Spanish Meadows
440 E RUBEN TORRES 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
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 119 · avg 84 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 29.7% — lower than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 40% — lower than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 50.5% · National avg: 43.6% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 1 departed — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 0.6 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 2 fines · $14,790 total
- Payment denials
- 1 denial
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 148129
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 120 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 1 licensed-only · 119 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- September 1, 2023
- Current license expires
- September 1, 2026
- Initial license date
- June 21, 1990
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Empire Spanish Meadows, Ltd (LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- Administrator
- Sandra Gonzalez
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Federal ownership record
Disclosed owners (5 on record)
- Antonio Villanueva
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Miguel a Molinas
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Ramiro g Lozano
Adp of The Snf · since 2024
- Jose Michael Carrillo
Operational/managerial Control · since 2023
- rl Spanish Meadows, Llc
General Partnership Interest · 1% · since 2013
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners, 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 26)
- D0925·Dec 5, 2025Complaint
Environmental Deficiencies
Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
- E0842·Sep 16, 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.
- D0644·Sep 16, 2025Complaint
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
- D0584·Mar 7, 2025Complaint
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.
- J0689·Nov 26, 2024Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- D0623·Oct 24, 2024Complaint
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
- D0609·Oct 24, 2024Complaint
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
- D0921·Oct 24, 2024
Environmental Deficiencies
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20241 fine · $11K
- 20231 fine · $3,789 · 1 payment denial
Most recent events
- Oct 17, 2024Fine · $11K
- Aug 14, 2023Payment denial · 22 days · starting Sep 28, 2023
- Aug 14, 2023Fine · $3,789
Largest single fine on record: $11K.
Fire-safety citations
8 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Mar 7, 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
Spanish Meadows is a 120-bed nursing home in Brownsville (Cameron County) licensed for Medicare and Medicaid. CMS rates it 3 stars overall, with a 2-star staffing rating and a 4-star quality-measures rating. The facility is operating at about 71% of licensed beds — roughly 84 residents on an average day. Two CMS fines totaling $14,790 have been issued. The license is active through September 2026.
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 — a tier shared by about 32% of Texas nursing homes. Each resident receives roughly 208 minutes of nursing care per day, about 33 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. Residents here also need more hands-on care than at a typical facility — they are sicker or less mobile on average — so those 208 minutes stretch thinner than the number alone suggests.
About 3 in 10 nursing staff left in the past year — below the Texas 25th-percentile cutoff, meaning staff turnover is better than roughly three-quarters of nursing homes in the state. That level of continuity means a resident is likely to see familiar faces day to day.
One administrator has turned over in the past year. That sits above the baseline for a facility this size, though it does not reach the level of multiple departures.
CMS has recorded two fines totaling $14,790. The state median for facilities that receive any fine at all is about $20,699, and roughly 30% of Texas nursing homes have no fines at all.
The facility is running at about 71% of its licensed 120 beds, with an average of 84 residents per day. That figure is lower than typical for a facility of this size and license class.
Quality-measures ratings split: long-stay outcomes rate 2 stars, while short-stay outcomes rate 5 stars. Those two populations — people living here permanently versus people here for recovery after a hospital stay — are tracked separately by CMS, and this facility's record differs substantially between them.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
Reason for low occupancy
With roughly 84 of 120 licensed beds occupied, ask what is driving occupancy below 71% and whether any operational changes are planned.
Administrator transition and continuity
One administrator left in the past year — ask how long Sandra Gonzalez has been in the role and what changed during the transition.
Long-stay quality measures
CMS rates long-stay quality outcomes at 2 stars while short-stay outcomes rate 5 stars — ask which specific measures are pulling the long-stay score down.
Staffing on nights and weekends
With 208 daily nursing minutes per resident — 33 minutes below the 4-star Texas threshold — ask how staffing levels differ between weekday days and overnight or weekend shifts.
Resident Council access
The facility has a Resident Council but no Family Council — ask how families are kept informed of concerns raised in council meetings.
Context for the two CMS fines
Two fines totaling $14,790 are on record — ask what citations led to those fines and what changes were made in response.
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.