Avir At Heritage Oaks
5301 UNIVERSITY AVE, Lubbock, TX, 79413
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: Slp Operations
- Certified beds
- 159 · avg 107 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 64.7% — higher than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 28.6% — lower 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
- Infection control citations
- 1
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 148982
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 159 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 7 Medicare-only · 152 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- October 1, 2025
- Current license expires
- August 14, 2026
- Initial license date
- June 29, 1994
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Stratford Hospital District (HOSPITAL DISTRICT/AUTHORITY)
- Operator / manager
- 5301 University Ave Opco Llc
- Administrator
- Timothy W Daniel, Jr
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Avir Health Group chain — 90 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 2.3 / 5.
Disclosed owners (11 on record)
- 5301 University Ave Opco Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2026
- 5301 University Ave Property Owner Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Aaron Travitsky
Operational/managerial Control · since 2025
- Hccf Management Group xi Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Nochum Freund
Operational/managerial Control · since 2025
- Welltower IncREIT
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
+ 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 18)
- D0656·Jan 6, 2026Complaint
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.
- D0926·Nov 15, 2025Complaint
Environmental Deficiencies
Have policies on smoking.
- E0585·Mar 7, 2025Complaint
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
- D0557·Mar 7, 2025Complaint
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
- E0880·Mar 7, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D0812·Mar 7, 2025
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- D0695·Mar 7, 2025
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- D0880·Jun 27, 2024Complaint
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Fire-safety citations
2 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Mar 7, 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
Avir at Heritage Oaks is a 159-bed nursing home in Lubbock, Texas, licensed since 1994 and operating under a hospital district license with day-to-day management by 5301 University Ave Opco LLC. CMS rates it 4 stars overall, with a 4-star health inspection rating and a 4-star quality-of-care rating for long-stay residents — but staffing comes in at 2 stars. The facility is running at about 67% of licensed beds, with 107 residents on a typical day.
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 198 minutes of nursing care per day, approximately 43 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. Of that time, only about 15 minutes per day comes from a registered nurse. About 32% of Texas nursing homes share this staffing rating.
About 6 in 10 nursing staff left in the past year — above the Texas 75th-percentile cutoff of 60%, meaning turnover here runs higher than at least three-quarters of nursing homes in the state. A long-stay resident will likely go through two or three primary caregivers over the course of a year. RN turnover tells a different story: roughly 3 in 10 registered nurses left in the same period, which falls below the state's 25th-percentile cutoff — better than about three-quarters of Texas nursing homes on that specific measure.
The facility is operating at roughly 67% of its licensed beds — about 107 residents in a 159-bed building. This tracks alongside the 2-star staffing rating and high overall staff turnover.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
Staffing levels on weekends
Weekend nursing hours here average about 182 minutes per resident per day — ask how staffing is allocated Saturday and Sunday compared to weekdays.
Why overall turnover runs high
About 6 in 10 nursing staff left in the past year; ask which roles see the most turnover and what steps management has taken to address it.
Short-stay care outcomes
CMS rates short-stay quality measures at 1 star while long-stay rates 5 stars — ask what kinds of short-stay residents are admitted and how outcomes are tracked.
Current census and bed availability
The facility is at about 67% occupancy; ask whether that reflects selective admissions, recent discharges, or difficulty filling beds.
Management company's role on-site
Day-to-day operations are managed by 5301 University Ave Opco LLC under a hospital district license — ask how decisions about staffing and care are made between the two entities.
Resident Council activity
There is a Resident Council but no Family Council — ask how often the Resident Council meets and how families can raise concerns directly with leadership.
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.