Cypress Pointe Health & Wellness
8561 EASTON COMMONS DR., Houston, TX, 77095
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 · Chain: Ml Healthcare
- Certified beds
- 124 · avg 110 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 61.3% — higher than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 68.2% — higher 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)
- 1 fine · $8,018 total
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 311740
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 124 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 15 Medicare-only · 109 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- January 1, 2024
- Current license expires
- January 1, 2027
- Initial license date
- April 2, 2020
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Frio Hospital District (HOSPITAL DISTRICT/AUTHORITY)
- Operator / manager
- Ml Easton Commons, Llc
- Administrator
- Catherine W Pyle
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the ml Healthcare chain — 6 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 3.0 / 5.
Disclosed owners (8 on record)
- ml - Easton Commons Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Catherine Pyle
Adp of The Snf · since 2024
- Frio Hospital District
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 100% · since 2024
- Laura Miller
5% or Greater Mortgage Interest · 50% · since 2024
- Michael Ruff
Corporate Officer · since 2024
- ml Real Estate-easton Commons, Llc
5% or Greater Mortgage Interest · 100% · since 2024
+ 2 additional owners on the federal record.
Recent change of ownership
January 2024 (2 years ago) · acquired from Cypress Pointe Heath And Wellness
Transaction type: Change of Ownership
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures + Change of Ownership, as of April 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 5 of 5)
- G0686·Jun 14, 2024Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- D0755·Nov 16, 2023
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- D0695·Nov 16, 2023
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- E0812·Aug 18, 2022
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- D0658·Aug 18, 2022
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20241 fine · $8,018
Most recent events
- Jun 14, 2024Fine · $8,018
Fire-safety citations
1 Life-Safety-Code citation on file. Most recent: Aug 18, 2022. 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
Cypress Pointe Health & Wellness is a 124-bed Medicare/Medicaid nursing home in Houston (Harris County), licensed through January 2027. CMS rates it 5 stars overall — with 5-star scores on health inspections and quality measures — but just 1 star on staffing, a significant gap within an otherwise strong overall record. The facility operates at roughly 88% of licensed capacity and is part of the Ml Healthcare chain.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
What the data says
CMS rates Cypress Pointe 1 star on staffing — the lowest tier, shared by about 38% of Texas nursing homes. Each resident receives approximately 192 minutes of nursing care per day, about 49 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. Residents here also require more hands-on care than at a typical facility — less mobile or more medically dependent on average — so those 192 minutes stretch thinner than the raw number suggests.
Roughly 6 in 10 nursing staff left in the past year, a high turnover rate — above Texas's 75th-percentile cutoff of 60%. RN turnover is similarly high, at about 7 in 10 registered nurses departing annually. A long-stay resident will likely go through two or three primary caregivers over the course of a year.
Cypress Pointe received 1 CMS fine totaling $8,018 in the period covered by this data. That figure is below the Texas median of $20,699 among facilities that received any fine at all.
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 2.97 per resident per day here — ask how many nurses and aides are on the floor during overnight and weekend shifts specifically.
Keeping the same caregiver
With 6 in 10 nursing staff leaving in the past year, ask how the facility assigns consistent aides to residents and what the current vacancy rate looks like.
RN presence during the day
Reported RN hours come to about 32 minutes per resident per day — ask during which hours a registered nurse is physically on the unit.
How the 5-star quality scores are maintained
Quality measures rate 5 stars despite 1-star staffing — ask what care processes or systems the facility uses to track resident outcomes with a smaller nursing team.
Family Council availability
The facility has a Resident Council but no Family Council — ask how family members can formally raise concerns or be kept informed about a resident's care.
Management company's role day to day
The licensee is Frio Hospital District but day-to-day management is handled by Ml Easton Commons, LLC — ask which entity sets staffing budgets and handles complaint resolution.
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.