Farmington Wellness & Rehabilitation is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2019-09-16. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (505) 675-4545 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Farmington Wellness & Rehabilitation holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (5★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 78.5/100, placing it #4330 of 14703 facilities nationally and #14 of 68 in New Mexico. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Farmington Wellness & Rehabilitation receives a reported average of 4 hours 42 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 11 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 35 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 56 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 13 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 62.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 54 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $223,389. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 17.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Farmington Wellness & Rehabilitation ranks 4330th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 78.5/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within NM, it ranks 14th out of 68 nursing homes. In Farmington, it ranks 2nd out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 4. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,786 nationally and RN hours rank #1,174 nationally (#5 in NM). Our composite quality score of 78.5/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Farmington, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/new_mexico/farmington/