Las Alturas Nursing & Transitional Care: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Las Alturas Nursing & Transitional Care is a 138-bed for-profit nursing home in Laredo, Texas, part of Touchstone Communities. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 2.10 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 5% above the Texas average of 2.00, and 49.2% nursing staff turnover (Texas average 55.3%).
Las Alturas Nursing & Transitional Care
4301 North Bartlett AvenueLaredo, TX 78041
Webb 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 Las Alturas Nursing & Transitional Care, nurse aides logged 2.10 hours per resident per day, 5% above the Texas average. With about 131 residents a day, that works out to roughly 274 aide hours a day, or about 34 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 13% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Texas avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 2.10 | 2.00 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.69 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.13 | 3.39 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.73 | 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
49.2% of nursing staff at Las Alturas Nursing & Transitional Care left over the year CMS measured, against a Texas average of 55.3% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 45.5%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Feb 11, 2026. 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 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. Las Alturas Nursing & Transitional Care holds 3 of 5 overall; the Texas average is 2.6.
About Las Alturas Nursing & Transitional Care
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Touchstone Communities, 25 homes
- Legal name: Val Verde County Hospital District
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 24, 2019
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Las Alturas Nursing & Transitional Care
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Laredo Medical Center Laredo | 0.4 | 18 | 2.27 | 6.27 | 30.0% | 5 | None |
| Laredo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Laredo | 1.4 | 120 | 1.93 | 3.21 | 34.9% | 1 | $93,962 |
| Laredo West Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Laredo · abuse citation | 1.6 | 188 | 1.72 | 3.12 | 47.3% | 1 | $49,719 |
| Laredo South Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Laredo | 1.8 | 112 | 1.87 | 3.19 | 36.7% | 4 | $8,021 |
| La Frontera Nursing & Rehabilitation Laredo | 2.3 | 186 | 1.98 | 3.24 | — | 3 | $8,021 |
| Falcon Lake Nursing Home, LLC Zapata | 45.8 | 59 | 1.94 | 3.26 | 41.7% | 3 | None |
| Meridian Care of Hebbronville Hebbronville · abuse citation | 50.7 | 60 | 2.04 | 3.35 | 40.5% | 2 | $13,065 |
| Avir at Cotulla Cotulla | 64.6 | 60 | 1.96 | 3.28 | 35.9% | 4 | 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.