B
PIONEER HEALTH CARE CENTER
67/100 score
0.56 hrs RN staffing
7 deficiencies
BLUESTEM VILLAGE
1 DARLENE DR, LA JUNTA, CO 81050
- Provider number (CCN)
- 065436
- Certification
- Medicare
- Ownership
- Government - State
- Certified beds
- 56
- Phone
- (303) 363-1700
- CMS data as of
- July 1, 2026
F
What the records show
Federal inspectors recorded no health deficiencies for this facility across the last three survey cycles. CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this facility in the covered period.
Reviews, Ratings and Official Records
This page reviews BLUESTEM VILLAGE using federal government records — CMS star ratings, health-inspection findings, staffing data and enforcement actions. NursingHomeGrade does not collect, host or publish resident or family testimonials, and no star rating below is a consumer review score.
Staffing data not reported — check the facility's inspection history.
Ratings and Grade Breakdown
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RN Staffing
Registered nurse time each resident receives daily. 2024 federal benchmark: 0.55 hrs. Repealed February 2026.
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Not reported |
The 0.55 hour RN standard was repealed effective February 2, 2026 and is not currently enforced. We still grade against it. Why |
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Health Deficiencies (last 3 survey cycles)
Violations found during federal inspections, with how many remain open and how many involved actual harm.
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Total
0
Outstanding
0
Actual harm or worse (G–L)
0
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CMS Ratings
Federal five-star ratings published by CMS. These are regulatory ratings, not consumer review scores.
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Quality: Not rated
Staffing: Not rated
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NursingHomeGrade Score
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30/100 |
Loaded into NursingHomeGrade on August 7, 2026. This is the load date, not the date CMS published the underlying survey data — see release dates.
CMS scores each facility from one to five stars — one is in the bottom fifth of facilities in its state on health inspections, five is in the top tenth. Our own A–F grade is a separate 0–100 score built from staffing hours, inspection citations, and the severity and correction status of those citations, weighted as described in our grading methodology.
Audit and Inspection Reports
BLUESTEM VILLAGE is a Government - State facility. The records on this page are the federal health-inspection and enforcement records CMS publishes. We do not hold, and have not reviewed, any separate financial or performance audit issued by a county, state or independent auditor — if one exists for this facility, it is not part of the data described below.
- Most recent standard health survey: September 5, 2024.
Source records: CMS Care Compare profile for provider 065436 ↗ · the federal files we load and when.
Inspection Deficiencies
Health inspections identify violations of federal standards. Severity ranges from no actual harm (A–F) to immediate jeopardy (J–L).
No deficiencies reported for this facility.
Fines and Enforcement Actions
CMS lists no fines and no payment denials for BLUESTEM VILLAGE in the enforcement records covering the last three years, as published in the file processed July 1, 2026.
Ownership and Contact Information
- Facility name
- BLUESTEM VILLAGE
- Legal business name
- LA JUNTA HEALTH SERVICE DISTRICT
- Address
- 1 DARLENE DR, LA JUNTA, CO 81050
- Phone
- (303) 363-1700
- Provider number (CCN)
- 065436
- Ownership type
- Government - State
- Medicare/Medicaid certified since
- September 13, 2024
- Official record
- CMS Care Compare profile ↗
- Details verified against CMS data dated
- July 1, 2026
The federal nursing-home files publish no email address for certified facilities, so none is listed here. We do not guess or construct contact addresses. Contact details above are reproduced from CMS Provider Information; call the facility to confirm before relying on them.
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Sources and Methodology
- CMS Provider Information (file processed July 1, 2026) — ratings, staffing, ownership, certification and contact details. Dataset 4pq5-n9py ↗
- CMS Health Deficiencies — inspection citations, scope and severity, correction status. Dataset r5ix-sfxw ↗
- CMS Ownership — owning and managing organisations. Dataset y2hd-n93e ↗
The NursingHomeGrade score is our own calculation from these federal files — it is not a CMS rating and not a consumer review score. See exactly how the score is calculated · full methodology · source files and load dates.
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