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Center at Centennial, the
3490 Centennial Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO 80907 · El Paso County · (719) 685-8888
80 certified beds, about 74 residents a day · For profit - Corporation · Medicare since 2007
CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 065390 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes
The record in brief
At its most recent standard inspection, on October 23, 2024, inspectors cited 1 health deficiency (the Colorado average is 8.7, the national average 9.2).
Of 20 health citations since January 2022, 3 were rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy to residents.
CMS lists no fines against this home in the last three years.
Nurses and nurse aides worked 4.49 hours per resident per day, against 3.72 across Colorado and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.92 of those hours.
51.6% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Colorado average 47.1%).
CMS links it to Veritas Management Group, an affiliated group of 13 nursing homes.
Health inspections
Federal rules call for a standard inspection at least every 15 months, plus a visit whenever a complaint is filed. Each mark below is one citation, colored by how serious inspectors rated it. How to read a citation.
Under each citation, the quoted text is the inspector's own summary from the federal statement of deficiencies (CMS form 2567), word for word apart from a privacy scrub; CMS removes residents' and staff names before it publishes the text. The full notes are on Medicare.gov.
Where its citations fall on CMS's grid
CMS rates every citation by how much harm it caused (rows) and how many residents it touched (columns). The count in each box is this home's, across all 20 health citations on file.
October 23, 2024Standard inspection · 1 citation
- D Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Inspectors wroteBased on record review and interviews, the facility failed to implement an antibiotic stewardship program that included antibiotic use protocols and a system to monitor antibiotic use for two (#25 and #31) of three residents reviewed for antibiotic use out of 33 sample residents. Specifically, the facility failed to ensure clinical signs and symptoms of an infection were identified and/or culture results were obtained prior to the administration of antibiotics for Resident #25 and Resident #31.
July 31, 2024Complaint inspection · 2 citations
- G Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Inspectors wroteBased on interviews and record review, the facility failed to ensure one (#1) of three residents reviewed for accidents out of 15 sample residents received adequate supervision and services to prevent an accident. Resident #1 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with a traumatic subdural hemorrhage with loss of consciousness (intracranial bleeding between the brain and the skull), muscle weakness, aphasia (loss of the power of speech), hemiplegia (paralysis affecting one side of the body), Parkinson's disease (a condition that affects muscle control and movement), acute pain due to trauma and a history of falling. [...]
- D Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Inspectors wroteBased on record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure residents were kept free from significant medication errors for two (#2 and #3) of three residents reviewed for medication errors out of 15 sample residents. Specifically, the facility failed to ensure Residents #2 and #3 received medications as scheduled according to the physician's orders which resulted in significant medications errors.
April 13, 2023Standard inspection · 8 citations
- F Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interviews, and record review the facility failed to store, prepare, distribute, and serve food in a sanitary manner in the main kitchen. Specifically, the facility failed to: -Ensure food was labeled, dated, and monitored in refrigerators; -Ensure the kitchen equipment were clean and sanitary; -Ensure staff were utilizing proper personal hygiene practices; -Ensure holding temperatures of food were within the safe range; and, -Ensure systems were in place to prevent compromised food safety through proper staff training.
- F Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations and interviews, the facility failed to maintain emergency patient care equipment in safe operating condition and remove expired medical supplies from three of three emergency response crash carts. Specifically, the facility failed to perform daily quality readiness checks on the emergency response cart, to ensure the carts contained emergency equipment and expired items were removed and replaced.
- F Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation and staff interview, the facility failed to provide a safe, functional and comfortable environment for residents, staff and the public. Specifically, the facility failed to ensure backflow prevention devices were installed on hand held showers in 12 private shower rooms, increasing the risk of contamination to the facility's main water supply.
- F Have enough outside ventilation via a window or mechanical ventilation, or both.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations and staff interviews, the facility failed to provide adequate outside ventilation by means of windows and/or mechanical ventilation. Specifically, the facility failed to ensure resident bathroom exhaust fans were functioning on four resident hallways.
- E Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations and staff interviews, the facility failed to maintain a sanitary, orderly, and comfortable environment for residents in 10 of 25 resident rooms in four hallways. Specifically, the facility failed to ensure walls, halls, ceilings, and floors were repaired, painted and properly maintained.
- E Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Inspectors wroteBased on record review, observations and interviews, the facility failed to ensure the facility was free from accidents and hazards. Specifically, the facility failed to ensure the exit doors to the second and third floor balconies were locked from the outside without allowing building re-entry if locked outside.
- E Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure the kitchen provided food that accommodated resident preferences for three (#27, #28 and #229) of six residents of 20 sample residents. Specifically, the facility failed to ensure Resident #27, #28 and #229 were receiving their menu choices.
- E Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, record review and interviews, the facility failed to establish and maintain an infection control program designed to provide a safe, sanitary environment and to help prevent the development and transmission of communicable diseases and infections such as COVID-19 in one of four halls including an isolation room. Specifically, the facility failed to ensure appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) while providing care for Resident #136 who was positive for COVID.
January 25, 2022Standard inspection · 9 citations
- G Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, record review and interviews the facility failed to ensure a resident received care, consistent with professional standards of practice, to prevent pressure ulcers and and does not develop pressure ulcers unless the individual's clinical condition demonstrates that the were unavoidable for one (#24) of four residents out of 40 sample residents reviewed for pressure ulcers. Resident #24 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with a diagnosis of cerebral infarction (stroke), abnormal posture and muscle weakness. Resident #24 skin was assessed at admission on [DATE] as not having any pressure areas identified. The facility identified the resident at low risk for developing pressure ulcers, however per the 12/17/21 minimum data assessment, he was identified at risk for developing pressure ulcers. [...]
- G Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interviews and record review, the facility failed to manage pain in a manner consistent with professional standards of practice, the comprehensive person-centered care plan, and the resident's goals and preferences for one (#221) of two residents out of 40 sample residents. Resident #221, who had diagnoses of low back pain, compression fractures in her lumbar and thoracic vertebrae, and left upper quadrant (abdominal) pain was admitted to the facility on [DATE]. The resident stated she had back pain and did not like to get out of bed much because she had more pain when she moved. The resident also stated that she ate most of her meals lying down in her bed because she had less pain when she was lying in bed. [...]
- F Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations and interviews, the facility failed to maintain an infection control program designed to provide a safe, sanitary and comfortable environment to help prevent the development and transmission of disease and infection, including COVID-19. Specifically, the facility failed to: -Ensure staff and visitors wore the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) and performed appropriate hand hygiene when entering transmission-based precaution (TBP) rooms on one of four halls; -Ensure staff wore masks appropriately while in resident care areas on three of four halls; and, -Ensure residents were offered hand hygiene before meals on two of four halls.
- E Perform COVID19 testing on residents and staff.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation and interviews, the facility failed to follow infection control measures to prevent the potential cross contamination of SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19, during testing procedures while the facility was in outbreak. Specifically, the facility failed to: -Disinfect surfaces within six feet of the collection/handling area thoroughly after each specimen test; and, -Disinfect the testing/specimen collecting area on an hourly basis.
- D Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Inspectors wroteBased on interviews and record review the facility failed to ensure the resident's right to be informed of, and participate in his or her treatment for one (#24) of four residents out of 40 sample residents reviewed for the right to be informed and make treatment decisions. Specifically, the facility failed to include Resident #24's wife in his care planning decisions.
- D Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, record review and interviews, the facility failed to ensure the residents' right to make choices about aspects of their lives in the facility that were significant to them for two (#24, #49) of two residents reviewed for shower preferences out of 40 sample residents. Specifically, the facility failed to honor Resident #24's shower preference of twice weekly and the offer of a bath daily, and Resident #49's shower preference of every other day. Cross-reference F686, pressure ulcer for Resident #24.
- D Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, record review and interviews the facility failed to ensure services provided or arranged by the facility, as outlined by the comprehensive care plan, met professional standards of quality for one (#131) of two residents reviewed for professional standards out of 40 sample residents. Specifically, the facility failed to have a physician's order in place for intravenous (IV) fluid that infused continuously for four days for Resident #131.
- D Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
Inspectors wroteBased on resident interviews, staff interview, and the tasting of the test tray, the facility failed to consistently serve food that was palatable and at the proper temperature. Specifically, the facility failed to ensure resident food was palatable in taste, texture, appearance, and temperature.
- D Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, interviews, and record review, the facility failed to ensure meals were served according to resident allergies and preferences for three of five residents out of 40 sample residents. Specifically the facility failed to: -Ensure Resident #275 was not served food that she was allergic to; and, -Ensure Resident #126 and #63 were served their preferred and recommended diet texture. I. Facility policy and procedure The Food Allergy policy, undated, was provided by the director of nursing (DON) on 1/25/22 at 11:33 a.m. It read, in pertinent part, No patient shall be served any food that they report as an allergy. All allergies should be strictly enforced. The Therapeutic Diets policy and procedure, reviewed February 2021, was provided by the DON on 1/25/22 at 11:38 a.m. [...]
Fire safety inspections
17 fire safety citations on file: 7 on October 23, 2024, 9 on April 13, 2023, 1 on January 25, 2022.
Every fire safety citation17 citations
- F Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours.
- F Have an enclosure around a vertical opening shaft.
- F Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
- F Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
- F Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- F Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
- F Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- F Provide emergency officials' contact information.
- F Establish emergency prep training and testing.
- F Establish staff and initial training requirements.
- F Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
- F Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
- F Have power receptacles that are properly grounded.
- D Provide properly protected cooking facilities.
- D Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
- D Have proper fire barriers, ventilation and signs for the transfilling of oxygen.
- D Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours.
Fines and payment denials
CMS lists no fines or payment denials against this home in the last three years. The national average is 0.9 fines per home.
Staffing
Hours of care per resident per day, from the payroll records every home sends CMS. Higher means more staff time with each resident.
| Measure | This home | Colorado | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides) | 4.49 | 3.72 | 3.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.92 | 0.82 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff on weekends | 3.95 | 3.29 | 3.42 |
| Nurse aides | 2.51 | ||
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.06 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year) | 51.6% | 47.1% | 45.8% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 72.7% | 44.6% | 42.9% |
| Administrators who left | 0 |
CMS expects 4.60 hours a day for residents as sick as this home's (its case-mix figure). The staffing star compares the two.
Staffing by quarter, from daily payroll records
Every nursing home sends CMS its staff hours for each day (the Payroll Based Journal). Here they are added up by quarter. The latest quarter is the one behind the figures above. In January to March 2026, nursing staff hours per resident were 4.70 on weekdays and 3.95 on weekends, 16% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 0.0% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 4.50 in April to June 2025 to 4.49 in January to March 2026.
| Quarter | All nursing staff | Registered nurses | Weekdays | Weekends | Contract staff share | Days with no RN hours | Residents a day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan to Mar 2026 | 4.49 | 0.92 | 4.70 | 3.95 | 0.0% | 0 of 90 | 74 |
| Oct to Dec 2025 | 4.36 | 1.06 | 4.57 | 3.83 | 0.2% | 0 of 92 | 71 |
| Jul to Sep 2025 | 4.56 | 0.97 | 4.78 | 3.97 | 0.1% | 0 of 92 | 69 |
| Apr to Jun 2025 | 4.50 | 0.82 | 4.76 | 3.85 | 0.0% | 0 of 91 | 64 |
| United States, Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.75 | 0.62 | 3.92 | 3.33 | 5.3% | 0.5% of days | |
| Colorado, Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.59 | 0.76 | 3.75 | 3.18 | 5.9% | 0.2% of days |
Hours per resident per day: staff hours in the quarter divided by resident days (the daily census CMS derives from resident assessments). Registered nurses include the director of nursing and RNs with administrative duties; aides include nurse aides in training and medication aides, as in CMS's own staffing measure. How these are calculated.
Quality measures
The measures CMS uses for the quality star. Lower is better for every one of them.
| Measure | This home | Colorado | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 21.5 | 20.3 | 23.8 |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231 | 13.3 | 12.1 | 12.0 |
Owners and operators
Legal business name: CENTER AT CENTENNIAL, LLC. CMS links this home to Veritas Management Group, a group of 13 nursing homes averaging 4.3 stars overall.
| Name | Role | Type | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee, Russell | Corporate officer | Individual | 09/01/2007 | |
| Murdock, Monte | Corporate officer | Individual | 09/01/2007 | |
| Senkoff, Alexander | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 09/01/2007 | |
| Murdock, Monte | Adp of the SNF | Individual | 03/01/2020 | |
| Senkoff, Alexander | Adp of the SNF | Individual | 09/01/2007 |
As listed in the CMS ownership file, which names owners with a 5% or greater stake and the people and companies with operational or managerial control.
Questions to ask on a visit
Chosen from this home's own inspection record.
- What changed in infection control since the last inspection, and who on staff is the infection preventionist?Inspectors cited 4 problems in this area, most recently on October 23, 2024: "Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use."
- How do you prevent falls and pressure injuries, and how are families told when one happens?Inspectors cited 4 problems in this area, most recently on July 31, 2024: "Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents."
- Can we see a week of menus and the kitchen, and how are special diets handled?Inspectors cited 4 problems in this area, most recently on April 13, 2023: "Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards."
- Can we see a resident room, a shower room and the dining room on this visit?Inspectors cited 3 problems in this area, most recently on April 13, 2023: "Keep all essential equipment working safely."
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Colorado contacts for a concern about a nursing home
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- Inspections and complaints: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services Division, the state agency that inspects nursing homes for CMS and takes complaints about care.
- Resident advocate: Colorado State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, 303-862-3524. The long-term care ombudsman is a free, confidential advocate for residents and families, set up under the federal Older Americans Act.
- State inspection reports: Find and compare facilities, where Colorado publishes its own records on licensed homes.
Common questions
- What is Center at Centennial, the's Medicare star rating?
- CMS rates Center at Centennial, the 5 out of 5 stars overall, with 4 for health inspections, 3 for staffing and 5 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
- How many deficiencies did Center at Centennial, the get at its last inspection?
- 1 health deficiency at the standard inspection on October 23, 2024. The Colorado average is 8.7.
- Has Center at Centennial, the been fined?
- CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
- Does Center at Centennial, the accept Medicaid?
- CMS lists it as "Medicare", so it is not certified for Medicaid.
- Who owns Center at Centennial, the?
- CMS lists 5 owners and managers, and links the home to Veritas Management Group. Legal business name: CENTER AT CENTENNIAL, LLC.
Sources
- Ratings, staffing and fines: CMS Provider Information, released September 30, 2026, data as of September 1, 2026.
- Citations: CMS Health Deficiencies and Fire Safety Deficiencies.
- Owners: CMS Ownership. Penalties: CMS Penalties.
- Staffing by quarter: CMS Payroll Based Journal Daily Nurse Staffing, April 2025 to March 2026, summed by NursingHomeClear.
- Inspector summaries: CMS Full Statement of Deficiencies (CMS-2567 text), data as of September 1, 2026. Each quote is the part of the statement before the detailed findings.
- Inspection reports with the inspectors' full notes are on this home's Medicare.gov page.
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