Desert Springs Health Care LLC
Desert Springs Health Care LLC is a 80-bed nursing home in Hobbs, New Mexico. CMS has certified it for Medicare and Medicaid since 2016-01-07. It averages 74.9 residents a day.
What harm was found in the violations cited at Desert Springs Health Care LLC?
CMS lists 34 health-inspection deficiencies for Desert Springs Health Care LLC, all of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is G; the most recent health inspection was 2026-01-30.
| Survey date | Tag | Deficiency | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | F0689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | G |
| 2026-01-30 | F0695, F0757, F0880 | Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. | E |
| 2026-01-30 | F0561, F0578, F0641, F0655, F0656, F0657, F0687, F0842 | Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice. / 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. / Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. / Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. / Provide appropriate foot care. / Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards. | D |
| 2024-11-20 | F0700 | 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. | E |
| 2024-11-20 | F0732 | Post nurse staffing information every day. | C |
| 2024-05-17 | F0689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | G |
| 2024-01-26 | F0812 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | F |
| 2024-01-26 | F0568, F0623, F0625, F0641, F0656, F0657, F0679, F0685, F0689, F0698, F0726, F0756, F0758, F0761, F0770, F0791, F0883, F0887 | Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home. / Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights. / 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. / Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. / Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. / Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services. / Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. / Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. / 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. / Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. / 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. / 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. / Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents. / Provide or obtain dental services for each resident. / Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. / 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. | E |
Why was Desert Springs Health Care LLC fined?
| Date | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | Fine | $17,215 |
How is Desert Springs Health Care LLC staffed?
| Measure | This facility | NM average |
|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day | 3.56724 | 3.53305 |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 51.6 | 53.3 |
| Average number of residents per day | 74.9 | 84.9 |
Who owns Desert Springs Health Care LLC, and what chain is it in?
Desert Springs Health Care LLC is registered with CMS as For profit - Corporation, operates under the legal business name DESERT SPRINGS HEALTHCARE LLC and belongs to the OPCO SKILLED MANAGEMENT chain.
| Role | Owner | Association date |
|---|---|---|
| DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | 1701 DESERT SPRINGS OPCO HOLDINGS, LLC | since 05/07/2019 |
| INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTEREST | EMBUDO TRUST, OXFORD SQUARE LLC, RIMPAU HOLDINGS TRUST, SASEM INVESTMENTS LLC, WELLINGTON HC PARTNERS LLC | since 05/07/2019 |
| CORPORATE OFFICER | GARETZ, DAVID | since 12/16/2020 |
| OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROL | GARETZ, DAVID | since 12/16/2020 |
| INDIVIDUAL IS AN OWNER, PARTNER OR TRUSTEE OF ANY ADP OF THE SNF | DAVIDOVICH, NIV, GURWITZ, SOLOMON, HAGINS, ELIZABETH, KAPLAN, ESTHER, KAPLAN, MORDECHAI, MINDLE, ADAM, STERNSHEIN, JENNIFER, UNGER, JEFFREY, ZIMMERMAN, CAROLINE | since 07/24/2025 |
| ADP OF THE SNF | 1701 N TURNER STREET NM, LLC, ADIRONDACK TRUST, BIGHORN TRUST, BLUE RIDGE HC TRUST, CONTINUUM REHAB GROUP LLC, FTNM PROPCO HOLDINGS, LLC, GIBRALTAR TRUST, HANSEN HUNTER LLC, OPCO CA SKILLED MGMT INC., OPCO NM SKILLED MGMT, LLC, THE WRIGHT GROUP CONSULTING, LLC, JONES, AMY, STOLARCZYK, LISA | since 02/01/2024 |
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