Ussery Roan Texas State Veterans Home
1020 TASCOSA RD, Amarillo, TX, 79124
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
- For profit - Limited Liability company · Chain: Texvet
- Certified beds
- 120 · avg 117 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 75.9% — higher than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 85.7% — higher than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 50.5% · National avg: 43.6% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 4 departed — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 0.6 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 1 fine · $9,692 total
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 142816
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 120 beds
- Memory-care capacity
- 30 beds · state-certified
- Bed type breakdown
- 10 Medicare-only · 110 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- March 13, 2025
- Current license expires
- March 13, 2028
- Initial license date
- June 7, 2007
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- State Of Texas Veterans Land Board (STATE)
- Operator / manager
- Texas Vsi, Llc
- Administrator
- Mr. Kraig A Turpen
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Texvet chain — 9 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 3.7 / 5.
Disclosed owners (4 on record)
- Ernest c Fellbaum
Operational/managerial Control · 33% · since 2016
- John Berkely
W-2 Managing Employee · since 2016
- William Mclemore
Corporate Officer · since 2014
- Care Inns of Texas Ltd
Operational/managerial Control · 100% · since 2007
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 32)
- E0880·May 30, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- E0812·May 30, 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.
- D0761·May 30, 2025
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.
- D0755·May 30, 2025
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- D0695·May 30, 2025
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- D0641·May 30, 2025
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
- D0584·May 30, 2025
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
- D0550·May 30, 2025
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20231 fine · $9,692
Most recent events
- Jul 5, 2023Fine · $9,692
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Mar 1, 2026.
About this community
Ussery-Roan Texas State Veterans Home is a 120-bed nursing home in Amarillo licensed to the Texas Veterans Land Board and managed by Texas VSI, LLC, serving veterans with Medicare and Medicaid coverage. CMS rates it 3 stars overall, with a 2-star health inspection rating but a 5-star quality-measures rating. Memory care is state-certified for 30 residents through June 2026. At 117 of 120 beds occupied, the facility is effectively full.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
What the data says
CMS rates staffing here 3 stars — about 19% of Texas nursing homes share that rating. Each resident receives roughly 233 minutes of nursing care per day, just 8 minutes below the daily average at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. The resident mix here requires more hands-on care than a typical facility — more dependent or medically complex residents on average — so the raw staffing minutes go further than they might elsewhere.
Nursing staff turnover runs very high: about 8 in 10 nursing staff left in the past year, well above Texas's 75th-percentile cutoff of 60%. Among registered nurses specifically, roughly 9 in 10 left. A long-stay resident will likely go through multiple primary caregivers over the course of a year.
Four administrators have left in the past year. That pace of leadership change affects scheduling, policy continuity, and staff morale in ways that residents experience directly.
The facility received 1 CMS fine totaling $9,692. That is below Texas's median fine amount of $20,699 among facilities that received any fine.
At 117 of 120 beds filled, this facility is operating at roughly 98% of licensed capacity. Expect a waitlist, and ask about current bed availability at the time of inquiry.
The quality-measures rating is 5 stars — the top tier. That rating reflects tracked clinical outcomes for long-stay residents, such as rates of pressure wounds, falls with injury, and pain management, all as reported to CMS.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
Leadership stability going forward
Four administrators left in the past year — ask who is currently in that role, how long they have been in place, and whether the position is considered filled permanently.
Nursing staff continuity for long-stay residents
With roughly 8 in 10 nursing staff turning over last year, ask how the facility assigns consistent caregivers to residents who have been here for months or years.
Current bed availability
The facility is running at 98% of licensed capacity; ask whether there is a waitlist and what the typical wait time has been in recent months.
Memory care unit admission criteria
The 30-bed memory care unit holds state certification through June 2026 — ask what the specific admission criteria are and whether there is a separate waitlist for that unit.
Health inspection findings
The health inspection rating is 2 stars despite a 5-star quality-measures score — ask what the most recent state inspection cited and what corrective steps have been taken.
Resident Council involvement
The facility has a Resident Council but no Family Council — ask how families are kept informed of concerns raised through the council and what channels exist for family input.
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.