Kennedy Health & Rehab
504 N. JOHN REDDITT DR, Lufkin, TX, 75904
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 Abuse Flag
CMS has flagged this facility for a substantiated finding of resident abuse, neglect, or exploitation in its current or recent inspection cycle. Ask the facility for the specific citation and corrective-action plan during your visit, and consider contacting your state's long-term care ombudsman for context.
Source: CMS Care Compare.
Special Focus Candidate
CMS has identified this facility as a Special Focus Candidate — a track record of serious quality issues that places it one step away from full Special Focus Facility designation.
Source: CMS Care Compare.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Individual · Chain: Creative Solutions In Healthcare
- Certified beds
- 145 · avg 71 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 57.4% — higher than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 4 fines · $258,059 total
- Payment denials
- 1 denial
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 308036
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 145 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 61 Medicare-only · 84 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- December 1, 2023
- Current license expires
- December 1, 2026
- Initial license date
- September 1, 1971
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Chambers County Public Hospital District No 1 (HOSPITAL DISTRICT/AUTHORITY)
- Operator / manager
- Kennedy Rehabilitation & Healthcare Llc
- Administrator
- Rebecca Tindall
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 (5 on record)
- Elizabeth Ann Newton
Corporate Director · since 2024
- Kimberly Cooper
Corporate Director · since 2024
- Chambers County Public Hospital District No. 1
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 100% · since 2020
- Eula Sparks
W-2 Managing Employee · since 2020
- Kennedy Rehabilitation & Healthcare Llc
Operational/managerial Control · since 2020
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures, 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 50)
- E0921·Dec 3, 2025Complaint
Environmental Deficiencies
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
- J0689·Dec 3, 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.
- H0600·Dec 3, 2025Complaint
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.
- E0921·Oct 22, 2025Complaint
Environmental Deficiencies
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
- D0655·Oct 22, 2025Complaint
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
- D0640·Oct 22, 2025Complaint
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
- K0610·Oct 22, 2025Complaint
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
- K0607·Oct 22, 2025Complaint
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20252 fines · $190K · 1 payment denial
- 20242 fines · $68K
Most recent events
- Dec 3, 2025Fine · $53K
- Sep 16, 2025Payment denial · 35 days · starting Oct 16, 2025
- Sep 16, 2025Fine · $136K
- Dec 12, 2024Fine · $57K
- Nov 2, 2024Fine · $11K
Largest single fine on record: $136K.
Fire-safety citations
12 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Oct 28, 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
Kennedy Health & Rehab is a 145-bed nursing home in Lufkin, Texas, licensed since 1971 and currently operating at about 49% of licensed capacity. CMS rates it 1 star overall, with 1-star ratings on both health inspections and quality measures. CMS has substantiated findings of resident abuse or neglect here, and the facility carries 4 fines totaling $258,059 — more than 12 times the Texas median fine amount.
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. Each resident receives about 180 minutes of nursing care per day — roughly 61 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. Only 12 of those 180 minutes involve a registered nurse, compared to 37 minutes at 4-star-staffing Texas facilities.
Four CMS fines total $258,059 — more than 12 times the Texas state median of $20,699. About 30% of Texas nursing homes have received no fines at all; this facility sits far outside that group by dollar amount.
CMS has substantiated findings of resident abuse or neglect at this facility within the past 36 months. CMS has also flagged this location as a Special Focus candidate — a step below the most serious SFF designation, signaling a documented pattern of serious deficiencies that places it among the lowest-performing nursing homes in the state.
The facility is operating at roughly 49% of its 145 licensed beds, with about 71 residents on an average day. This level of low occupancy, alongside the safety flags and fine history, reflects a combination of factors families should weigh carefully against other options in the area.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
Substantiated abuse findings on record
CMS has documented substantiated abuse or neglect here in the past 36 months — ask specifically what incidents occurred, what staff were involved, and what policy changes followed.
Special Focus candidate status
CMS has flagged this facility as a Special Focus candidate based on a pattern of serious deficiencies — ask what the current corrective action plan covers and what the inspection timeline looks like.
Four fines totaling $258,059
Ask which deficiencies triggered each of the four fines and what specific changes were made to prevent recurrence.
12 minutes of RN care per day
Residents here receive about 12 minutes of registered nurse time daily on average — ask how RN coverage is scheduled across shifts and what happens when the RN on duty is unavailable.
Occupancy at roughly half capacity
With about 71 residents in a 145-bed facility, ask how staffing levels are maintained relative to the licensed bed count and how the census has trended over the past 12 months.
Management company relationship
The licensee is a public hospital district, but day-to-day management is handled by Kennedy Rehabilitation & Healthcare LLC — ask how decisions about staffing, care, and compliance are divided between the two entities.
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.