Alta Vista Rehabilitation and Healthcare: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Alta Vista Rehabilitation and Healthcare is a 100-bed for-profit nursing home in Brownsville, Texas, part of The Ensign Group. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.16 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 8% above the Texas average of 2.00, and 36.4% nursing staff turnover (Texas average 55.3%).
Alta Vista Rehabilitation and Healthcare
510 Paredes Line RdBrownsville, TX 78521
Cameron County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Alta Vista Rehabilitation and Healthcare, nurse aides logged 2.16 hours per resident per day, 8% above the Texas average. With about 77 residents a day, that works out to roughly 166 aide hours a day, or about 21 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 12% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Texas avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.16 | 2.00 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.90 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.21 | 0.43 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.27 | 3.39 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.87 | 2.98 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
36.4% of nursing staff at Alta Vista Rehabilitation and Healthcare left over the year CMS measured, against a Texas average of 55.3% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 50.0%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Nov 19, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 12 health deficiencies (Texas average 9.3). CMS lists 1 fine totaling $14,433 in the last three years.
| Inspection date | Penalty | Amount or length |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2023 | Fine | $14,433 |
CMS Penalties file, August 2026 release. A payment denial stops Medicare and Medicaid payment for new admissions for the days shown.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Alta Vista Rehabilitation and Healthcare holds 2 of 5 overall; the Texas average is 2.6.
About Alta Vista Rehabilitation and Healthcare
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: The Ensign Group, 342 homes
- Legal name: Fannin County Hospital Authority
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Jan 17, 1986
- Councils: resident and family councils
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Alta Vista Rehabilitation and Healthcare
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Mesa Hills Post Acute Brownsville | 1.4 | 166 | 2.37 | 3.45 | 44.7% | 3 | $5,734 |
| Las Alturas Nursing & Transitional Care Brownsvill Brownsville | 1.4 | 122 | 2.12 | 3.31 | — | 3 | $8,434 |
| Ebony Lake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Brownsville | 1.5 | 122 | 2.20 | 3.32 | 31.4% | 4 | None |
| Fox Hollow Post Acute Brownsville | 1.7 | 126 | 1.81 | 3.02 | 47.0% | 1 | $60,256 |
| Spanish Meadows Brownsville | 2.2 | 119 | 1.81 | 3.13 | 33.8% | 2 | $11,001 |
| Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Brownsville | 3.4 | 120 | 1.73 | 2.88 | 62.0% | 1 | $57,708 |
| Sun Valley Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Harlingen | 19.7 | 124 | 2.29 | 3.62 | 33.7% | 5 | None |
| Windsor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Harli Harlingen | 19.9 | 154 | 1.90 | 3.29 | 23.1% | 5 | None |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.