Nursing home report
Registered name: AVIR AT CARTHAGE
CARTHAGE, TX · Medicare-certified · 104 beds
Carthage Healthcare Center in Carthage, TX has an overall rating of 2 out of 5 stars, with 2-star health inspection, staffing, and quality ratings. It reported 3.24 nurse staffing hours per resident per day, below the federal benchmark of 4.1, and has had $66,731 in fines in the last 24 months, including a recent federal penalty.
Health inspections
Staffing
3.2404 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.2404.
Hours per resident per day.
Each measure compares a year ago with the most recent quarter. Green means the facility moved the right way; red means the wrong way.
Lower is better — fewer affected residents. A decrease is good (green); an increase is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents on antipsychotic medication
Residents with a fall causing major injury
Residents with pressure ulcers (bedsores)
Residents with a urinary tract infection
Residents who lost too much weight
Residents who were physically restrained
Residents needing more help with daily activities
Residents whose ability to walk got worse
Long-stay residents on antianxiety or sleep medication
Short-stay residents newly given an antipsychotic
Residents with a long-term catheter
Residents with new or worsening incontinence
Residents with depressive symptoms
Higher is better — e.g. vaccinations. An increase is good (green); a decrease is concerning (red).
Long-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Long-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
Short-stay residents given the seasonal flu vaccine
Short-stay residents given the pneumonia vaccine
The nursing home failed to keep the area free of hazards and provide enough supervision to prevent accidents. Cited July 2025 — isolated incident, immediate jeopardy to residents.
F-Tag 689 — 42 CFR §483.25(d) — S/S: J
The home failed to ensure staff provided basic life support, including CPR, before emergency medical personnel arrived. Cited August 2024 — isolated incident, immediate jeopardy to residents.
F-Tag 678 — 42 CFR §483.24(a)(3) — S/S: J
The nursing home failed to protect residents from abuse and neglect by others. Cited July 2024 — isolated incident, immediate jeopardy to residents.
F-Tag 600 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: J
The home failed to have policies and procedures in place to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. Cited July 2024 — isolated incident, immediate jeopardy to residents.
F-Tag 607 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: J
The nursing home failed to provide proper pressure ulcer care and failed to prevent new pressure sores from developing. Cited June 2023 — isolated incident, actual harm.
F-Tag 686 — 42 CFR §483.25(b) — S/S: G
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
Health inspection found 8 health deficiencies.
Health inspection found 1 health deficiency.
A federal fine of $10,529 was recorded.
A federal fine of $10,361 was recorded.
A federal fine of $47,375 was recorded.
A federal fine of $8,827 was recorded.
On record with Medicare: 3 fines · $66,731 in total fines.
Federal fine
Jul 14, 2025
Federal fine
Aug 16, 2024
Federal fine
Jul 10, 2024
Now operated by Avir at Carthage, previously Carthage Healthcare Center.
Things at a nursing home change — inspections, staffing, ownership, news.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services — public records, updated monthly. GoodStanding presents official records with plain-language summaries. Always visit a facility in person.
