Southern Specialty Rehab & Nursing
4320 WEST 19TH STREET, Lubbock, TX, 79407
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: Creative Solutions In Healthcare
- Certified beds
- 144 · avg 72 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 63.6% — 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
- 2 departed — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 0.6 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 3 fines · $67,291 total
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 308576
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 144 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 29 Medicare-only · 115 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- April 1, 2025
- Current license expires
- April 1, 2028
- Initial license date
- September 1, 1971
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- West Wharton County Hospital District (HOSPITAL DISTRICT/AUTHORITY)
- Operator / manager
- Lubbock I Enterprises, Llc
- Administrator
- Joshua Sue
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Creative Solutions in Healthcare chain — 149 facilities. Chain-wide average overall rating 2.7 / 5.
Disclosed owners (7 on record)
- Gary r Blake
Operational/managerial Control · 50% · since 2022
- Honor x Enterprises, Llc
Other · 100% · since 2022
- Linda f Huggins
W-2 Managing Employee · since 2022
- Lubbock i Enterprises, Llc
Operational/managerial Control · 100% · since 2022
- Malisa a Blake
Operational/managerial Control · 50% · since 2022
- West Wharton County Hospital District
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 100% · since 2022
+ 1 additional owner on the federal record.
Recent change of ownership
April 2022 (4 years ago) · acquired from Southern Specialty Rehab & Nursing
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 28)
- E0760·Nov 4, 2025Complaint
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
- K0689·Aug 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.
- K0656·Aug 24, 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.
- E0880·Apr 15, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D0812·Apr 15, 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.
- D0690·Apr 15, 2025
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.
- E0849·Oct 7, 2024Complaint
Administration Deficiencies
Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
- D0880·Sep 26, 2024Complaint
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20251 fine · $24K
- 20241 fine · $21K
- 20231 fine · $23K
Most recent events
- Aug 24, 2025Fine · $24K
- Jun 13, 2024Fine · $21K
- May 24, 2023Fine · $23K
Largest single fine on record: $24K.
Fire-safety citations
3 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Jun 26, 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
Southern Specialty Rehab & Nursing is a 144-bed Medicare/Medicaid nursing home in Lubbock, TX, operating at roughly 50% of licensed capacity. CMS rates it 1 star overall, 1 star on health inspections, and 1 star on staffing. Three CMS fines total $67,291 since the last inspection cycle. The facility is managed by Lubbock I Enterprises, LLC under a hospital district licensee, and is part of the Creative Solutions In Healthcare chain.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
What the data says
CMS rates this facility 1 star on staffing — a rating shared by about 38% of Texas nursing homes. Each resident receives about 199 minutes of nursing care per day, roughly 42 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. Residents here require more hands-on care than at a typical facility — they are sicker or less mobile on average — so those 199 minutes stretch thinner than the raw number suggests. RN coverage is 24 minutes per resident per day, against a 4-star threshold of 37 minutes in Texas.
About 6 in 10 nursing staff left in the past year — above the Texas 75th percentile of 60%, meaning turnover here is higher than at least three-quarters of nursing homes in the state. RN turnover is steeper: roughly 9 in 10 registered nurses left in the past year, a very high rate. A long-stay resident will likely go through multiple primary caregivers and most of the RN staff over the course of a year.
Two administrators have left in the past year — organizational instability that residents feel in day-to-day continuity of care.
Three CMS fines totaling $67,291 have been assessed. The Texas median for fines among facilities that receive any is $20,699; about 30% of Texas facilities have none. The $67,291 total is more than three times that median.
The facility is operating at roughly 50% of its 144 licensed beds — about 71 residents on an average day. Paired with the 1-star overall rating, high turnover, elevated fines, and two administrator departures, this occupancy level reflects a facility under significant strain across multiple dimensions.
The quality-of-care measures split sharply: long-stay residents rate 5 stars on quality outcomes, while short-stay residents rate 1 star. These two populations — people living here permanently versus people recovering from a surgery or hospital stay — are experiencing measurably different outcomes under the same roof.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
Current administrator and tenure
Two administrators have left in the past year — ask who is currently in the role, how long they have been here, and whether they plan to stay.
Nursing staff continuity for long stays
About 6 in 10 nursing staff left last year; ask which specific nurses or aides would be assigned to your parent and how long those individuals have been at the facility.
RN coverage on evenings and weekends
RN turnover ran at roughly 9 in 10 last year — ask how many registered nurses are on duty during evening shifts and on weekends, and whether those positions are currently filled or covered by agency staff.
Details on the three CMS fines
Three fines totaling $67,291 have been assessed — ask what each citation was for and what specific changes were made in response.
Short-stay rehab outcomes
CMS rates short-stay quality outcomes 1 star while long-stay outcomes rate 5 stars — ask for discharge-to-home rates and average length of stay for rehab patients.
Bed availability and waitlist status
The facility is at about 50% occupancy with 144 licensed beds — ask whether specific units or wings are closed and what is driving the low census.
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.