CMS Nurses for Nursing Homes: Qualifying Nursing Homes in Denver County, Colorado
Nurses for Nursing Homes is a $275 million CMS program, announced October 23, 2026, that pays registered nurses and licensed practical nurses up to $50,000 in student loan repayment and stipends for three years of work at a qualifying nursing home. Applications opened October 26, 2026 at NursesforNursingHomes.cms.gov.
This page maps every home on CMS’s qualifying list of October 22, 2026. Search near a ZIP code, or by state, county or chain, and export the results. CMS will update the list during the program; its official list and campaign page are the current source.
21 of 23 nursing homes in Denver County, Colorado (91.3%) qualify on CMS’s Nurses for Nursing Homes list of October 22, 2026. CMS classes Denver County as urban.
In Colorado, 168 of 210 nursing homes (80.0%) qualify.
CMS adds urban homes after rural ones: those a state proposes, then urban counties with the most residents per registered nurse, until the state’s funding target is met.
CMS’s List of Qualifying Nursing Homes is the official source. This page uses the list of October 22, 2026; CMS will update it during the program, so check the current list before relying on this one. Nurses apply at NursesforNursingHomes.cms.gov.
| Nursing home | City | Qualifies | Chain | Beds | CCN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMBERWOOD POST ACUTE | Denver | Yes, urban county | Pacs Group | 88 | 065034 |
| BERKLEY CARE CENTER | Denver | Yes, urban county | Life Care Centers of America | 118 | 065223 |
| BRIARWOOD HEALTH CARE CENTER | Denver | Yes, urban county | Life Care Centers of America | 201 | 065255 |
| BROOKSHIRE POST ACUTE | Denver | Yes, urban county | Pacs Group | 67 | 065242 |
| CITY PARK HEALTHCARE AND REHABILITATION CENTER | Denver | Yes, urban county | The Ensign Group | 125 | 065009 |
| CITY SCAPE REHABILITATION & CARE CENTER LLC | Denver | Yes, urban county | Sweetwater Care | 60 | 065387 |
| CRESTMOOR CARE CENTER | Denver | Yes, urban county | Long Peak Operating Company | 108 | 065290 |
| DENVER NORTH CARE CENTER | Denver | Yes, urban county | 82 | 065323 | |
| HALLMARK NURSING CENTER | Denver | Yes, urban county | Life Care Centers of America | 143 | 065233 |
| HEALTH CENTER AT FRANKLIN PARK | Denver | Yes, urban county | American Baptist Homes of the Midwest | 86 | 065213 |
| Heights Care & Rehabilitation LLC | Denver | Yes, urban county | Pacs Group | 110 | 065191 |
| HIGHLINE POST ACUTE | Denver | Yes, urban county | Pacs Group | 125 | 065256 |
| HILLTOP PARK POST ACUTE | Denver | Yes, urban county | Pacs Group | 162 | 065241 |
| HOLLY HEIGHTS CARE AND REHABILITATION | Denver | Yes, urban county | The Ensign Group | 133 | 065124 |
| JUNIPER VILLAGE - THE SPEARLY CENTER | Denver | Yes, urban county | Juniper Communities | 135 | 065327 |
| PARKVIEW CARE CENTER | Denver | Yes, urban county | Long Peak Operating Company | 73 | 065299 |
| ROWAN COMMUNITY, INC | Denver | Yes, urban county | Vivage Senior Living | 65 | 065206 |
| SOUTH VALLEY POST ACUTE REHABILITATION | Denver | Yes, urban county | The Ensign Group | 106 | 065230 |
| SUITES AT CLERMONT PARK CARE CENTER, THE | Denver | Yes, urban county | 63 | 065344 | |
| UPTOWN CARE CENTER | Denver | Yes, urban county | 79 | 065311 | |
| WESTWOOD POST ACUTE | Denver | Yes, urban county | Pacs Group | 85 | 065274 |
| CENTER AT LOWRY, LLC | Denver | No | 96 | 065419 | |
| SLOAN'S LAKE REHABILITATION CENTER | Denver | No | The Ensign Group | 42 | 065404 |
What this means for a facility
This page shows which homes qualify. SNF Insights, our skilled nursing platform, shows each facility’s RN and LPN staffing, turnover and posted nurse pay next to its nearest competitors.
See SNF Insights →Sources: CMS List of Qualifying Nursing Homes (October 22, 2026), Qualifying Nursing Home Methodology and Frequently Asked Questions; star ratings, beds and locations from the CMS Nursing Home Provider Information file, October 2026 release. Rural counts by state are BARA Analytics’ match of each home’s county to CMS’s rural county list. The one home in Guam is in the counts but not on the map. BARA Analytics is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by CMS.