The Palms Nursing & Rehabilitation
5607 EVERHART RD, Corpus Christi, TX, 78411
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 Abuse Flag
CMS has flagged this facility for a substantiated finding of resident abuse, neglect, or exploitation in its current or recent inspection cycle. Ask the facility for the specific citation and corrective-action plan during your visit, and consider contacting your state's long-term care ombudsman for context.
Source: CMS Care Compare.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation · Chain: Caring Healthcare Group
- Certified beds
- 204 · avg 111 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 55.4% — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 35.7% — 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)
- 4 fines · $79,987 total
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 307752
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 204 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 45 Medicare-only · 159 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- March 17, 2026
- Current license expires
- March 17, 2029
- Initial license date
- September 20, 1971
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Frio Hospital District (HOSPITAL DISTRICT/AUTHORITY)
- Operator / manager
- Chp Palms Opco, Llc
- Administrator
- Jim T Saldivar
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Caring Healthcare Group chain — 14 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 3.2 / 5.
Disclosed owners (5 on record)
- Ernest de la Garza
W-2 Managing Employee · since 2020
- Frio Hospital District
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 100% · since 2020
- Menachem Mendy Shapiro
Operational/managerial Control · since 2020
- The Palms Snf Llc
Operational/managerial Control · since 2020
- Thomas Allen Grimert
Corporate Officer · since 2020
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 65)
- D0656·Dec 23, 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.
- D0657·Dec 3, 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.
- D0656·Dec 3, 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.
- D0600·Dec 3, 2025Complaint
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
- D0925·Dec 2, 2025
Environmental Deficiencies
Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
- D0921·Dec 2, 2025
Environmental Deficiencies
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
- E0880·Dec 2, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D0842·Dec 2, 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.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20242 fines · $24K
- 20232 fines · $56K
Most recent events
- Nov 6, 2024Fine · $16K
- Aug 10, 2024Fine · $8,827
- Dec 27, 2023Fine · $45K
- Aug 17, 2023Fine · $11K
Largest single fine on record: $45K.
Fire-safety citations
27 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Dec 2, 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
The Palms Nursing & Rehabilitation is a 204-bed nursing home in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, accepting Medicare and Medicaid. CMS rates it 1 star overall — the lowest rating — with substantiated findings of resident abuse or neglect within the past 36 months and four fines totaling $79,987. The facility is operating at roughly 54% of its licensed beds. Licensed under Frio Hospital District and managed by Chp Palms Opco, Llc.
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 the bottom third of Texas nursing homes on staffing. Each resident receives roughly 145 minutes of nursing care per day, about 96 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. Residents here need more hands-on care than at a typical facility — less mobile or medically complex on average — so those 145 minutes stretch thinner than the raw number suggests. RN coverage runs about 28 minutes per resident per day, against 37 minutes at a 4-star-staffing Texas facility.
CMS has substantiated findings of resident abuse or neglect at this facility within the past 36 months. This is a formal CMS determination, not an allegation — it appears on the Care Compare record as an abuse flag.
Four CMS fines totaling $79,987 have been levied here. That total is roughly four times the Texas state median fine amount of $20,699. About 30% of Texas nursing homes have no fines on record.
The facility is operating at roughly 54% of its 204 licensed beds — about 111 residents on an average day. Only a Resident Council is in place; there is no Family Council.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
Abuse findings and current safeguards
CMS has substantiated abuse or neglect findings here within the past 36 months — ask what specific incidents occurred, how they were resolved, and what monitoring is in place now.
Four fines totaling $79,987
Ask what deficiencies triggered each of the four CMS fines and what corrective steps the facility completed as a result.
Staffing levels on nights and weekends
Weekend nursing hours average about 116 minutes per resident per day — ask how many nurses and aides are on the floor during nights and weekends specifically.
Why occupancy is at 54%
The facility is running at roughly half its licensed capacity — ask whether beds are being held, whether a unit is closed, or whether admissions have slowed.
No Family Council in place
A Resident Council exists but no Family Council — ask whether families have a structured way to raise concerns collectively, and how management responds to complaints.
Management company's role
The licensed owner is Frio Hospital District but day-to-day operations run through Chp Palms Opco, Llc — ask which entity makes staffing and care decisions and who to contact when problems arise.
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.