Northrise Wellness & Rehabilitation is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2001-01-08. 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 (575) 522-1110 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Northrise Wellness & Rehabilitation holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 72.6/100, placing it #7065 of 14703 facilities nationally and #22 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 Northrise Wellness & Rehabilitation receives a reported average of 6 hours 11 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 19 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 50 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 3 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 55 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 42.9%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 8 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $90,500. 8 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. 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 138.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Northrise Wellness & Rehabilitation ranks 7065th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 72.6/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within NM, it ranks 22nd out of 68 nursing homes. In Las Cruces, it ranks 2nd out of 6 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 5. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #306 nationally and RN hours rank #837 nationally (#2 in NM). Our composite quality score of 72.6/100 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 Las Cruces, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/new_mexico/las-cruces/