Houston Transitional Care
8550 JASON STREET, Houston, TX, 77074
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 - Limited Liability company · Chain: Pacs Group
- Certified beds
- 70 · avg 72 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 56.7% — higher than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 85.7% — 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
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 148672
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 70 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 52 Medicare-only · 18 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- December 5, 2024
- Current license expires
- December 5, 2027
- Initial license date
- December 5, 2017
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Houstonidence Opco Llc (Limited Liability Company (LLC))
- Administrator
- Ahmad K Elsaadi
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Pacs Group chain — 265 facilities across 16 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 2.9 / 5.
Disclosed owners (11 on record)
- Jason h Murray
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 42% · since 2024
- Mark d Hancock
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 42% · since 2024
- Frederick g Apt
Corporate Officer · since 2024
- John t Mitchell
Corporate Officer · since 2024
- Joshua o Jergensen
Corporate Officer · since 2024
- Ahmad k El-saadi
W-2 Managing Employee · since 2023
+ 5 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
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 15)
- E0880·Jun 1, 2024
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- C0814·Jun 1, 2024
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
- D0755·Jun 1, 2024
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- D0695·Jun 1, 2024
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- D0690·Jun 1, 2024
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
- D0755·May 11, 2023Complaint
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- D0814·May 11, 2023
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
- D0812·May 11, 2023
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
5 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Jun 1, 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
Houston Transitional Care is a 70-bed nursing home in Harris County accepting Medicare and Medicaid. CMS rates it 5 stars overall — with perfect scores on health inspections and long-term quality measures — but just 1 star on staffing. The facility is operating above its licensed capacity, averaging 71.8 residents per day against 70 certified beds. Part of the Pacs Group chain.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
What the data says
CMS rates staffing here 1 star — the lowest tier, shared by roughly 38% of Texas nursing homes. Each resident receives about 222 minutes of total nursing care per day, approximately 19 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 222 minutes stretch thinner than the raw number suggests.
Nearly 9 in 10 registered nurses left in the past year. That level of RN turnover means the more clinically trained nursing staff turns over almost entirely within a 12-month period, which can affect continuity for residents who need medication management or wound care.
The facility is running at roughly 103% of its licensed bed count — effectively full and then some. Expect no immediate availability; a waitlist is likely.
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
CMS rates staffing here 1 star — ask how many nurses and aides are on the floor during overnight shifts and on weekends, when coverage typically thins.
RN continuity for your family member
Nearly 9 in 10 registered nurses left in the past year — ask which RN would be primarily responsible for your parent's care and how long that person has been in the role.
Current waitlist and admission timeline
The facility averaged 71.8 residents against 70 licensed beds — ask whether there is a waitlist and what the typical wait looks like right now.
How Pacs Group sets staffing targets
This location is part of Pacs Group — ask whether staffing ratios are set at the corporate level or by the local administrator, and what the target is per shift.
Resident and family input channels
CMS shows no resident or family council on record — ask how residents and families currently raise concerns or give feedback about care.
Care planning with higher-need residents
Residents here require more intensive care on average than at a typical facility — ask how care plans are reviewed and how often nursing staff reassess a resident's needs.
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.