Hillside Heights Rehabilitation Suites
6650 SOUTH SONCY ROAD, Amarillo, TX, 79119
Federal Quality Data
Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed March 2026.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- Government - Hospital district · Chain: Fundamental Healthcare
- Certified beds
- 120 · avg 92 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 58% — higher than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 20% — lower than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 50.5% · National avg: 43.6% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 0.6 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 1 fine · $14,901 total
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 148720
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 120 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 8 Medicare-only · 112 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- December 1, 2023
- Current license expires
- December 1, 2026
- Initial license date
- April 1, 1973
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Stratford Hospital District (HOSPITAL DISTRICT/AUTHORITY)
- Operator / manager
- Thi Of Texas At Canyon Llc
- Administrator
- Carol S Esquibel
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Fundamental Healthcare chain — 69 facilities across 7 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 2.4 / 5.
Disclosed owners (7 on record)
- Carol Esquibel
Operational/managerial Control · since 2023
- Fundamental Administrative Services Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2020
- Fundamental Clinical And Operational Services, Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2020
- Stratford Hospital District
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 100% · since 2020
- Harry m Henson
Adp of The Snf · since 2018
- Thi of Texas at Canyon, Llc
Operational/managerial Control · since 2014
+ 1 additional owner on the federal record.
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures, as of April 2026.
Federal inspection record
Immediate-jeopardy citations (CMS scope/severity J–L) are the most serious category federal inspectors issue — meaning a deficiency placed residents in immediate risk of serious harm. Ask the facility for the corrective-action plan filed with CMS, and consider contacting your state long-term care ombudsman for context.
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 29)
- J0689·Apr 25, 2025Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- D0602·Apr 25, 2025Complaint
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
- D0656·Mar 4, 2025Complaint
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
- D0880·Jan 23, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D0842·Jan 23, 2025
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
- E0812·Jan 23, 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.
- E0695·Jan 23, 2025
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- E0684·Jan 23, 2025
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 · $15K
Most recent events
- Apr 25, 2025Fine · $15K
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Mar 1, 2026.
About this community
Hillside Heights Rehabilitation Suites is a 120-bed Medicare/Medicaid nursing home in Amarillo, operated by Thi Of Texas At Canyon LLC under a Stratford Hospital District license. CMS rates it 3 stars overall, with a 2-star staffing rating but a 5-star rating for long-stay resident outcomes. One CMS fine of $14,901 has been issued. The facility is running at about 77% of licensed capacity.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
What the data says
CMS rates staffing here at 2 stars — roughly the bottom third of Texas nursing homes. Each resident receives about 186 minutes of nursing care per day, approximately 55 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. Residents here also tend to need more hands-on care than at a typical facility — more dependent or medically complex on average — so those 186 minutes stretch thinner than the raw number suggests.
RN turnover is a different picture. About 2 in 10 registered nurses left in the past year, which puts the facility below the state's 25th-percentile cutoff — better than roughly three-quarters of nursing homes in Texas on this measure. That kind of RN stability means the licensed nurses directing care plans are likely familiar faces.
CMS recorded one fine totaling $14,901 against this facility. About 30% of Texas nursing homes have no fines on record; one fine of this size falls below the state median fine amount of $20,699.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
Staffing on nights and weekends
Weekend nursing hours average 2.78 hours per resident per day — lower than the overall reported figure; ask how many nurses and aides are on duty overnight and on Saturdays and Sundays.
How care plans are reviewed
Quality-of-care ratings reach 4–5 stars while staffing rates 2 stars; ask what process staff use to catch and escalate changes in a resident's condition.
Management company's day-to-day role
The license is held by Stratford Hospital District but day-to-day management runs through Thi Of Texas At Canyon LLC; ask which entity sets staffing levels and handles complaints.
What the recent fine covered
CMS recorded one fine of $14,901; ask what deficiency triggered it and what process change, if any, followed.
Resident Council activity
The facility has a Resident Council but no Family Council; ask how often the Resident Council meets and how family members can raise concerns without a formal council of their own.
Current waitlist and bed availability
The facility is operating at roughly 77% of its 120 licensed beds; ask whether specific care wings or room types have shorter or longer waits.
Where this information comes from
- License, capacity, ownership, administrator: Texas HHSC licensing registry, snapshot as of April 16, 2026.
- Star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processed March 1, 2026.
- Summary, insights, and tour questions: Written from the state licensing and CMS records above, last updated April 19, 2026.
Read our methodology for how this information is collected and verified.