Fort Worth Transitional Care Center
850 12Th Avenue, Fort Worth, TX, 76104
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Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed June 2026.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- Government - Hospital district · Chain: Wellsential Health
- Certified beds
- 136 · avg 85 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 68.1% — higher than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 53.8% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 52.4% — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 52.8% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 2 departed — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 0.7 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 4 fines · $63,951 total
- Payment denials
- 1 denial
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 676255
- Certified beds
- 136 beds · avg 85 residents/day
- Ownership type
- Government - Hospital district
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Decatur Hospital Authority
- Chain affiliation
- Wellsential Health
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Wellsential Health chain — 68 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 2.6 / 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 May 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 50)
- 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
- 20261 fine · $35K
- 20251 fine · $8,964
- 20241 fine · $6,032
- 20231 fine · $14K · 1 payment denial
Most recent events
- Apr 8, 2026Fine · $35K
- Jun 24, 2025Fine · $8,964
- Aug 16, 2024Fine · $6,032
- Jul 21, 2023Payment denial · 3 days · starting Aug 19, 2023
- Jul 21, 2023Fine · $14K
Largest single fine on record: $35K.
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 Jun 1, 2026.
Facility background report
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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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