Hillside Medical Lodge: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Hillside Medical Lodge is a 128-bed for-profit nursing home in Gatesville, Texas, part of Coryell County Memorial Hospital Authority. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.92 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 4% below the Texas average of 2.00, and 46.7% nursing staff turnover (Texas average 55.3%).
Hillside Medical Lodge
300 S Highway 36 Byp NGatesville, TX 76528
Coryell 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 Hillside Medical Lodge, nurse aides logged 1.92 hours per resident per day, 4% below the Texas average. With about 111 residents a day, that works out to roughly 214 aide hours a day, or about 27 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 16% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Texas avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.92 | 2.00 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.90 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.28 | 0.43 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.10 | 3.39 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.59 | 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
46.7% of nursing staff at Hillside Medical Lodge left over the year CMS measured, against a Texas average of 55.3% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 62.5%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Dec 11, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 8 health deficiencies (Texas average 9.3). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Hillside Medical Lodge holds 3 of 5 overall; the Texas average is 2.6.
About Hillside Medical Lodge
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Coryell County Memorial Hospital Authority, 9 homes
- Legal name: Coryell County Memorial Hospital Authority
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Nov 16, 1993
- Changed ownership in the last 12 months
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Hillside Medical Lodge
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Coryell Health Rehabliving at the Meadows Gatesville | 3.9 | 106 | 2.67 | 4.08 | — | 4 | None |
| McGregor Wellness & Rehabilitation Mc Gregor | 17.5 | 186 | 2.26 | 3.72 | 100.0% | 2 | $49,443 |
| St. Joseph's Care Center McGregor | 17.5 | 100 | — | — | — | — | $8,278 |
| Avir at Killeen Killeen | 20.8 | 120 | 1.87 | 3.18 | 52.1% | 1 | $65,560 |
| Rosewood Heights Killeen | 21.0 | 64 | 2.18 | 3.81 | 67.6% | 3 | $42,298 |
| Hill Country Heights Copperas Cove | 23.1 | 96 | 2.27 | 3.48 | 42.1% | 4 | $12,356 |
| Copperas Cove Nursing & Rehabilitation Copperas Cove | 23.2 | 123 | 1.90 | 2.88 | 60.9% | 1 | $24,242 |
| Harker Heights Nursing & Rehabilitation Harker Heights | 24.1 | 199 | 2.33 | 3.40 | 55.9% | 1 | $64,760 |
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.