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Mescalero Care Center
454 Lipan Avenue, Mescalero, NM 88340
Ratings are based on the most recent data available; a facility's ratings may have changed since the last update. The health inspection rating is based on the three most recent standard surveys and complaint investigations. CMS processed this record on 1 Aug 2026. View the Care Compare record.
Mescalero Care Center, in Mescalero, New Mexico, is certified for 40 beds under non-profit, other ownership.
CMS gives it 1 of 5 stars overall, below the New Mexico median of 3; the health inspection rating is 2, staffing 1 and quality measures 3.
Inspectors recorded 63 health deficiencies across the three most recent survey cycles (34, 15, 14 by cycle, most recent first), none at the actual-harm level. That is 157.5 per 100 beds, more than the state median of 47.5.
CMS lists no fines or payment denials against the facility in the period covered.
Compared with county, state and nation
| Measure | This facility | Otero Co. median | New Mexico median | US average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall star rating | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| Health citations, 3 cycles | 63 | 73 | 49 | 28.7 |
| Citations per 100 beds | 157.5 | 81.1 | 47.5 | 26.8 |
| Total nurse hours per resident day | — | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| RN hours per resident day | — | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Nursing staff turnover | — | 67.7% | 52.9% | 45.8% |
| Fines listed | $0 | $0 | $19,971 | — |
County and state figures are medians across facilities (3 in the county, 68 in the state); the US column is the CMS national average where CMS publishes one.
Citations by survey cycle
Dark bar: this facility. Grey bar: New Mexico average per facility for the same cycle, as published by CMS. Standard health survey dates: 19 May 2025, 22 May 2024.
Severity mix: D ×17 E ×35 F ×11
Health deficiencies
Every health citation in the current CMS record (three survey cycles), most recent first. Tag text is the CMS requirement summary, not the inspection narrative.
Scope and severity letters (A–L)
| Survey date | Tag | What the tag requires | Severity | Type | Corrected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jun 2026 | F0628 | Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies. | E | Complaint investigation | 1 Jul 2026 |
| 5 Dec 2025 | F0568 | Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home. | E | Complaint investigation | 15 Jan 2026 |
| 5 Dec 2025 | F0600 | Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. | E | Complaint investigation | 15 Jan 2026 |
| 5 Dec 2025 | F0658 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | E | Complaint investigation | 15 Jan 2026 |
| 5 Dec 2025 | F0609 | Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. | D | Complaint investigation | 15 Jan 2026 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0801 | Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician. | F | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0812 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | F | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0580 | Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. | E | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0605 | Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function. | E | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0628 | Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies. | E | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0641 | Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | E | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0657 | Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. | E | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0658 | Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. | E | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0679 | Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. | E | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0712 | Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits. | E | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0730 | Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. | E | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0756 | Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. | E | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0791 | Provide or obtain dental services for each resident. | E | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0842 | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | E | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0941 | Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program that includes effective communications for direct care staff members. | E | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0942 | Ensure that staff members are educated on resident rights and facility responsibilities to properly care for its residents. | E | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0944 | Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program. | E | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0945 | Include as part of its infection prevention and control program, mandatory training that includes written standards, policies, and procedures for the program. | E | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0947 | Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention. | E | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0552 | Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. | D | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0636 | Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months. | D | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0637 | Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition | D | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0638 | Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months. | D | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0640 | Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment. | D | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0655 | Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted | D | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0656 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | D | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | D | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0943 | Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation. | D | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 19 May 2025 | F0949 | Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment. | D | Standard survey | 18 Jul 2025 |
| 27 Feb 2025 | F0561 | Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. | E | Complaint investigation | 17 Dec 2024 |
| 22 May 2024 | F0727 | Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis. | F | Standard survey | 5 Aug 2024 |
| 22 May 2024 | F0812 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | F | Standard survey | 5 Aug 2024 |
| 22 May 2024 | F0867 | Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action. | F | Standard survey | 5 Aug 2024 |
| 22 May 2024 | F0880 | Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | F | Standard survey | 5 Aug 2024 |
| 22 May 2024 | F0657 | Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. | E | Standard survey | 5 Aug 2024 |
| 22 May 2024 | F0688 | Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason. | E | Standard survey | 5 Aug 2024 |
| 22 May 2024 | F0712 | Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits. | E | Standard survey | 5 Aug 2024 |
| 22 May 2024 | F0791 | Provide or obtain dental services for each resident. | E | Standard survey | 5 Aug 2024 |
| 22 May 2024 | F0842 | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | E | Standard survey | 5 Aug 2024 |
| 22 May 2024 | F0949 | Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment. | E | Standard survey | 5 Aug 2024 |
| 22 May 2024 | F0636 | Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months. | D | Standard survey | 5 Aug 2024 |
| 22 May 2024 | F0656 | Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. | D | Standard survey | 5 Aug 2024 |
| 22 May 2024 | F0684 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | D | Standard survey | 5 Aug 2024 |
| 22 May 2024 | F0919 | Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area. | D | Standard survey | 5 Aug 2024 |
| 15 Jun 2023 | F0726 | Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being. | F | Standard survey | 31 Aug 2023 |
| 15 Jun 2023 | F0727 | Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis. | F | Standard survey | 31 Aug 2023 |
| 15 Jun 2023 | F0730 | Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. | F | Standard survey | 31 Aug 2023 |
| 15 Jun 2023 | F0851 | Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data. | F | Standard survey | 31 Aug 2023 |
| 15 Jun 2023 | F0947 | Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention. | F | Standard survey | 31 Aug 2023 |
| 15 Jun 2023 | F0636 | Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months. | E | Standard survey | 31 Aug 2023 |
| 15 Jun 2023 | F0640 | Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment. | E | Standard survey | 31 Aug 2023 |
| 15 Jun 2023 | F0695 | Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | E | Standard survey | 31 Aug 2023 |
| 15 Jun 2023 | F0745 | Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life. | E | Standard survey | 31 Aug 2023 |
| 15 Jun 2023 | F0758 | Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited. | E | Standard survey | 31 Aug 2023 |
| 15 Jun 2023 | F0761 | Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. | E | Standard survey | 31 Aug 2023 |
| 15 Jun 2023 | F0812 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | E | Standard survey | 31 Aug 2023 |
| 15 Jun 2023 | F0655 | Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted | D | Standard survey | 31 Aug 2023 |
| 15 Jun 2023 | F0842 | Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | D | Standard survey | 31 Aug 2023 |
Penalties
CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this facility in the period covered.
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported through the Payroll-Based Journal; grey bars are the New Mexico average. Turnover: nursing staff —, RNs —; — administrators left in the reporting year.
Quality measures
| Measure | Residents | This facility | New Mexico median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased | Long Stay | 13.0% | 10.0% | 12.6% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder | Long Stay | 2.6% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection | Long Stay | 3.7% | 0.3% | 0.9% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury | Long Stay | 3.2% | 3.2% | 2.8% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers | Long Stay | 7.8% | 4.5% | 4.2% |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication | Long Stay | 9.1% | 13.5% | 13.4% |
Four-quarter averages for the measures CMS uses in the quality-measure star rating (2025Q2-2026Q1). Lower is better for every measure listed. Medians are computed across facilities on this site.
Ownership
Ownership type: non-profit, other. Legal business name: Mescalero Care Center.
No organisations are listed in the CMS ownership record for this facility.
Only organisations are shown. CMS also records individual owners, officers and managing employees; this site does not publish people's names.
Other nursing homes in Otero County
| Facility | City | Beds | Overall | Health | Staffing | Citations | Per 100 beds | Fines | Last survey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betty Dare Wellness & Rehabilitation LLC | Alamogordo | 90 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 73 | 81.1 | — | 16 Jun 2026 |
| Casa Arena Healthcare LLC | Alamogordo | 117 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 92 | 78.6 | $124K | 11 May 2026 |
All 3 facilities in Otero County
Questions and answers
How many deficiencies has Mescalero Care Center been cited for?
63 health deficiencies across the three most recent survey cycles, 0 at the actual-harm or immediate-jeopardy level. The New Mexico median is 49 per facility.
Has Mescalero Care Center been fined?
CMS lists no fines against the facility in the period covered.
How does staffing at Mescalero Care Center compare?
CMS does not report staffing hours for this facility.
Who operates Mescalero Care Center?
Ownership type is non-profit, other. Individual owners and managers are not listed on this site.
When was Mescalero Care Center last inspected?
The most recent survey or investigation in the CMS record is dated 10 Jun 2026; the most recent standard health survey was 19 May 2025.
Where does this data come from?
All figures are from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Care Compare datasets (provider information, health deficiencies, penalties, ownership and quality measures), processed 1 Aug 2026. Ratings and citations may change; the Care Compare record is authoritative.
Provenance
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Care Compare nursing home datasets (provider information, health deficiencies, penalties, ownership, MDS quality measures, state and national averages), public domain, processed by CMS on 1 Aug 2026. Facility record: Care Compare. Errors in processing are corrected at the next daily build; see corrections.