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Evergreen Nursing Home

1991 CARROLL ST, ALAMOSA, CO, 81101
(719) 589-4951
60 licensed beds
★★★★★2/5CMS Five-Star overall2/5 health inspections1/5 staffing5/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Bed capacity
60
State license
021065
CMS facility ID
065234
Care type
Nursing home
Facility name
Evergreen Nursing Home
Street address
1991 CARROLL ST
City / state / ZIP
Alamosa, CO 81101
Phone
(719) 589-4951
Website
State license #
021065

Evergreen Nursing Home is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Alamosa, Colorado. It is licensed for 60 beds — below the median for skilled nursing facilities in Colorado (90 beds).

It is one of 6 senior care facilities in Alamosa and 210 skilled nursing facilities across Colorado. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Evergreen Nursing Home 21 times across 8 inspections in the last three years, including 1 food-safety citation, and CMS has imposed $20,150 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
Life Care Centers of America
Ownership type
For profit - Limited Liability company

Registered owners & officers

Colorado Medical Investors Llc
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 1996
Cross, Cindy
Officer — since 1996
Developers Investment Company Inc
Direct owner · Operational control — since 1996
Fletcher, Todd
Operational control — since 2024
Franco, Mark
Director — since 2025
Guttierrez, Yestly
Governing body · Operational control — since 2025
Henry, Terry
Officer — since 1999
Lay, Lisa
Director · Officer — since 2017
Life Care Centers of America, Inc.
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 1996
Preston, Aubrey
Operational control — since 2024
Preston, Forrest
Direct owner · Indirect owner · Additional disclosable party — since 1996
Schmidt, Derek
Governing body · Operational control — since 2012
Smith, Frank
Director — since 2025
Stack, Vincent
Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2020
Stierle, Bridger
Governing body · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2025
Swanker, Richard
Director · Officer — since 2011
Thurmond, Joan
Officer — since 2000
Ziegler, James
Operational control — since 2024

Regulatory standing

Federal court records
20 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)
License status
Active
Licensed / certified since
1987-04-01
CMS overall rating
2 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
8 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
$20,150 total
Last standard inspection
2024-08-29
Nurse staffing
3.3 hours per resident per day

Cost & payer profile (FY2023 cost report)

Average billed charges
$308 per day (≈ $9,360/month). Private-pay prices typically track billed charges; Medicare and Medicaid pay set rates.
Payer mix (resident days)
74% Medicaid · 7% Medicare · 19% private/other
Occupancy
84% (fiscal year 2023)
Vs. state median
24% below the CO median of $407/day — full state cost breakdown

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
60
Licensed as
Nursing Facilities
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.
2026-02-05Health inspectionComplaint-triggered2 citations
F-0600
G · Actual harmFrom a complaint
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Corrected 2026-03-05
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 2026-03-05
2024-08-29Health inspectionComplaint-triggered6 citations
F-0584
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Corrected 2024-09-16
F-0677
D · No harm foundFrom a complaint
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Corrected 2024-10-09
F-0697
D · No harm found
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Corrected 2024-09-16
F-0761
D · 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 2024-09-16
F-0880
D · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2024-09-16
F-0883
D · No harm found
Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
Corrected 2024-09-13
4 earlier / fire-safety inspections (13 citations)
2023-02-02Health inspection4 citations
F-0600
D · No harm found
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Corrected 2023-03-03
F-0726
F · 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 2023-03-03
F-0744
D · No harm found
Provide the appropriate treatment and services to a resident who displays or is diagnosed with dementia.
Corrected 2023-03-03
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 2023-03-16
2021-10-21Health inspection1 citation
F-0698
D · No harm found
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Corrected 2021-11-05
2023-02-02Fire-safety inspection4 citations
E-0004
F · No harm found
Develop and maintain an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP).
Corrected 2023-02-24
E-0023
F · No harm found
Establish policies and procedures for medical documentation.
Corrected 2023-02-24
E-0033
F · No harm found
Establish methods for sharing information.
Corrected 2023-03-03
E-0036
F · No harm found
Establish emergency prep training and testing.
Corrected 2023-03-03
2021-10-21Fire-safety inspection4 citations
E-0030
F · No harm found
List the names and contact information of those in the facility.
Corrected 2021-11-17
E-0032
F · No harm found
Provide primary/alternate means for communication.
Corrected 2021-11-05
E-0034
F · No harm found
Provide a means of sharing information on occupancy/needs.
Corrected 2021-11-05
E-0037
F · No harm found
Establish staff and initial training requirements.
Corrected 2021-11-08

Federal penalties

2026-02-05Fine$20,150
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 065234.
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Ownership & corporate history

Primary tier
Prior operators & transfers
Corporate network & affiliates
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Owners' other facilities
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Inspection citations — last 5 years

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Civil & criminal lawsuits

Advanced tier only
Active civil suits
#
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