Fort Worth Transitional Care Center
850 12TH AVENUE, Fort Worth, TX, 76104
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
- 136 · avg 81 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 72.1% — higher than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 50% — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 50.5% · National avg: 43.6% · 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)
- 3 fines · $33,557 total
- Payment denials
- 1 denial
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 150197
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 136 beds
- Memory-care capacity
- 0 beds · state-certified
- Bed type breakdown
- 30 Medicare-only · 106 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- July 25, 2024
- Current license expires
- July 25, 2027
- Initial license date
- July 22, 2010
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Decatur Hospital Authority (HOSPITAL DISTRICT/AUTHORITY)
- Operator / manager
- Regency Ihs Of Fort Worth, Llc
- Administrator
- Bradley Crow
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.
Disclosed owners (36 on record)
- Decatur Hospital Authority
Adp of The Snf · since 2026
- Bradley Crow
Operational/managerial Control · since 2025
- Michael Smith
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Bruce Gessner
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Christian f Sanchez
Operational/managerial Control · since 2025
- Elliot j Mandelbaum
Managing Control - Governing Body · since 2025
+ 30 additional owners on the federal record.
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 52)
- D0677·Dec 3, 2025Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
- D0689·Sep 3, 2025Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- D0693·Jun 24, 2025Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
- G0689·Jun 24, 2025Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- D0770·Apr 11, 2025Complaint
Administration Deficiencies
Provide timely, quality laboratory services/tests to meet the needs of residents.
- D0700·Feb 13, 2025Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Try different approaches before using a bed rail. If a bed rail is needed, the facility must (1) assess a resident for safety risk; (2) review these risks and benefits with the resident/representative; (3) get informed consent; and (4) Correctly install and maintain the bed rail…
- E0925·Feb 13, 2025
Environmental Deficiencies
Make sure there is a pest control program to prevent/deal with mice, insects, or other pests.
- D0880·Feb 13, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20251 fine · $14K
- 20241 fine · $6,032
- 20231 fine · $14K · 1 payment denial
Most recent events
- Jun 24, 2025Fine · $14K
- Aug 16, 2024Fine · $6,032
- Jul 21, 2023Payment denial · 3 days · starting Aug 19, 2023
- Jul 21, 2023Fine · $14K
Largest single fine on record: $14K.
Fire-safety citations
9 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Feb 13, 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
Fort Worth Transitional Care Center is a 136-bed nursing home in Tarrant County accepting Medicare and Medicaid, managed by Regency IHS of Fort Worth under a Wellsential Health chain. CMS rates it 2 stars overall, with a 2-star staffing rating and 2-star health inspection rating. Quality-of-care measures rate 4 stars for long-stay residents. Three CMS fines totaling $33,557 have been issued, and the facility is running at roughly 60% of licensed capacity.
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 — roughly the bottom third of Texas nursing homes on this measure. Each resident receives about 203 minutes of nursing care per day, 38 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. Residents here also tend to need more hands-on care than at a typical facility — more dependent or medically complex on average — so those 203 minutes stretch thinner than the raw number suggests.
Approximately 7 in 10 nursing staff left in the past year. Texas's median nursing home sees about 5 in 10 leave annually; at this rate, a long-stay resident will likely go through two or three primary caregivers over the course of a year.
Two administrators have left in the past year — a level of leadership turnover that residents and frontline staff typically feel.
Three CMS fines totaling $33,557 have been assessed. About 30% of Texas nursing homes received zero fines in the same period; this facility's total is above the state median of $20,699.
The facility is operating at roughly 60% of its 136 licensed beds, with 81 residents on an average day. This is paired with the turnover and staffing signals above.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
Staffing coverage on nights and weekends
Weekend nursing hours here average 3.0 per resident per day — ask how many nurses and aides are on the floor during overnight and weekend shifts specifically.
Administrator stability going forward
Two administrators left in the past year; ask who holds that role now, how long they have been in place, and whether any further leadership changes are expected.
Why occupancy is at 60 percent
With roughly 55 of 136 beds empty on an average day, ask whether that reflects a recent admission pause, referral changes, or something else affecting the resident population.
How staff continuity is managed
With about 7 in 10 nursing staff turning over annually, ask how the facility assigns consistent caregivers to residents with complex day-to-day care needs.
What the three CMS fines covered
Three fines totaling $33,557 have been issued; ask what deficiencies triggered them and what corrective steps were taken after each citation.
Memory care certification status
State records show a memory-care certification that lists an expiration date of January 2015 — ask whether the program is currently active and what specialized services it provides.
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.