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La Vida Buena Healthcare

2301 Collins Drive, Las Vegas, NM 877015054259362Ownership: For profit - CorporationCertified beds: 102Avg. daily residents: 91Chain: Opco Skilled Management (66 facilities)County: San Miguel
Health inspection overdue — CMS reports the most recent standard inspection is older than its normal cycle.

The complete public record on La Vida Buena Healthcare, a Medicare & Medicaid–certified nursing home in Las Vegas, New Mexico, from the CMS Care Compare database (August 2026 release). Every figure below is published by federal regulators; ClearPath adds the state comparisons and the plain-English reading.

CMS Star Ratings

Overall rating
★★☆☆☆
CMS’s composite of the three ratings below. New Mexico average: 2.9 stars.
Health inspection
★☆☆☆☆
Based on the last three years of on-site inspections and complaint investigations — the rating CMS weights most heavily.
Staffing
★★★☆☆
Nurse and aide hours per resident per day, adjusted for how much care residents need, plus staff turnover.
Quality measures
★★★★★
Clinical outcomes CMS tracks, such as falls with injury, pressure ulcers and hospital readmissions.
La Vida Buena Healthcare holds a 2-star overall rating, in the bottom two tiers CMS assigns. Its health-inspection rating is lower than its overall rating — the overall score is being lifted by staffing or quality-measure ratings, which draw partly on facility-reported data. Federal regulators have fined this facility $105,374 in the last three years. None of this tells you whether a bed is open, whether your insurance is in network, or whether the facility will accept a given level of care — confirm those three directly with the facility before you commit.

Staffing

2.78 total nurse staff hours per resident per day
below the state average (3.53)
0.70 RN hours per resident per day
above the state average (0.63)
2.49 weekend nurse staff hours per resident per day
40.7% total nursing staff turnover
below the state average (53.3)
40.0% RN turnover
2 administrators left in the reporting period

Hours are per resident per day, from payroll-based journal data facilities submit to CMS. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over the past year.

Inspections & Penalties

June 21, 2024 most recent standard health inspection
27 health deficiencies cited in the most recent inspection cycle
above the state average (17.5)
34 health deficiencies in the two prior cycles combined
$105,374 in federal fines across 6 penalties (last 3 years)
above the state average ($41,476)
1 payment denial
CMS withholding Medicare/Medicaid payment for new admissions until problems were fixed

Recent Inspection Citations

60 citations on record across recent inspections, 2 at the actual-harm or immediate-jeopardy level. Showing the most recent inspection. Severity uses CMS’s A–L scope-and-severity scale; G and above means residents were actually harmed.

InspectionTagWhat was citedSeverity
March 10, 20260552Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
March 10, 20260580Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the… ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
March 10, 20260609Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
March 10, 20260610Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
March 10, 20260638Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
March 10, 20260640Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm
March 10, 20260641Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. ComplaintD · Potential for more than minimal harm

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Source: CMS Care Compare (data.cms.gov), August 2026 monthly release. Figures are as published by CMS and change monthly; ClearPath refreshes automatically. ClearPath Senior Guide is an independent information service, accepts no referral fees or placement incentives from any facility, and does not recommend facilities. Verify current details with the facility.