Mountain Villa Nursing Home
2729 PORTER AVE, El Paso, TX, 79930
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
- 48 · avg 39 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 36.1% — 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
- 145779
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 48 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 48 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- July 1, 2025
- Current license expires
- July 1, 2028
- Initial license date
- November 1, 1998
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- J Squared, Inc (FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION)
- Operator / manager
- West Texas Valens, Llc
- Administrator
- Donovan Rivera
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Federal ownership record
Disclosed owners (2 on record)
- Donovan Rivera
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 5% · since 2018
- Maharlika Resources, Inc
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 100% · since 1994
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners, as of April 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 23)
- E0940·Dec 4, 2025
Administration Deficiencies
Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program for all new and existing staff members.
- D0761·Dec 4, 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·Dec 4, 2025
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- E0656·Dec 4, 2025
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.
- D0656·Mar 20, 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.
- D0607·Nov 18, 2024Complaint
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
- E0880·Sep 12, 2024
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- E0812·Sep 12, 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.
Fire-safety citations
7 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Sep 12, 2024. 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
Mountain Villa Nursing Home is a 48-bed nursing facility in El Paso, Texas, licensed for Medicare and Medicaid residents. CMS rates it 4 stars overall, with 4 stars on health inspections — though staffing and quality-measure ratings each come in at 2 stars. About 82% of its beds are filled on an average day. Operated by J Squared, Inc. and managed by West Texas Valens, LLC, the facility has had no recent ownership change.
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 — the bottom third of Texas nursing homes on this measure. Each resident receives about 208 minutes of nursing care per day, roughly 33 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. Of that, registered nurse time comes to about 18 minutes per day, compared to 37 minutes at a 4-star-staffing Texas facility. Residents here need more hands-on care than at a typical facility — less mobile or more medically dependent on average — so those staffing hours stretch thinner than the raw minutes suggest.
Nursing staff turnover runs low: roughly 4 in 10 nursing staff left in the past year. That sits below Texas's 25th-percentile cutoff — better than about three-quarters of nursing homes in the state. A long-stay resident is less likely here to cycle through multiple primary caregivers than at a typical Texas facility.
CMS rates quality measures at 2 stars overall, with a 2-star long-stay score. That rating covers outcomes like pressure wounds, falls with injury, and residents' ability to move around — areas where this facility falls below most Texas peers despite its higher overall and inspection ratings.
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
Weekend nursing hours average 3.1 minutes per resident per day less than weekdays — ask how many nurses and aides are scheduled on evenings and weekends specifically.
Quality measure improvement plans
CMS rates quality measures 2 stars despite a 4-star inspection record — ask what specific outcomes the facility is actively working to improve and how progress is tracked.
Registered nurse coverage each day
Reported RN time runs about 18 minutes per resident per day — ask whether a registered nurse is on-site around the clock or only during certain shifts.
Care planning for higher-need residents
Residents here require more hands-on care than at a typical facility on average — ask how care plans are developed and how often they are reviewed when a resident's condition changes.
Waitlist and bed availability
With about 39 of 48 beds occupied on an average day, ask whether a bed is currently available and what the admissions process looks like if there is a short wait.
Management company's role day to day
West Texas Valens, LLC manages operations under J Squared, Inc. ownership — ask who makes staffing and care decisions locally and how residents or families escalate concerns.
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.