Mesquite Post Acute Care
4510 27TH STREET, Lubbock, TX, 79410-1709
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: The Ensign Group
- Certified beds
- 120 · avg 60 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 91.8% — higher than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 100% — higher than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 50.5% · National avg: 43.6% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 1 departed — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 0.6 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 3 fines · $132,185 total
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 312336
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 120 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 25 Medicare-only · 95 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- February 1, 2025
- Current license expires
- February 1, 2028
- Initial license date
- September 1, 1971
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Yellow Ridge Healthcare Llc (Limited Liability Company (LLC))
- Administrator
- Nancy Trantham
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the The Ensign Group chain — 329 facilities across 17 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 3.2 / 5.
Disclosed owners (11 on record)
- Derek Skinner
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Nancy Trantham
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Ensign Services Inc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Holly Plains Health Holdings Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Standard Bearer Healthcare Op, lp
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- The Ensign Group Inc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
+ 5 additional owners on the federal record.
Recent change of ownership
February 2025 (1 year ago) · acquired from Bender Terrace of Lubbock
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
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 36)
- E0656·Nov 19, 2025Complaint
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.
- E0585·Mar 27, 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.
- D0578·Mar 27, 2025Complaint
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
- B0912·Mar 27, 2025
Environmental Deficiencies
Provide rooms that are at least 80 square feet per resident in multiple rooms and 100 square feet for single resident rooms.
- D0880·Mar 27, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D0812·Mar 27, 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.
- E0755·Mar 27, 2025
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- J0600·Aug 16, 2024Complaint
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20242 fines · $12K
- 20231 fine · $120K
Most recent events
- Aug 16, 2024Fine · $8,176
- Feb 7, 2024Fine · $4,112
- Sep 27, 2023Fine · $120K
Largest single fine on record: $120K.
Fire-safety citations
2 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Mar 27, 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
Mesquite Post Acute Care is a 120-bed Medicare/Medicaid nursing home in Lubbock, Texas, licensed to Yellow Ridge Healthcare LLC and affiliated with The Ensign Group. CMS rates it 1 star overall — the lowest tier — with 1-star ratings across health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Three CMS fines total $132,185 since the last inspection cycle. The facility is currently running at roughly 50% of licensed capacity, with about 60 residents in 120 beds.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
What the data says
CMS rates staffing here at 1 star — the bottom tier, shared by about 38% of Texas nursing homes. Each resident receives approximately 183 minutes of total nursing care per day, about 58 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. Registered nurses account for only 14 of those minutes. Residents here also require more hands-on care than at a typical facility — less mobile or sicker on average — so the same hours stretch thinner than the raw numbers suggest.
Roughly 9 in 10 nursing staff left in the past year. Every single registered nurse on record turned over. At that rate, a long-stay resident will likely cycle through multiple primary caregivers. Texas's median nursing home sees 50% annual nursing staff turnover; this facility's 91.8% is well above the state's 75th-percentile cutoff of 60%.
CMS recorded 3 fines totaling $132,185 — more than six times the Texas state median of $20,699 per fined facility. About 30% of Texas nursing homes had no fines at all in the same period.
The facility is operating at approximately 50% of its licensed 120 beds, with around 60 residents on any given day. Low occupancy alongside the staffing, turnover, and fine signals above reflects a pattern worth examining directly.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
Reasons for the 1-star ratings
Ask what specific deficiencies drove the 1-star health inspection and quality-measure ratings, and what corrective steps have been taken since the last survey.
Three fines totaling $132,185
Ask what each of the three CMS fines was cited for and whether the underlying violations have been formally resolved with state regulators.
Staff turnover at 9 in 10
Ask what the current nursing team looks like today — how many CNAs and nurses have been here more than six months — given that nearly all nursing staff left in the past year.
Registered nurse daily presence
Ask how many hours a registered nurse is on the floor each day, since CMS data shows an average of only 14 minutes of RN time per resident per day.
Why occupancy is near 50%
Ask what is driving the low census — whether beds are offline for renovation, staffing limits, or another reason — since only about 60 of 120 licensed beds are currently in use.
Ownership and leadership stability
Ask how long the current administrator and department heads have been in their roles, given the elevated administrator turnover recorded in CMS data.
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.