Brownsville Nursing And Rehabilitation Center
320 LORENALY DR, Brownsville, TX, 78526
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
- Non profit - Corporation · Chain: Wellsential Health
- Certified beds
- 120 · avg 101 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 59.5% — higher than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 2 departed — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 0.6 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 2 fines · $62,347 total
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 308571
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 120 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 120 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- April 1, 2025
- Current license expires
- April 1, 2028
- Initial license date
- December 9, 2005
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Val Verde County Hospital District (HOSPITAL DISTRICT/AUTHORITY)
- Operator / manager
- Regency Ihs Of Brownsville, Llc
- Administrator
- Giselle Gomez
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Wellsential Health chain — 67 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 2.8 / 5.
Parent entity
Jack And Nancy Dwyer Workforce Development Center Inc
Disclosed owners (32 on record)
- Regency Ihs of Brownsville Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Regency Integrated Health Services Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Val Verde County Hospital District
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Luis Calderon
Operational/managerial Control · since 2025
- Elliot j Mandelbaum
Managing Control - Governing Body · since 2025
- Melissa Briseno
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
+ 26 additional owners on the federal record.
Recent change of ownership
April 2022 (4 years ago) · acquired from Brownsville Nursing And Rehabilitation Center
Transaction type: Change of Ownership
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures + Change of Ownership, 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 42)
- D0658·Dec 8, 2025Complaint
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- D0657·Dec 8, 2025Complaint
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- D0578·Dec 8, 2025Complaint
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- D0684·Aug 31, 2025Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
- E0880·Aug 12, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- E0812·Aug 12, 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.
- D0808·Aug 12, 2025
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Ensure therapeutic diets are prescribed by the attending physician and may be delegated to a registered or licensed dietitian, to the extent allowed by State law.
- D0761·Aug 12, 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.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20251 fine · $47K
- 20231 fine · $15K
Most recent events
- May 8, 2025Fine · $47K
- Mar 30, 2023Fine · $15K
Largest single fine on record: $47K.
Fire-safety citations
2 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Aug 12, 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 Mar 1, 2026.
About this community
Brownsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a 120-bed Medicare/Medicaid nursing home in Brownsville, TX, managed by Regency IHS of Brownsville under a hospital district license. CMS rates it 1 star overall, with 1-star ratings on both health inspections and staffing. Quality-of-care measures rate 4 stars, and two CMS fines totaling $62,347 have been issued. Two administrators have turned over in the past year.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
What the data says
CMS rates this facility 1 star on staffing — the lowest tier, shared by about 38% of Texas nursing homes. Each resident receives roughly 188 minutes of nursing care per day, about 53 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. Residents here also require more hands-on care than at a typical facility — they tend to be sicker or less mobile on average — so the same staffing hours spread thinner than the raw minutes suggest.
Two administrators have left in the past year. Leadership turnover at that pace typically ripples through scheduling, care coordination, and staff retention in ways residents notice.
CMS issued two fines totaling $62,347 since the facility's last review period. The state median for fined facilities in Texas is about $20,699, placing this facility's penalty total well above the midpoint. About 30% of Texas nursing homes have no fines at all.
Despite the staffing and inspection ratings, the quality-of-care measures rate 4 stars overall — 5 stars for long-stay residents and 4 stars for short-stay. These scores are based on outcomes reported by the facility, such as rates of falls, pressure wounds, and hospital readmissions, and they sit above what the overall rating would suggest.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
Current administrator and tenure
With two administrators leaving in the past year, ask how long the current administrator Giselle Gomez has been in the role and what prompted the prior departures.
Staffing levels on nights and weekends
Reported weekend nursing hours are 2.77 per resident per day — lower than the weekday average of 3.14 — so ask how many nurses and aides are scheduled on a typical Saturday night.
Details behind the two CMS fines
Two fines totaling $62,347 were issued; ask what deficiencies triggered each fine and what specific corrective steps were taken.
How quality scores are tracked
Quality-of-care measures rate 4–5 stars despite a 1-star inspection rating; ask which internal processes the facility uses to monitor outcomes like falls and hospital transfers.
Resident Council access and frequency
The facility has a Resident Council but no Family Council; ask how often the council meets and how family members can submit concerns or receive meeting summaries.
Waitlist and current bed availability
With an average daily census of about 101 out of 120 licensed beds, ask whether there is currently a waitlist and how long admissions typically take.
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.