5/5
CMS (the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) is the federal agency that rates nursing home quality. Its Overall Rating runs from 1 to 5 stars, combining health inspections, staffing, and quality measures, with inspections weighted most heavily.
5/5
CMS (the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) is the federal agency that rates nursing home quality. Its Overall Rating runs from 1 to 5 stars, combining health inspections, staffing, and quality measures, with inspections weighted most heavily.
Settled in the quiet neighborhood of Alamo, TX, The Heights of Alamo is an idyllic senior living community that offers short-term care, post-hospital recovery, skilled nursing, long-term care, rehabilitation therapy, and dementia support or respite care services. A wide array of large and cozy accommodations are available for its residents based on their preferences. With a highly trained and compassionate team, the community ensures individualized care and support for its residents that they deserve.
The community is committed to delivering exceptional amenities and services including tasty and healthy home-cooked meals, internet services, on-site beauty salon and barber services, Come and visit its beautiful outdoor garden, pergola, and covered patios. Engage in various social activities and community events that are essential in nourishing your physical, mental, social, and spiritual well-being. At The Heights of Alamo, seniors are guaranteed an empowering and secure stay.
The Overall CMS Rating combines results from health inspections, staffing levels and quality measures. Health inspections carry the most weight. Staffing and quality scores can increase or decrease the final rating based on performance compared to state and national standards.
Based on the results of the facility's three most recent standard inspections and any complaint investigations. CMS reviews the number, scope, and severity of deficiencies, with more recent findings weighted more heavily.
Measures average nursing staff hours per resident per day, including Registered Nurses (RNs) and total nursing staff. Ratings are adjusted based on the level of care residents require and are compared to state and national benchmarks.
Based on clinical and physical health indicators reported to CMS, such as hospital readmissions, falls, pressure ulcers, and improvements in mobility. These measures reflect how well residents' health needs are being managed.
Staffing hours
Daily nursing hours per resident by staff type, reported to CMS. Higher is generally better — compare this facility to state and national averages to see where staffing stands.
Hours per resident per day vs Texas averages
Total nursing care
This home is ranked 140th out of 233 homes in Texas for nurse hours. Total adjusted nursing hours per resident per day, combining RN, LPN, and aide time. CMS adjusts this for case-mix so facilities can be fairly compared.
3h 24m
7% below state avg
RNs hold the highest nursing license and can assess residents, interpret test results, and direct care plans. More RN hours per day often signals stronger clinical oversight and faster response to health changes.
Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) or Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs) deliver routine hands-on care — medication administration, wound dressing, and monitoring vital signs. They work under RN supervision and make up a large share of daily bedside care.
Certified Nurse Aides (CNAs) provide the most direct day-to-day assistance: bathing, dressing, feeding, and mobility. Nurse aide hours are typically the largest staffing category and directly affect residents' quality of life.
Combined nursing hours (RN + LPN + Nurse Aide) per resident per day on weekends. Staffing often drops on weekends — this figure reveals whether the facility maintains adequate coverage outside of weekday hours.
Hours per resident per day provided by licensed Physical Therapists (PTs) or PT Assistants. PT services help residents recover mobility after injury or illness and are especially important for post-acute (short-stay) rehabilitation.
Registered nurse hours specifically on weekends. Facilities sometimes reduce RN presence on Saturdays and Sundays — a low weekend RN figure compared to weekday hours can indicate reduced clinical oversight when most administrative staff are absent.
5 of 6 metrics below state avg
Average number of days residents stay at this facility, based on CMS cost report data. Shorter stays often reflect post-acute or rehab care; longer stays reflect long-term care.
The Heights of Alamo is administered by Federico Stutzner.
Key information about the people who lead and staff this community.
In Texas, the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is the primary regulatory body that conducts unannounced inspections and publishes quality reports for all long-term care homes.
This scorecard compares key inspection, citation, and complaint metrics at this facility against the Texas state average. Metrics rated ≥15% worse than average are highlighted in red; those ≥15% better are highlighted in green.
Citations
| This Facility | TX Average | vs. TX Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
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Total citations
Formal regulatory issues recorded by inspectors across all inspection types.
| 4 | 6 | This facility has 33% fewer total citations than a typical Texas nursing home (4 vs. TX avg 6).↓ 33% better |
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Health citations
Citations related to resident care, clinical practices, and day-to-day operations.
| 4 | 2 | This facility has 100% more health citations than a typical Texas nursing home (4 vs. TX avg 2).↑ 100% worse |
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Life safety citations
Citations related to building safety — fire prevention, emergency egress, and similar.
| 4 | 6 | This facility has 33% fewer life safety citations than a typical Texas nursing home (4 vs. TX avg 6).↓ 33% better |
Federal penalties imposed by CMS for regulatory violations, including civil money penalties (fines) and denials of payment for new Medicare/Medicaid admissions.
Source: CMS Penalties Database
No penalties in the past 3 years
No civil money penalties or payment denials were reported in the last 3 years.
These measures show how residents usually do over time at this home, based on health outcomes and preventive care.
CMS star rating based on short-stay quality measure performance. 5 stars = much above average, 1 star = much below average.
Percentage of short-stay residents who were re-hospitalized after their nursing home admission.
24.0%
7% better than Texas averageTexas average: 25.9%
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit.
9.2%
23% better than Texas averageTexas average: 12.0%
Percentage of SNF residents who experience falls with major injury during their stay.
0.0%
100% better than Texas averageTexas average: 0.8%
Percentage of residents at or above expected ability to care for themselves at discharge.
78.4%
46% better than Texas averageTexas average: 53.7%
Rate of successful return to home or community from a skilled nursing facility.
58.8%
16% better than Texas averageTexas average: 50.6%
Quality measures are calculated from Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessments. For most measures, lower percentages indicate better care quality.
13% of new residents, usually for short-term rehab.
59% of new residents, often for short stays.
28% of new residents, often for long-term daily care.
Based on CMS SNF Cost Report for fiscal year ending in 06/2024.
Net patient revenue — what the home actually collects for resident care, after contractual allowances, bad debt and discounts are subtracted from its gross charges (CMS cost report, Worksheet G-3). It covers resident care only; money the home earns from other sources is shown separately as "Other income."
Net patient income: net patient revenue minus the home's total operating expenses. A positive figure means it earns more from resident care than it spends to deliver it; a negative figure means the opposite. It excludes non-operating "other income."
Net patient revenue — what the home actually collects for resident care, after contractual allowances, bad debt and discounts are subtracted from its gross charges (CMS cost report, Worksheet G-3). It covers resident care only; money the home earns from other sources is shown separately as "Other income."
Net patient income: net patient revenue minus the home's total operating expenses. A positive figure means it earns more from resident care than it spends to deliver it; a negative figure means the opposite. It excludes non-operating "other income."
Money the home earns outside of resident care — such as investments, grants, rentals and other non-operating sources (CMS cost report, Worksheet G-3). It is tracked separately from net patient revenue: it is not part of that figure, and it is not included in net patient income.
Staff salaries plus wage-related costs — benefits such as payroll taxes, health insurance and retirement — from the home's own accounting records (CMS cost report, Worksheet A). Contract or agency labor is counted separately, under other operating costs.
Rank #165 / 219Payroll costs — State benchmarkedThis home is ranked 165th out of 219 homes in Texas. Shows total staff payroll — salaries plus wage-related benefits — benchmarked to the Texas average, among facilities reporting a recent fiscal year. Higher payroll relative to peers often signals better staffing and less reliance on contract labor.Facilities with the same value for a metric share the same rank. Rankings are based only on facilities in Texas that report data for that category. Facilities without available data are excluded from the ranking.
Payroll as a share of revenue: staff salaries and wage-related benefits divided by net patient revenue. A higher figure means more of each revenue dollar goes to staff pay.
Rank #196 / 200Payroll % of net patient revenue — State benchmarkedThis home is ranked 196th out of 200 homes in Texas. Shows payroll as a percentage of net patient revenue versus the Texas average, among facilities reporting a recent fiscal year. Below 25% may signal understaffing or heavy agency use — read with Staffing ratings.Facilities with the same value for a metric share the same rank. Rankings are based only on facilities in Texas that report data for that category. Facilities without available data are excluded from the ranking.
Everything it costs to run the home apart from payroll — food, utilities, supplies, maintenance, contract labor and administration. Calculated as total operating expense minus payroll (staff salaries and wage-related benefits).
The home's total operating expense for the year — all the costs of running it, salaries included (CMS cost report, Worksheet G-3).
No pets allowed
Housing Options: Private / Semi Private
Building Type: Single-story
This home supports both short-term rehab and long-term care, with residents staying for a wide range of durations.
Most new residents arrive under private pay (59% of admissions), and a typical private pay stay runs around 23 days.
Coverage residents most often arrive under.
Coverage residents most often leave under.
1.7 miles from city center
Estimated distance in miles from Alamo's city center to The Heights of Alamo's address, calculated via Google Maps.
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Info below is compiled from CMS reports & the TX Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC), senior community websites & trusted data sources such as Walk Score & BBB.
Communities are listed from highest to lowest based on our ranking methodology.
| Sun Valley Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center | NH HOS MC RC SNF | Harlingen (Estrellita Subdivision) | 124
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124
TX AVG
78
Rank
#165 / 981 |
75.6%
Facility
75.6%
TX AVG
66.3
Rank
#67 / 175 | +14% | 3.79
Facility
3.79
TX AVG
3.63
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#75 / 233 | -15% | +4% | $0
Facility
$0
TX AVG
$81.8k
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#1 / 238 | 5
Facility
5
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25.9
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#6 / 235 | 2.5
Facility
2.5
TX AVG
3.7
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#51 / 235 | - | 94 | - |
37
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37
TX AVG
42
Rank
#809 / 1346 | Av Rehab LLC | $9.2MFiscal year ending 03/2024
Facility
$9.2MFiscal year ending 03/2024
TX AVG
$9.3M
Rank
#91 / 219 | $4.9MFiscal year ending 03/2024
Facility
$4.9MFiscal year ending 03/2024
TX AVG
$5.4M
Rank
#110 / 219 | 53.1%Fiscal year ending 03/2024
Facility
53.1%Fiscal year ending 03/2024
TX AVG
71.6%
Rank
#130 / 200 | 676493 | ||||
| Veranda Rehabilitation and Healthcare | NH SNF | Harlingen | 100
Facility
100
TX AVG
78
Rank
#345 / 981 |
87.5%
Facility
87.5%
TX AVG
66.3
Rank
#33 / 175 | +32% | 2.96
Facility
2.96
TX AVG
3.63
Rank
#201 / 233 | -24% | -18% | $8.0k
Facility
$8.0k
TX AVG
$81.8k
Rank
#67 / 238 | 12
Facility
12
TX AVG
25.9
Rank
#29 / 235 | 2.4
Facility
2.4
TX AVG
3.7
Rank
#44 / 235 | 1 | 88 | - |
33
Facility
33
TX AVG
42
Rank
#885 / 1346 | Harlingen Healthcare, Inc | $11.1MFiscal year ending 12/2023
Facility
$11.1MFiscal year ending 12/2023
TX AVG
$9.3M
Rank
#46 / 219 | $5.6MFiscal year ending 12/2023
Facility
$5.6MFiscal year ending 12/2023
TX AVG
$5.4M
Rank
#71 / 219 | 50.8%Fiscal year ending 12/2023
Facility
50.8%Fiscal year ending 12/2023
TX AVG
71.6%
Rank
#147 / 200 | 455925 | ||||
| Harlingen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | NH MC RC SNF | Harlingen (Hale Avenue) | 120
Facility
120
TX AVG
78
Rank
#192 / 981 | - | - | 2.98
Facility
2.98
TX AVG
3.63
Rank
#201 / 233 | -25% | -18% | $100.0k
Facility
$100.0k
TX AVG
$81.8k
Rank
#199 / 238 | 17
Facility
17
TX AVG
25.9
Rank
#73 / 235 | 3.4
Facility
3.4
TX AVG
3.7
Rank
#137 / 235 | 1 | 18 | - |
49
Facility
49
TX AVG
42
Rank
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| Alta Vista Rehabilitation and Healthcare | NH MC SNF | Brownsville (Los Ebanos) | 100
Facility
100
TX AVG
78
Rank
#345 / 981 |
85.0%
Facility
85.0%
TX AVG
66.3
Rank
#36 / 175 | +28% | 3.26
Facility
3.26
TX AVG
3.63
Rank
#154 / 233 | -44% | -10% | $14.4k
Facility
$14.4k
TX AVG
$81.8k
Rank
#88 / 238 | 16
Facility
16
TX AVG
25.9
Rank
#60 / 235 | 2.7
Facility
2.7
TX AVG
3.7
Rank
#68 / 235 | 4 | 85 | - |
71
Facility
71
TX AVG
42
Rank
#124 / 1346 | Brownsville Care Associates, Inc | $9.7MFiscal year ending 12/2023
Facility
$9.7MFiscal year ending 12/2023
TX AVG
$9.3M
Rank
#81 / 219 | $5.0MFiscal year ending 12/2023
Facility
$5.0MFiscal year ending 12/2023
TX AVG
$5.4M
Rank
#101 / 219 | 51.8%Fiscal year ending 12/2023
Facility
51.8%Fiscal year ending 12/2023
TX AVG
71.6%
Rank
#137 / 200 | 455625 |
The Heights of Alamo is located in Alamo, Texas.
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The Heights of Alamo is legally operated by Uvalde County Hospital Authority, and administered by Federico Stutzner.
The Heights of Alamo has a walk score of 19. Car-dependent. Most errands require a car, with limited nearby walkable options.
According to TX state health department records, The Heights of Alamo's license number is 308218.
According to TX state health department records, The Heights of Alamo's license expires on January 4, 2027.
The Heights of Alamo's occupancy is 72.8%.
The Heights of Alamo has been operating for approximately 8 years, based on available licensing and registration records.
No, The Heights of Alamo has a no-pet policy.
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