information file, August 2026 release