Fort Bayard Medical Center
Nursing home in Santa Clara, New Mexico, CMS certification number 325120
41 Fort Bayard Road, Santa Clara, NM 88026 · Grant County
- CMS overall rating
- 3 of 5 stars
- Certified beds
- 200
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Last standard inspection
- November 17, 2025
- Deficiencies at that inspection
- 27
- Fines in 3 years
- $83,501 (1)
Does Fort Bayard Medical Center take Medicare and Medicaid?
Yes to both. Fort Bayard Medical Center is certified for Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare can pay for a short skilled stay after a qualifying hospital stay; Medicaid can pay for long-term care once you qualify.
Certification isn't a promise of an open bed. Ask how many Medicaid beds it has free and whether it keeps residents who move from Medicare to Medicaid. Our guide explains what Medicare pays for.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every certified nursing home from 1 to 5 stars. The overall rating starts from health inspections, then moves up or down for staffing and quality. These come from the CMS Provider Information, October 2026 release.
| Measure | CMS stars |
|---|---|
| Overall | 3 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 |
| Staffing | 5 of 5 |
| Quality of resident care | 3 of 5 |
| Long-stay quality | 1 of 5 |
| Short-stay quality | 4 of 5 |
Nurse staffing hours and turnover
These are the hours Fort Bayard Medical Center reported to CMS, split across residents and days. More hours per resident usually means more hands at the bedside.
- Total nurse hours per resident per day
- 5.77
- Registered nurse hours
- 1.05
- Licensed practical nurse hours
- 0.51
- Nurse aide hours
- 4.21
- Weekend total hours
- 4.54
- Nursing staff turnover
- 37.6%
- Registered nurse turnover
- 10.7%
- Administrators who left
- 0
Health inspections and complaints
Inspectors last made a standard visit on November 17, 2025 and cited 27 deficiencies, plus 6 from complaint visits.
The visit before, on August 9, 2024, found 12.
Read every citation on the CMS Care Compare page.
Fines and payment denials
CMS fined Fort Bayard Medical Center 1 time in the past 3 years, for $83,501 in total.
It also had 1 payment denial, when Medicare stopped paying for new admissions for a time.
Beds and residents
On an average day 134.6 residents live here, about 67% of its 200 certified beds.
- Certified beds
- 200
- Average residents per day
- 134.6
- Certified since
- June 20, 2009
- Resident or family council
- Resident
Who owns Fort Bayard Medical Center
- Legal business name
- State of New Mexico
- Ownership type
- Government - State
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Who inspects nursing homes in New Mexico
New Mexico's state survey agency licenses nursing homes and carries out the federal inspections for CMS. A home must keep its state licence and meet the federal rules to take Medicare or Medicaid.
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Is this your facility?
If you run Fort Bayard Medical Center, email contact@assistedlivingaccess.com from your work address. We can add your own rates, photos and contact details next to the state record, or take the listing down.
Questions about Fort Bayard Medical Center
What is the CMS star rating of Fort Bayard Medical Center?
3 out of 5 stars overall.
Does Fort Bayard Medical Center accept Medicaid?
Yes, it is Medicaid certified.
What did inspectors find at Fort Bayard Medical Center?
27 cited at the last standard visit.
Who owns Fort Bayard Medical Center?
State of New Mexico, government - state.
From the federal record: CMS Care Compare and the CMS Provider Information dataset, October 2026 release.