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Desert Springs Health Care

1701 N TURNER STREET, HOBBS, NM, 88240
(575) 397-0870
80 licensed beds
★★★★★5/5CMS Five-Star overall4/5 health inspections3/5 staffing5/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Bed capacity
80
CMS facility ID
325129
Care type
Nursing home
County
Lea
Facility name
Desert Springs Health Care
Street address
1701 N TURNER STREET
City / state / ZIP
Hobbs, NM 88240
Phone
(575) 397-0870

Desert Springs Health Care is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Hobbs, New Mexico. It is licensed for 80 beds — below the median for skilled nursing facilities in New Mexico (102 beds).

It is one of 9 senior care facilities in Hobbs and 68 skilled nursing facilities across New Mexico. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Desert Springs Health Care 48 times across 8 inspections in the last three years, including 1 food-safety citation, and CMS has imposed $17,215 in fines. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Parent company
Opco Skilled Management
Ownership type
For profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

1701 Desert Springs Opco Holdings, Llc
Direct owner — since 2019
1701 N Turner Street Nm, Llc
Additional disclosable party — since 2019
Adirondack Trust
Additional disclosable party — since 2019
Bighorn Trust
Additional disclosable party — since 2019
Blue Ridge Hc Trust
Additional disclosable party — since 2019
Continuum Rehab Group Llc
Additional disclosable party — since 2019
Davidovich, Niv
Owner of a disclosable party — since 2025
Embudo Trust
Indirect owner — since 2019
Ftnm Propco Holdings, Llc
Additional disclosable party — since 2019
Garetz, David
Officer · Operational control — since 2020
Gibraltar Trust
Additional disclosable party — since 2019
Gurwitz, Solomon
Owner of a disclosable party — since 2025
Hagins, Elizabeth
Owner of a disclosable party — since 2025
Hansen Hunter Llc
Additional disclosable party — since 2024
Jones, Amy
Additional disclosable party — since 2024
Kaplan, Esther
Owner of a disclosable party — since 2025
Kaplan, Mordechai
Owner of a disclosable party — since 2025
Mindle, Adam
Owner of a disclosable party — since 2025
Opco Ca Skilled Mgmt Inc.
Additional disclosable party — since 2019
Opco Nm Skilled Mgmt, Llc
Additional disclosable party — since 2019
Oxford Square Llc
Indirect owner — since 2019
Rimpau Holdings Trust
Indirect owner — since 2019
Sasem Investments Llc
Indirect owner — since 2019
Sternshein, Jennifer
Owner of a disclosable party — since 2025
Stolarczyk, Lisa
Additional disclosable party — since 2024
The Wright Group Consulting, Llc
Additional disclosable party — since 2024
Unger, Jeffrey
Owner of a disclosable party — since 2025
Wellington Hc Partners Llc
Indirect owner — since 2019
Zimmerman, Caroline
Owner of a disclosable party — since 2025

Regulatory standing

Federal court records
1 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)
Licensed / certified since
2016-01-07
CMS overall rating
5 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
12 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
$17,215 total
Last standard inspection
2026-01-30
Nurse staffing
3.6 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2024 cost report)

Average billed charges
$335 per day (≈ $10,180/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.
Payer mix (resident days)
78% Medicaid · 11% Medicare · 11% private/other
Occupancy
93% (fiscal year 2024)
Vs. state median
7% below the NM median of $362/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
80
Medicare
Accepted
Medicaid
Accepted
Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset; cost & occupancy from the facility's own CMS cost report · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.
Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 1 food-safety citation on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.
2026-01-30Health inspectionComplaint-triggered12 citations
F-0561
D · No harm found
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Corrected 2026-02-25
F-0578
D · No harm found
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.
Corrected 2026-02-25
F-0641
D · No harm found
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Corrected 2026-02-25
F-0655
D · No harm found
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Corrected 2026-02-25
F-0656
D · No harm found
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Corrected 2026-02-25
F-0657
D · No harm found
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Corrected 2026-02-25
F-0687
D · No harm found
Provide appropriate foot care.
Corrected 2026-02-25
F-0689
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2026-02-25
F-0695
E · No harm found
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Corrected 2026-02-25
F-0757
E · No harm found
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Corrected 2026-02-25
F-0842
D · No harm found
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Corrected 2026-02-25
F-0880
E · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2026-02-25
2024-11-20Health inspection2 citations
F-0700
E · No harm found
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail.
Corrected 2024-12-20
F-0732
C · No harm found
Post nurse staffing information every day.
Corrected 2024-12-20
5 earlier / fire-safety inspections (34 citations)
2024-05-17Health inspectionComplaint-triggered1 citation
F-0689
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2024-04-06
2024-01-26Health inspection19 citations
F-0568
E · No harm found
Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.
Corrected 2024-02-21
F-0623
E · No harm found
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Corrected 2024-02-21
F-0625
E · No harm found
Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
Corrected 2024-02-21
F-0641
E · No harm found
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Corrected 2024-02-21
F-0656
E · No harm found
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Corrected 2024-02-21
F-0657
E · No harm found
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Corrected 2024-02-21
F-0679
E · No harm found
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Corrected 2024-02-21
F-0685
E · No harm found
Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
Corrected 2024-02-21
F-0689
E · No harm found
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Corrected 2024-02-21
F-0698
E · No harm found
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Corrected 2024-02-21
F-0726
E · No harm found
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.
Corrected 2024-02-21
F-0756
E · No harm found
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
Corrected 2024-02-21
F-0758
E · No harm found
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.
Corrected 2024-02-21
F-0761
E · No harm found
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.
Corrected 2024-02-21
F-0770
E · No harm found
Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
Corrected 2024-02-21
F-0791
E · No harm found
Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
Corrected 2024-02-21
F-0812
F · No harm foundFood safety
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Corrected 2024-02-21
F-0883
E · No harm found
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Corrected 2024-02-21
F-0887
E · No harm found
Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status.
Corrected 2024-02-21
2024-11-20Fire-safety inspection3 citations
E-0007
F · No harm found
Address patient/client population and determine types of services needed.
Corrected 2024-12-16
E-0015
F · No harm found
Address subsistence needs for staff and patients.
Corrected 2024-12-16
E-0018
F · No harm found
Establish procedures for tracking staff and patients during an emergency.
Corrected 2024-12-16
2024-01-26Fire-safety inspection7 citations
E-0007
F · No harm found
Address patient/client population and determine types of services needed.
Corrected 2024-02-16
K-0353
F · No harm found
Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
Corrected 2024-02-16
K-0372
E · No harm found
Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
Corrected 2024-02-16
K-0521
E · No harm found
Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Corrected 2024-02-16
K-0711
E · No harm found
Provide a written emergency evacuation plan.
Corrected 2024-02-16
K-0712
F · No harm found
Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.
Corrected 2024-02-16
K-0741
E · No harm found
Have posted "No-smoking" signs in areas where smoking is not permitted or ashtrays provided where smoking was allowed.
Corrected 2024-02-16
2022-11-18Fire-safety inspection4 citations
K-0324
E · No harm found
Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
Corrected 2022-12-05
K-0325
E · No harm found
Have properly installed hallway dispensers for alcohol-based hand rub.
Corrected 2022-12-05
K-0914
F · No harm found
Ensure receptacles at patient bed locations and where general anesthesia is administered, are tested after initial installation, replacement or servicing.
Corrected 2022-12-05
K-0927
E · No harm found
Have proper fire barriers, ventilation and signs for the transfilling of oxygen.
Corrected 2022-12-05

Federal penalties

2026-01-30Fine$17,215
Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 325129.
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Ownership & corporate history

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Inspection citations — last 5 years

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Civil & criminal lawsuits

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Active civil suits
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Federal dockets
CDC infection data
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Citations, owner history, lawsuits — decoded into one PDF.
Sources we pull for this facility.
Source
CMS Nursing Home Compare
data.cms.gov Provider Data Catalog
Last verified 2026-08-31
Source
Secretary of State filings
Entity & officer search
Pulled when a report is ordered
Source
PACER federal dockets
pacer.uscourts.gov
Pulled when a report is ordered