Ebony Lake Nursing And Rehabilitation Center
1001 CENTRAL BLVD, Brownsville, TX, 78520
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: Wellsential Health
- Certified beds
- 122 · avg 85 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 39.6% — lower than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 0.6 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 308572
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 122 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 4 Medicare-only · 118 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- April 1, 2025
- Current license expires
- April 1, 2028
- Initial license date
- July 12, 1988
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 Ebony Lake, Llc
- Administrator
- Nanette D Spear
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 (33 on record)
- Regency Ihs of Ebony Lake 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
- Elliot j Mandelbaum
Managing Control - Governing Body · since 2025
- Miriam Guerrero
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Moraima Chacon
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
+ 27 additional owners on the federal record.
Recent change of ownership
April 2022 (4 years ago) · acquired from Ebony Lake 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
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 15)
- D0842·Sep 18, 2025Complaint
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.
- D0583·Sep 18, 2025Complaint
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.
- D0842·May 13, 2025Complaint
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.
- D0755·May 13, 2025Complaint
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- D0695·Sep 26, 2024Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- D0842·Sep 26, 2024
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.
- D0812·Sep 26, 2024
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- D0656·Sep 26, 2024
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.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Mar 1, 2026.
About this community
Ebony Lake Nursing And Rehabilitation Center is a 122-bed Medicare/Medicaid nursing home in Brownsville, Cameron County, licensed since 1988 and managed by Regency Ihs Of Ebony Lake, LLC under a hospital district licensee. CMS rates it 5 stars overall, with a 5-star quality-of-care rating and 4-star health inspections. Staffing is rated 2 stars. The facility is operating at roughly 70% of licensed beds.
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 — about 187 minutes of nursing care per resident per day, roughly 54 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. That gap matters more here because residents tend to need more hands-on care than at a typical facility — less mobile or more dependent on average — so those 187 minutes stretch thinner than the number alone suggests. About 31% of Texas nursing homes share this staffing rating.
Nursing staff turnover runs low: roughly 4 in 10 staff left in the past year, below the Texas 25th-percentile cutoff of 42% — better than about three-quarters of nursing homes in the state.
The facility is operating at roughly 70% of its 122 licensed beds — about 85 residents on an average day. Beds are available without a waitlist.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
Staffing levels on nights and weekends
With a 2-star staffing rating and 187 daily nursing minutes per resident, ask how many nurses and aides are on duty during evening and overnight shifts and on weekends.
Care needs of current residents
Residents here require more hands-on care than the state average — ask how staff assignments are adjusted when residents have higher physical needs.
Why occupancy is at 70 percent
The facility averages about 85 residents against 122 licensed beds; ask what accounts for the lower census and whether any units or wings are currently closed.
Role of the Resident Council
A Resident Council is active here but no Family Council — ask how families are kept informed of concerns raised through the council and how they can raise issues directly.
Management company responsibilities
Day-to-day operations are managed by Regency Ihs Of Ebony Lake, LLC while the licensee is a hospital district — ask which entity handles staffing decisions and how concerns are escalated.
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.