The Cottages At Texarkana
4701 Jefferson Avenue, Texarkana, AR, 71854
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Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed June 2026.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company · Chain: Southern Administrative Services
- Certified beds
- 140 · avg 116 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 47.7% — near the Arkansas averageArkansas avg: 49.7% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 27.8% — lower than most Arkansas nursing homesArkansas avg: 45.5% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the Arkansas averageArkansas avg: 0.3 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 1 fine · $28,022 total
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 045194
- Certified beds
- 140 beds · avg 116 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Texarkana Snf Operations, Llc
- Chain affiliation
- Southern Administrative Services
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Southern Administrative Services chain — 35 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 3.7 / 5.
Disclosed owners (13 on record)
- Alexark1 Llc
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · since 2022
- Jej Assets lpHolding
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · since 2022
- Jej Management, Llc
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · since 2022
- Sharlot Ponthie
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · since 2022
- (unnamed Owner)
Adp of The Snf · since 2022
- Sheila Milam
Operational/managerial Control · since 2020
+ 7 additional owners on the federal record.
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 20)
- G0684·Mar 28, 2025Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- D0880·Mar 28, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- E0812·Mar 28, 2025
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- E0803·Mar 28, 2025
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
- D0641·Mar 28, 2025
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- E0761·Jan 23, 2025Complaint
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- E0726·Jan 23, 2025Complaint
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being.
- E0684·Jan 23, 2025Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20251 fine · $28K
Most recent events
- Mar 28, 2025Fine · $28K
Fire-safety citations
6 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Mar 28, 2025. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Jun 1, 2026.
Facility background report
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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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