Nursing home
Desert Springs Health Care
1701 N Turner Street, Hobbs, NM 88240 · Map
For profit - Individual · Part of Opco Skilled Management (52 facilities) · 80 certified beds
Desert Springs Health Care is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Hobbs, New Mexico. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 4/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.11 hours per resident per day, below the New Mexico average of 3.56. Its most recent inspection on Nov 20, 2024 cited 3 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Desert Springs Health Care compares
This facility vs. the New Mexico and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | New Mexico avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.11 | 3.56 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.42 | 0.62 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.85 | 2.23 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 52.2% | 53.0% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 3.0 | 16.6 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the January 30, 2026 inspection was corrected by February 25, 2026
What inspectors found at Desert Springs Health Care
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Actual harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 30, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jan 30, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jan 30, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 30, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jan 30, 2026 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide appropriate foot care.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jan 30, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jan 30, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jan 30, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jan 30, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jan 30, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jan 30, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Jan 30, 2026 · Full report (PDF)
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 1701 N Turner Street
Hobbs, NM 88240 - CMS certification #
- 325129
- Ownership
- For profit - Individual
- Certified beds
- 80
- Avg residents/day
- 77.9
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2016-01-07
- Chain
- Opco Skilled Management (52 facilities)
- Setting
- Rural
Part of Opco Skilled Management
Opco Skilled Management operates 52 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Opco Skilled Management facilities →
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Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Emergency In FEMA's high-risk flood area (Zone AO)
Full public records, with dates and sources
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital, Hobbs. 3.8 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- White Sands Healthcare, Hobbs. 4.0 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Star Care Home Health, Hobbs. 0.6 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 88240 as micropolitan (micropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- 322521 Hobbs Dialysis (Fmc), Hobbs, 1.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
322547-Kidney Care Center-Hobbs, Hobbs, 2.0 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 4 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 88240.
Star Hospice LLC, office in Hobbs, 0.6 miles away, straight line
Family Hospice Ltd Dba Gentiva, office in Hobbs, 2.0 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Odessa, Odessa. 75.0 miles away, straight line. 3 geriatric medicine doctors listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Zone AO: 1% annual chance shallow flooding, usually sheet flow on slopes, 1 to 3 feet deep (high risk). This is inside FEMA's Special Flood Hazard Area, where flood insurance is required for federally backed mortgages. (FEMA flood map)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In Hobbs, NM, risk to homes is greater than 85% of communities in New Mexico and 95% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole town or city, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding very high, wildfire relatively moderate, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Only cases that look tied to an earlier operator (not shown) |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | Could not read the site |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Desert Springs Health Care a good nursing home?
CMS gives Desert Springs Health Care an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 4/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Desert Springs Health Care staffed?
Desert Springs Health Care reports 3.11 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New Mexico average of 3.56.
Has Desert Springs Health Care had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 3 deficiencies.
How many beds does Desert Springs Health Care have?
Desert Springs Health Care is certified for 80 beds.