Colorado senior care research
Colorado Senior Care Research
SeniorTrustHub organizes Colorado CMS Nursing Homes, Home Health, and Hospice as separate federal directories. CDPHE Find and Compare is the state verification and inspection path. Assisted Living Residences are a separate state class. They are not one Colorado senior-provider total. No score and no ranking.
Separate official universes
Source families, not one Colorado senior-provider total
CMS Nursing Homes, CMS Home Health, CMS Hospice, CDPHE verification, and Assisted Living Residences are not added together. CMS is the bulk identity spine. CDPHE is the state verification and inspection context.
210
CMS Nursing Homes in Colorado
Independent overlay · as of 2026-08-01
222
CMS Home Health in Colorado
Independent overlay · as of 2026-05-27
88
CMS Hospice in Colorado
Independent overlay · as of 2026-08-19
Search-only
CDPHE Find and Compare
Live verification path. Not a bulk roster count.
No current bulk
Assisted Living Residences
Separate state class. Press counts are not used.
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Canonical national CMS Nursing Home directory identities in Colorado from accepted senior-national-intelligence.json geography. Not added again to national totals.
- Source: https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/4pq5-n9py
- Agency clock: 2026-08-01
- Source grain: CMS Nursing Home CCN with state = CO
- Numerator: 210
- Denominator: 210
- Coverage: ACQUIRED_CURRENT_SNAPSHOT
- Limitation: Not summed with Assisted Living Residences. CMS CERTIFIED != STATE LICENSED.
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No current official bulk CDPHE roster was acquired. Find and Compare remains the live verification path.
- Source: https://cdphe.colorado.gov/health-facilities/find-and-compare-facilities
- Agency clock: Unknown / source unavailable
- Source grain: interactive search result
- Numerator: Not a rate
- Denominator: Not a share
- Coverage: OPEN_SEARCH_ONLY
- Limitation: Search-only is not zero. A search result is not the complete universe.
What the files show
Source-backed findings
- CMS is the bulk identity spine for Colorado on this hub. Accepted CMS geography lists 210 Nursing Homes, 222 Home Health agencies, and 88 Hospice providers in Colorado. Those class overlays already live in national CMS totals and are not added again. This does not mean one Colorado senior-provider total; state licensed equals CMS certified; Home Health office geography is a service area.
- CDPHE live verification is search/path unless a bulk source is acquired. Find and Compare is an official dashboard for last-3-year inspections, citations, plans of correction, and self-reported occurrences. No current official bulk facility roster was acquired. Search-only is not zero. This does not mean Colorado has zero licensed facilities outside CMS; a dashboard search result is the complete CDPHE universe; a search result is claim eligibility.
- Assisted Living Residence is a separate state class. Colorado Assisted Living Residences are licensed under 6 CCR 1011-1 Chapter 7. They are not Nursing Homes. No current ALR roster count is published here. Approximate press counts are rejected. This does not mean every assisted living residence is a nursing home; an unpublished ALR count is zero.
- The 2017 CDPHE GIS file cannot be used as a current roster. Colorado Information Marketplace dataset 98pp-s4r4 is a January 2017 address-derived point file. It is historical/stale and cannot be promoted to current identity. This does not mean January 2017 locations are the current licensed universe.
- Nursing Home Administrator licenses are person-grain. DORA licenses Nursing Home Administrators as people. That path is a public research lookup, not a facility count, and does not mint person pages. This does not mean administrator licenses are facilities; an unpublished person count is zero facilities.
Question 1
What senior-care classes does Colorado regulate?
CDPHE HFEMSD licenses Nursing Care Facilities (Chapter 5), Assisted Living Residences (Chapter 7), Home Care Agencies Class A and Class B (Chapter 26), and Hospices (Chapter 21). CMS separately certifies Nursing Homes, Home Health, and Hospice. Alternative Care Facilities are a Medicaid certification on an ALR. Home Care Placement Agencies are not Home Care Agencies. Adult Day is not Assisted Living. Nursing Home != Home Health != Hospice.
Questions 2–4
Which CMS-certified facilities can TrustHub research?
CMS Nursing Homes, Home Health, and Hospice in Colorado use existing national CCN routes. Accepted unique CCN counts are 210 / 222 / 88. CMS CCN is preserved. A state license is not a CMS CCN unless an exact official ID establishes the relationship. Home Health office address is not a service area. Hospice is not Home Health. These Colorado partitions already live in national CMS totals and are not added again.
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Canonical national CMS Home Health directory identities in Colorado.
- Source: https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/6jpm-sxkc
- Agency clock: 2026-05-27
- Source grain: CMS Home Health CCN with state = CO
- Numerator: 222
- Denominator: 222
- Coverage: ACQUIRED_CURRENT_SNAPSHOT
- Limitation: Not a Home Care Agency count. Office geography is not a service area.
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Canonical national CMS Hospice directory identities in Colorado.
- Source: https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/yc9t-dgbk
- Agency clock: 2026-08-19
- Source grain: CMS Hospice CCN with state = CO
- Numerator: 88
- Denominator: 88
- Coverage: ACQUIRED_CURRENT_SNAPSHOT
- Limitation: HOSPICE != HOME HEALTH.
Question 5
Assisted Living Residence is not a Nursing Home
Colorado Assisted Living Residences are licensed under 6 CCR 1011-1 Chapter 7. They are a separate state class. No current official ALR roster was acquired this ticket, so no ALR count is published. Approximate assisted-living press counts are not network metrics. State-only ALR profiles are not created without a safe identity source. ALR != Nursing Home.
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No current ALR roster count is published. Press approximations are rejected.
- Source: https://cdphe.colorado.gov/assisted-living-residences
- Agency clock: Unknown / source unavailable
- Source grain: licensed ALR (not acquired)
- Numerator: Not a rate
- Denominator: Not a share
- Coverage: NO_BULK_ACQUIRED
- Limitation: ALR != Nursing Home. Approximate assisted-living press counts are not network metrics.
Question 6
How do I verify a Colorado facility with CDPHE?
CDPHE Find and Compare is OPEN_SEARCH_ONLY. The dashboard covers inspection results and self-reported occurrences from the last three years, including citations, regulation text, and plans of correction. Interactive search is the official path and is not scraped. Search-only is not zero. A search result is not the complete CDPHE universe and is not claim eligibility.
Question 7
Inspections, citations, occurrences, and complaints stay distinct
A citation is not a penalty. An occurrence is not a violation. A plan of correction is not an admission. Inspection is not deficiency is not enforcement. Staffing is not quality. CMS stars are not a TrustHub rating. The public complaint-intake process is not a complaint dataset. Name-only adverse attachment is unsafe. CMS Nursing Home inspection, deficiency, penalty, staffing, and ownership stay on exact CCN. Home Health and Hospice have no CMS national inspection/enforcement file on this hub.
Question 8
Nursing Home Administrator licenses are people, not facilities
DORA licenses Nursing Home Administrators as a person-grain profession. That lookup is a public research path. It is not a facility count and does not create person pages. NHA != facility.
Stale source exclusion
The 2017 CDPHE GIS file is not a current roster
Colorado Information Marketplace dataset 98pp-s4r4 is a January 2017 address-derived point file. It is historical and stale. It cannot be promoted to current identity and cannot be used as a current Colorado facility roster.
Claim safety
A state search result is not claim eligibility
Existing Senior claim rules remain authoritative. Colorado state intelligence does not broaden claim eligibility. A search result is not eligibility. Claimed is not verified. Colorado state verification does not automatically create new public facility profiles without safe identity.
What this ticket added
Statewide research, not a bulk directory build
Net-new canonical organizations: 0. CMS Colorado CCNs were already in the national graph. No current CDPHE bulk identities were minted. This page does not create Colorado county routes, a Denver page, or local facility pages. No Trust Score. No ranking. No AggregateRating.
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CMS Colorado CCNs already in the national graph are not new organizations. No current CDPHE bulk identities were minted.
- Source: expansion ledger vs pre-ingest CMS Colorado graph
- Agency clock: 2026-09-09
- Source grain: canonical organization
- Numerator: 0
- Denominator: 0
- Coverage: ACQUIRED_CURRENT_SNAPSHOT
- Limitation: State verification path is not a directory build.
Evidence depth
What each source can support
| Source | Agency | Count | Identity | Access | Limitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMS Nursing Home Provider Information (CO overlay) | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | 210 | CMS CCN | Accepted national geography partition / Provider Data Catalog | Not summed with Assisted Living Residences or Home Care Agencies. CMS CERTIFIED != STATE LICENSED. Not added again to national CMS totals. |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies (CO overlay) | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | 222 | CMS Home Health CCN | Accepted national geography partition / Provider Data Catalog | HOME HEALTH != HCA. Do not infer a CDPHE Home Care Agency license solely from CMS. Office geography is not a service area. |
| CMS Hospice General Information (CO overlay) | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | 88 | CMS Hospice CCN | Accepted national geography partition / Provider Data Catalog | HOSPICE != HOME HEALTH. Do not infer a state hospice license solely from CMS. |
| CDPHE Find and Compare Facilities | Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment / HFEMSD | — | CDPHE facility identity on a looked-up record | OPEN_SEARCH_ONLY; scrape forbidden | SEARCH RESULT != COMPLETE BULK UNIVERSE. Search-only is not zero. A search result is not claim eligibility. |
| Assisted Living Residences (6 CCR 1011-1 Chapter 7) | Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment | — | CDPHE ALR license when a future bulk file publishes one | Official class page + Find and Compare search | ALR != Nursing Home. Approximate press counts are not network metrics. |
| Home Care Agencies Class A / Class B (6 CCR 1011-1 Chapter 26) | Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment | — | CDPHE HCA license when a future bulk file publishes one | Official class page + Find and Compare search | HCA != CMS Home Health. HCPA != HCA. Class A != Class B. |
| CDPHE Health Facilities GIS (98pp-s4r4) | Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment | — | historical GIS feature — not a current identity | Colorado Information Marketplace metadata | Cannot be promoted to a current roster. Cannot be used as current identity. |
| CDPHE health facilities complaint contacts | Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment / HFEMSD | — | complaint intake, not a dataset row | PUBLIC_RESEARCH_PATH | Complaint process != complaint dataset. Complaint != violation. Bulk not acquired. |
| DORA Nursing Home Administrator license lookup | Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies | — | DORA professional license number | PUBLIC_RESEARCH_PATH | NHA != facility. Not a facility count. No automatic person pages. |
| CMS Nursing Home inspection / deficiency / penalty files | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | 210 | CMS CCN | Existing SeniorTrustHub federal inspection/enforcement product | Inspection != deficiency != enforcement. Staffing != quality. CMS stars != TrustHub rating. Home Health and Hospice have no CMS national inspection/enforcement file on this hub. |
| CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners / ownership graph | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | 210 | CMS CCN | Existing SeniorTrustHub CMS ownership product | Do not infer ownership for state-only facilities by name. |