The Phoenix Postacute
519 NINTH AVE N, Texas City, TX, 77590
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 - Partnership · Chain: The Ensign Group
- Certified beds
- 134 · avg 100 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 29.8% — lower than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · 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)
- 2 fines · $90,049 total
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 145009
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 134 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 35 Medicare-only · 99 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- May 1, 2025
- Current license expires
- May 1, 2028
- Initial license date
- January 14, 1998
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Liberty County Hospital District No 1 (HOSPITAL DISTRICT/AUTHORITY)
- Operator / manager
- Oceanview Healthcare, Inc
- Administrator
- Tina Hecht
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 (12 on record)
- Oceanview Healthcare, Inc.
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Nheme Alkarra
Operational/managerial Control · since 2022
- Arapahoe Health Holdings Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2015
- Caretrust gp Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2015
- Caretrust Reit Inc
Adp of The Snf · since 2015
- Ctr Partnership lp
Adp of The Snf · since 2015
+ 6 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
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 16)
- D0761·Mar 12, 2025Complaint
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
- D0576·Mar 12, 2025
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Ensure residents have reasonable access to and privacy in their use of communication methods.
- K0689·Oct 16, 2024Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
- K0678·Oct 16, 2024Complaint
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.
- H0697·Jan 26, 2024
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
- D0695·Jan 26, 2024
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- K0686·Jan 26, 2024
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
- F0921·Aug 1, 2023Complaint
Environmental Deficiencies
Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Federal penalties
By year
- 20242 fines · $90K
Most recent events
- Oct 16, 2024Fine · $36K
- Jan 26, 2024Fine · $54K
Largest single fine on record: $54K.
Fire-safety citations
10 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Mar 12, 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
The Phoenix Postacute is a 134-bed nursing home in Texas City (Galveston County), licensed for Medicare and Medicaid and managed by Oceanview Healthcare, Inc. CMS rates it 1 star overall — the lowest tier — with 1-star staffing and 2-star health inspections. Two CMS fines totaling $90,049 have been issued. The facility is operating near full capacity at roughly 100 residents per day.
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 lowest level, shared by about 38% of Texas nursing homes. Each resident receives roughly 220 minutes of nursing care per day, about 21 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. Of that total, only 8 minutes per day comes from a registered nurse, compared to 37 minutes at a 4-star-staffing facility in the state. Residents who need a nurse's clinical judgment — wound assessment, medication changes, acute symptoms — have limited access to one on a typical day.
Nursing staff turnover runs at roughly 3 in 10 over the past year, placing this facility below Texas's 25th-percentile cutoff — better than about three-quarters of nursing homes in the state. For long-stay residents, that relative consistency in caregivers is a concrete day-to-day difference.
One administrator has turned over in the past year. A single change is one step above baseline and can create a lag in how leadership priorities translate to floor-level care.
CMS has issued two fines totaling $90,049. The state median fine total across Texas nursing homes is about $20,699, and roughly 30% of facilities have no fines at all. These two penalties together run more than four times the state median.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
RN coverage on evenings and weekends
CMS data shows only 8 minutes of registered nurse time per resident per day — ask which shifts have an RN physically on-site and what happens when one is needed overnight.
Details behind the two CMS fines
Two fines totaling $90,049 have been issued — ask what deficiencies triggered them, and what specific changes were made in response.
New administrator's priorities and tenure
The administrator position turned over in the past year — ask how long the current administrator has been in place and what operational changes they have introduced.
Waitlist and bed availability
The facility is running at roughly 100 of 134 licensed beds — ask whether there is currently a waitlist and what the typical wait time is for the level of care needed.
Resident Council access and meeting schedule
A Resident Council meets here but no Family Council exists — ask how family members can raise concerns and whether they may attend or submit questions to the Resident Council.
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.