Otero County, Colorado
County inventory for Otero County, Colorado is drawn from U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Compare / Home Health Compare (14,710 Medicare-certified nursing homes nationwide) with cost context from the private CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey - see our methodology. Home-health agency signature
2 Medicare-certified home-health agencies map into Otero County (upper tercile, ≥2) beside 3 nursing homes - CareScout 2025 Colorado medians + CMS Five-Star.
County care plate
Sheet CO-OTERO-COLORADO · Otero, CO
NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-MID · HH-SMALL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL
- NH-SMALL 3 homes
- BEDS-SMALL 202 beds
- STAR-MID 3.0★ avg
- HH-SMALL 2 HH
- RANK-MID #1,257/2,851
- PHOTO-NONE No peer
- AL-MID $6,584/mo
- BOOK-FULL 3/3 NH · 2/2 HH
Stamps lead with home-health agency tercile (high) plus nursing-home inventory, licensed beds, Five-Star county average, corpus NH-count rank, photo-finish peer, and CareScout assisted-living medians.
What a dense home-health map shows for Otero County
Home-health coverage is the standout for Otero County: 2 Medicare-certified agencies (upper tercile) sit beside 3 nursing homes and 202 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 3.0/5 on rated homes.
CareScout 2025 Colorado medians frame mid-pack counties like this: assisted living $6,584/mo, semi-private nursing $10,159/mo, private nursing $12,182/mo, home health aide $7,913/mo, adult day $2,275/mo. Local Otero County providers may sit above or below those state medians.
Star counts across Otero County break as 2 at 3★. Ownership leans For profit - Corporation (33% of 3 homes). Families typically weigh the ladder alongside bed size, ownership, distance, and specialty units before visiting.
Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.
Top facilities in Otero, CO
Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.
- 1 3★
- 2 3★
- 3 NR
Nursing Homes in Otero County
3 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.
| Facility | City | Rating | Beds | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fowler Health Care | Fowler | 3/5 | 45 | For profit - Corporation |
| Pioneer Health Care Center | Rocky Ford | 3/5 | 101 | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Bluestem Village | La Junta | N/A | 56 | Government - State |
Home Health Agencies in Otero County
Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.
| Agency | City | Quality Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Sangre de Cristo Community Care LLC | La Junta | 2.0 |
| Maxim Healthcare Services Inc | La Junta | N/A |
Read next for home-health-dense Otero
Continue on the Colorado elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are Colorado state-level medians from CareScout 2025 (county-level cost data is not available).
Read our methodology - how CMS Care Compare and CareScout 2025 are joined for Otero County.