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La Vida Buena Healthcare

A nursing home in Las Vegas, New Mexico 87701

2301 Collins Drive, Las Vegas, New Mexico 87701. (505) 425-9362.

  • Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)
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The short answer

Record last released by CMS on Oct 8, 2026.

The last 24 months 47 citations in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. Most serious: actual harm (H). Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean7
Star ratings
CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Scope and severity (A to L)
CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7).
Nurse staffing hours
The hours registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse aides worked, per resident per day, from the payroll records each home sends CMS. Source: CMS, Payroll-Based Journal.
Fines and payment denials
A fine (civil money penalty) is money CMS makes a nursing home pay when it falls short of federal rules. A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stop paying for new admissions until the home meets the rules again. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.430 and 488.417.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

27 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The New Mexico average is 17.9.

Last standard inspection Jun 21, 2024.

Most serious in three years: actual harm (G), at a complaint inspection on Oct 31, 2024

Source:

CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

When those citations happened

47 citations in 7 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. Most serious: actual harm (H). The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

47 citations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

All 47 citations in the last three years

Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries , from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 28 came from complaint inspections.

Source:

CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

Mar 10, 2026: complaint inspection7 citations
  • Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.

    Rule F0552. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 27, 2026.

  • Immediately tell the resident, the resident’s doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.

    Rule F0580. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 27, 2026.

  • Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

    Rule F0609. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 27, 2026.

  • Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

    Rule F0610. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 27, 2026.

  • Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.

    Rule F0638. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 27, 2026.

  • Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.

    Rule F0640. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 27, 2026.

  • Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

    Rule F0641. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 27, 2026.

Dec 12, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
  • Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

    Rule F0609. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jan 13, 2026.

Jul 24, 2025: complaint inspection11 citations
  • Honor the resident’s right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

    Rule F0550. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint.

  • Immediately tell the resident, the resident’s doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.

    Rule F0580. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint.

  • Honor the resident’s right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.

    Rule F0585. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint.

  • Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

    Rule F0609. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint.

  • Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

    Rule F0610. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint.

  • Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.

    Rule F0657. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint.

  • Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.

    Rule F0658. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint.

  • Provide activities to meet all resident’s needs.

    Rule F0679. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint.

  • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

    Rule F0686. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint.

  • 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.

    Rule F0726. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint.

  • Ensure that nurse aides who have worked more than 4 months, are trained and competent; and nurse aides who have worked less than 4 months are enrolled in appropriate training.

    Rule F0728. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint.

Apr 8, 2025: complaint inspection3 citations
  • Honor the resident’s right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.

    Rule F0561. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 5, 2025.

  • Immediately tell the resident, the resident’s doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.

    Rule F0580. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 5, 2025.

  • Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

    Rule F0842. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 5, 2025.

Oct 31, 2024: complaint inspection2 citations
  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. G: actual harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 7, 2024.

  • Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

    Rule F0610. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Nov 7, 2024.

Aug 20, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
  • Ensure meals and snacks are served at times in accordance with resident’s needs, preferences, and requests. Suitable and nourishing alternative meals and snacks must be provided for residents who want to eat at non-traditional times or outside of scheduled meal times.

    Rule F0809. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 21, 2024.

Aug 2, 2024: complaint inspection3 citations
  • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

    Rule F0686. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 3, 2024.

  • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

    Rule F0812. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 3, 2024.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 3, 2024.

Jun 21, 2024: standard inspection19 citations
  • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

    Rule F0686. H: actual harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 3, 2024.

  • Honor the resident’s right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.

    Rule F0561. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 3, 2024.

  • Notify each resident of certain balances and convey resident funds upon discharge, eviction, or death.

    Rule F0569. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 3, 2024.

  • 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.

    Rule F0584. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 3, 2024.

  • Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition

    Rule F0637. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 3, 2024.

  • Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident’s most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted

    Rule F0655. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 3, 2024.

  • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

    Rule F0656. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 3, 2024.

  • Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.

    Rule F0677. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 3, 2024.

  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 3, 2024.

  • Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

    Rule F0695. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 3, 2024.

  • Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.

    Rule F0697. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 3, 2024.

  • Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.

    Rule F0740. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 3, 2024.

  • Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.

    Rule F0756. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 3, 2024.

  • 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.

    Rule F0758. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 3, 2024.

  • 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.

    Rule F0761. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 3, 2024.

  • Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.

    Rule F0802. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 3, 2024.

  • Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.

    Rule F0806. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 3, 2024.

  • Ensure meals and snacks are served at times in accordance with resident’s needs, preferences, and requests. Suitable and nourishing alternative meals and snacks must be provided for residents who want to eat at non-traditional times or outside of scheduled meal times.

    Rule F0809. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 3, 2024.

  • Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

    Rule F0812. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Aug 3, 2024.

Is it certified, and in good standing?

  • Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Mar 1, 1992.
  • Not on CMS’s special focus list.
  • No abuse icon from CMS.
  • No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
  • CMS lists its ownership as for profit, corporation.
  • 102 certified beds.
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

Has it been fined or penalized?

  • 3 fines in the last three years, $89,495 in all.
  • 1 Medicare payment denial in the last three years.
  • 28 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
Source:

CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

Fines and payment denials, newest first
DateKindAmount
Apr 29, 2026Fine$16,350
Oct 31, 2024Fine$12,048
Jun 21, 2024Medicare payment denialNot given
Jun 21, 2024Fine$61,097

Who does the caring?

2.78 nurse hours per resident per day

The New Mexico average is 3.54.

CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.

Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

Staffing measures
MeasureThis homeNew Mexico average
Nurse hours per resident per day2.783.54
Of which registered nurses0.700.63
At weekends2.493.10
Nursing staff turnover40.7%53.3%
Registered nurse turnover40%53.6%
Administrators who left2Not given

Who owns it?

  • Meadows Healthcare LLC owns 100% directly since Apr 17, 2023.
  • Meadows Healthcare LLC runs it.
  • 4 owners or officers are people: Kristin Zemmin (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); David Garetz (corporate officer, 0%); David Garetz (runs it (operational or managerial control)); David Michael Greenberg (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)).
  • Part of Opco Skilled Management (68 homes in CMS’s data).
  • No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
  • No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
Source:

CMS, All Owners. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

Organisations CMS lists
OrganisationRoleShareSince
Meadows Healthcare LLCOwns a share directly100%Apr 17, 2023
Crestview TrustOwns a share through other companies70.69%Jun 22, 2023
Rimpau Holdings TrustOwns a share through other companies26.81%Jun 22, 2023
Sasem Investments LLCOwns a share through other companies2.5%Jun 22, 2023
Continuum Rehab Group LLCAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Jun 22, 2023
Hansen Hunter LLCAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Jul 18, 2025
Millennial Acquisitions, LLCAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Jun 22, 2023
Opco NM Skilled Mgmt, LLCAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Jun 22, 2023
Opco CA Skilled Mgmt Inc.Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Jun 22, 2023
2301 Collins Drive NM, LLCAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Jun 22, 2023
The Wright Group Consulting, LLCAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Apr 1, 2024
Gibraltar TrustAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Jun 22, 2023
New Mexico Propco Investments, LLCAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Jun 22, 2023
Meadows Healthcare LLCRuns it (operational or managerial control)Apr 17, 2023

How do residents fare?

  • CMS rates its quality measures 5 of 5 (New Mexico average 3.8).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS’s star ratings, from 1 to 5
MeasureRating
Overall rating2 of 5
Health inspections1 of 5
Staffing3 of 5
Quality measures5 of 5

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among the 12 nearest homes, within 82.8 miles, this one had the 2nd most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (27; the middle value was 17).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

The 12 nearest, by straight-line distance
PlaceMiles awayCitations, latest cycle
La Vida Buena Healthcare This nursing home27
The NM Behavioral Health Institute at Las Vegas1.413
Santa Fe Care Center41.121
Casa Real41.129
Taos Healthcare55.518
Colfax General LTC62.53
Los Alamos Wellness & Rehabilitation62.816
Bear Canyon Rehabilitation Center80.314
La Vida Llena80.511
Canyon Transitional Rehabilitation Center, LLC81.07
Las Palomas Center81.527
Sandia Ridge Center82.820

What the record doesn’t say

  • Complaints that didn’t lead to a citation aren’t published.
  • Inspections reach CMS’s data about six weeks after they happen, and staffing about four months after.
  • CMS publishes the inspectors’ full written findings in a separate monthly file, which isn’t loaded yet.
  • Fines and Medicare payment denials are the only enforcement CMS publishes; state licence actions aren’t included.

Sources

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Information (4pq5-n9py).

    Released Oct 8, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Deficiencies (r5ix-sfxw).

    Released Oct 8, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Penalties (g6vv-u9sr).

    Released Oct 8, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).

    Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State and US Averages (xcdc-v8bm).

    Released Oct 8, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

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