Home health agencies in New Mexico
How CMS rates the state's 70 Medicare-certified agencies delivering skilled care at home, how much CMS actually reports about them, and how that compares with the national dataset.
At a glance
- Home health agencies
- 70
- Medicare-certified
- With a CMS star
- 62
- of 70
- Report ≥1 measure
- 65
- meaningful data
- Cities
- 25
How New Mexico compares
The state's CMS star profile against the full national dataset, in the half-star steps CMS publishes.
CMS quality-of-patient-care star distribution
How New Mexico's Medicare-certified agencies spread across the CMS quality star rating, compared with the national dataset.
View as a table
| Rating | Providers | Share | National |
|---|---|---|---|
| CMS quality star 5 | 4 | 5.7% | 3.7% |
| CMS quality star 4.5 | 6 | 8.6% | 8.4% |
| CMS quality star 4 | 12 | 17.1% | 10.4% |
| CMS quality star 3.5 | 9 | 12.9% | 10.8% |
| CMS quality star 3 | 10 | 14.3% | 10.9% |
| CMS quality star 2.5 | 9 | 12.9% | 7.8% |
| CMS quality star 2 | 6 | 8.6% | 6.3% |
| CMS quality star 1.5 | 6 | 8.6% | 4.8% |
| CMS quality star 1 | 0 | 0.0% | 1.3% |
| No star | 8 | 11.4% | 35.8% |
| Total | 70 | 100.0% | 100.0% |
State shares are calculated from the 70 Medicare-certified agencies in New Mexico; national shares from all 12,392 in this dataset. The CMS quality-of-patient-care star is published in half-star steps and is shown here without rounding. Agencies CMS does not rate are counted separately and never treated as zero.
CMS-reported data
New Mexico’s largest divergence from the national dataset is at 4★: 17.1% of the state’s agencies against 10.4% nationally (+6.8 points). This reflects what CMS publishes for these agencies and is not a judgement about care quality in either population.
What CMS reports here
For home health, how much CMS publishes about an agency is the first thing to understand — coverage varies widely.
Of the 70 agencies in New Mexico, CMS assigns a quality star to 62 and reports at least one quality measure for 65. 5 have neither — usually because the agency was too small or too new for CMS to report reliably. Each agency page states plainly which of the 17 CMS measure slots are filled for it.
Where agencies are concentrated
The cities holding the largest share, with the full directory available below.
The 8 largest cities hold 70% of the state’s 70 agencies, across 25 cities in total.
- Albuquerque17 · 24%Search →
- Las Cruces10 · 14%Search →
- Roswell5 · 7%Search →
- Hobbs4 · 6%Search →
- Clovis4 · 6%Search →
- Farmington3 · 4%Search →
- Carlsbad3 · 4%Search →
- Rio Rancho3 · 4%Search →
Nursing homes
Nursing homes and Medicare-certified home health agencies use different CMS quality systems and are never combined into one ranking.
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Frequently asked questions
How many home health agencies are in New Mexico?
The current CMS Home Health Care dataset lists 70 Medicare-certified agencies across 25 cities in New Mexico, of which 62 carry a CMS quality-of-patient-care star rating.
Why do some New Mexico agencies have no star or limited data?
CMS only publishes results it can report reliably. An agency that served too few Medicare patients in the reporting window may have no star rating and few or no quality measures. In New Mexico, 5 of 70 agencies have neither a star nor a reported measure. A missing rating is a gap in the public record, not a negative result, and is never shown as a zero.
How does New Mexico compare with the national dataset?
62 of 70 New Mexico agencies carry a CMS star (89%), against 64% nationally across 12,392 agencies. The distribution above shows both on the same half-star scale. Differences reflect what CMS publishes and are not a judgement about care quality.
How can I verify a home health agency in New Mexico?
SeniorCareRating.com organizes public CMS data and is not affiliated with CMS. Confirm current details on the official Medicare Care Compare site and with the agency directly.