Nursing home report
PENITAS, TX · Medicare-certified · 130 beds
LAS ALTURAS DE PENITAS has an overall 3-star rating, with low health inspection and staffing ratings (2 stars each) but a 5-star quality measures rating. It also has a recent federal penalty, $11,164 in fines over the last 24 months, and reported staffing of 3.31 hours per resident per day, below the federal benchmark of 4.1.
Health inspections
Staffing
3.3089 hrs/resident/day
Quality measures
Federal guidance recommends at least 4.1 nursing hours per resident each day. This facility reports 3.3089.
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 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 honor residents’ choices about treatment, research participation, and advance care instructions. Cited May 2026 — isolated incident, potential for harm.
F-Tag 578 — 42 CFR §483.10 — S/S: D
Reported nurse staffing was below the federal recommendation of 4.1 hours per resident per day.
Health inspection found 4 health deficiencies.
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
Now operated by Val Verde County Hospital District, previously Touchstone Strategies - Penitas, LLC.
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.
