Avir At Waco
9101 PANTHER WAY, Waco, TX, 76712
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
- Certified beds
- 120 · avg 75 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 46% — lower than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 0.6 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 307136
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 120 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 25 Medicare-only · 95 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- August 1, 2025
- Current license expires
- December 1, 2027
- Initial license date
- September 26, 2013
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Mcculloch County Hospital District (HOSPITAL DISTRICT/AUTHORITY)
- Operator / manager
- 9101 Panther Way Opco, Llc
- Administrator
- Benjamin Johnson
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 (4 on record)
- Benjamin Johnson
Operational/managerial Control · since 2024
- Nicholas Schwedock
Operational/managerial Control · since 2024
- Mcculloch County Hospital District
5% or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · 100% · since 2018
- Timothy s Jones
Corporate Director · since 2018
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 17)
- D0880·Dec 31, 2024
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- F0812·Dec 31, 2024
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- E0804·Dec 31, 2024
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Ensure food and drink is palatable, attractive, and at a safe and appetizing temperature.
- E0803·Dec 31, 2024
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
- D0755·Dec 31, 2024
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
- D0693·Dec 31, 2024
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
- D0600·Jul 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.
- F0812·Nov 2, 2023
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Fire-safety citations
9 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Dec 31, 2024. 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 Waco is a 120-bed Medicare/Medicaid nursing home in Waco, Texas, licensed through December 2027. CMS rates it 4 stars overall, with 4-star marks on health inspections and long-stay quality measures. Staffing and short-stay quality measures rate lower, at 2 stars each. The facility is currently operating at about 63% of licensed capacity — roughly 75 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 2 stars. Each resident receives about 210 minutes of nursing care per day — roughly 31 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. Residents here tend to need more hands-on care than at a typical facility — less mobile or more medically complex on average — so those 210 minutes stretch thinner than the raw number suggests. About 31.6% of Texas nursing homes share this staffing rating.
The facility is operating at roughly 63% of its 120 licensed beds, with about 75 residents per day on average. This is notably below typical occupancy for Texas nursing homes.
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 3.2 hours per resident per day — lower than the reported weekday figure; ask how staffing is scheduled Saturday and Sunday.
Short-stay quality measures
CMS rates short-stay quality outcomes at 1 star; ask which specific measures drove that score and what has changed since the last reporting period.
Why occupancy is below two-thirds
The facility is filling about 63% of its licensed beds; ask whether that reflects a recent opening, ongoing admissions pause, or another operational factor.
RN coverage each day
Reported RN hours work out to about 17 minutes per resident per day — well below the 37-minute threshold for 4-star-staffing facilities in Texas; ask when a registered nurse is on-site versus on call.
Management company's role
The licensed owner is a hospital district, but day-to-day management is run by a separate company; ask which entity sets staffing budgets and care policies.
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.