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Otero County, New Mexico

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County inventory for Otero County, New Mexico 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 New Mexico medians + CMS Five-Star.

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Sheet NM-OTERO-NEW-MEXICO · Otero, NM

NH-SMALL · BEDS-SMALL · STAR-WEAK · HH-SMALL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-NONE · AL-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • NH-SMALL 3 homes
  • BEDS-SMALL 247 beds
  • STAR-WEAK 1.3★ avg
  • HH-SMALL 2 HH
  • RANK-MID #1,258/2,851
  • PHOTO-NONE No peer
  • AL-MID $5,950/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 247 licensed beds. CMS nursing-home stars average 1.3/5 on rated homes.

CareScout 2025 New Mexico medians frame mid-pack counties like this: assisted living $5,950/mo, semi-private nursing $9,125/mo, private nursing $10,633/mo, home health aide $5,720/mo, adult day $4,333/mo. Local Otero County providers may sit above or below those state medians.

Star counts run softer here (2 at 1★, 1 at 2★). Ownership leans Non profit - Corporation (33% of 3 homes). Pair the ladder with inspection notes, staffing, distance, and specialty units before treating any single home as a fit.

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Sources: CMS Nursing Home Compare + CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See methodology.

$5,950
Assisted Living / mo
$9,125
Nursing (Semi) / mo
$5,720
Home Care / mo
1.3
Avg CMS Rating

Top facilities in Otero, NM

Ranked by CMS overall star rating, not an editorial "best of" pick. Visit in person and consult a care professional before choosing.

  1. 1
    Betty Dare Wellness & Rehabilitation LLC
    2★
  2. 2
    Casa Arena Healthcare LLC
    1★
  3. 3
    Mescalero Care Center
    1★

Nursing Homes in Otero County

3 CMS-certified homes in this county book, ordered by overall star rating.

Facility City Rating Beds Ownership
Betty Dare Wellness & Rehabilitation LLC Alamogordo 2/5 90 Non profit - Corporation
Casa Arena Healthcare LLC Alamogordo 1/5 117 For profit - Corporation
Mescalero Care Center Mescalero 1/5 40 Non profit - Other

Home Health Agencies in Otero County

Medicare-certified agencies from CMS Home Health Compare, zip-joined into this county inventory.

Agency City Quality Rating
Alamogordo Home Health Care & Hospice, Inc Alamogordo 3.5
Access Home Health, LLC Alamogordo 3.0

Read next for home-health-dense Otero

Read CMS stars with Otero County's 1.3 average
Mid-pack context for Otero: How inspection, staffing, and quality measures combine when the county mean sits below 3★.
Choosing among 3 Otero County homes
Softer-star neighbourhood: A visit checklist that starts from CMS stars, then adds staffing, ownership, and specialty units.
Nursing home vs assisted living near Otero
Home-health-dense path: Care-level and cost differences before you shortlist a CMS-certified facility.
Cost calculator for Otero County planning
Home-health-dense path: State CareScout medians rolled into a monthly planning estimate.

Continue on the New Mexico elder-care overview or the highest-rated states ranking. Costs shown are New Mexico 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.