Nursing home report
PENITAS, TX · Medicare-certified · 130 beds
LAS ALTURAS DE PENITAS has a 2 out of 5 overall rating, with 2-star health inspection and staffing ratings but a 4-star quality measures rating. It reports 3.30 nurse hours per resident per day versus the 4.1 federal benchmark, and it has had $11,164 in fines in the last 24 months plus a recent federal penalty.
Health inspections
Staffing
3.2957 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.2957.
Hours per resident per day.
How often residents experience these outcomes, with the direction over the past year.
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
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 provide appropriate treatment and care according to residents' orders, preferences, and goals. Cited January 2024 — limited pattern, immediate jeopardy to residents.
F-Tag 684 — 42 CFR §483.25 — S/S: K
The home failed to provide enough food and fluids to keep residents healthy. Cited January 2024 — limited pattern, immediate jeopardy to residents.
F-Tag 692 — 42 CFR §483.25(g) — S/S: K
The nursing home failed to keep the area free of hazards and provide enough supervision to prevent accidents. Cited December 2023 — limited pattern, immediate jeopardy to residents.
F-Tag 689 — 42 CFR §483.25(d) — S/S: K
The nursing home failed to protect residents from abuse and neglect by others. Cited February 2025 — isolated incident, immediate jeopardy to residents.
F-Tag 600 — 42 CFR §483.12 — S/S: J
The home failed to provide pharmacy services and a licensed pharmacist needed to meet each resident’s medication needs. Cited March 2026 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 755 — 42 CFR §483.45 — S/S: D
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 2 health deficiencies.
A federal fine of $11,164 was recorded.
Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.
On record with Medicare: 4 fines · $166,236 in total fines.
Federal fine
Feb 1, 2025
Federal fine
Jan 26, 2024
Federal fine
Dec 18, 2023
Federal fine
Oct 3, 2023
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.
