Falcon Lake Nursing Home, Llc
200 CARLA STREET, Zapata, TX, 78076
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
- 59 · avg 36 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 37.5% — lower than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 2 departed — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 0.6 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 308497
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 59 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 15 Medicare-only · 44 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- January 1, 2026
- Current license expires
- January 1, 2029
- Initial license date
- October 4, 1995
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Falcon Lake Nursing Home Llc (Limited Liability Company (LLC))
- Administrator
- Nicholas Ireroa
Texas HHSC licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Federal ownership record
Disclosed owners (7 on record)
- Falcon Lake Nursing Home, Llc
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Nicholas Ireroa
Operational/managerial Control · since 2025
- (unnamed Owner)
Adp of The Snf · since 2024
- (unnamed Owner)
Adp of The Snf · since 2023
- Carlos Garza
Direct Ownership Interest · 50% · since 2022
- Sara Garza
Direct Ownership Interest · 50% · since 2022
+ 1 additional owner on the federal record.
Recent change of ownership
January 2022 (4 years ago) · acquired from Falcon Lake Nursing Home
Transaction type: Change of Ownership
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Change of Ownership, as of April 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 8 of 17)
- D0656·Jan 30, 2026Complaint
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.
- D0628·Jan 30, 2026Complaint
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
- D0761·Jan 7, 2026Complaint
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.
- D0880·Aug 28, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- D0812·Aug 28, 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.
- D0695·Aug 28, 2025
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- D0690·Aug 28, 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.
- D0657·Aug 28, 2025
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Fire-safety citations
8 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Aug 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
Falcon Lake Nursing Home is a 59-bed Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home in Zapata, TX, operating under an active license through 2029. CMS rates it 4 stars overall, with a 4-star health inspection score. Quality-of-care outcomes rate 2 stars overall and 1 star for long-stay residents. About 36 residents occupy its 59 beds — roughly 61% of capacity.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
What the data says
CMS rates staffing 3 stars here. Each resident receives about 219 minutes of nursing care per day — roughly 22 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. About 19% of Texas nursing homes share this staffing rating.
Nursing staff turnover runs low: roughly 4 in 10 nursing staff left in the past year, below the state's 25th-percentile cutoff — better than about three-quarters of nursing homes in Texas.
Two administrators have left in the past year — organizational instability that residents feel.
The facility is running at about 61% of its licensed beds. At facilities with other distress signals, low occupancy can reflect a loss of community confidence; it is one data point among several here.
Despite a 4-star overall rating, the quality-of-care rating for long-stay residents sits at 1 star — the lowest tier. That gap between the headline rating and long-stay outcomes is the sharpest contrast in this record.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
Two administrators in one year
Two administrators have left in the past 12 months — ask who is currently in the role, how long they have been there, and whether a permanent hire is in place.
Long-stay quality outcomes at 1 star
CMS rates long-stay quality measures at 1 star despite a 4-star overall score — ask which specific measures drove that rating and what the facility is doing to address them.
Why beds are running at 61%
The facility is using about 36 of its 59 licensed beds — ask whether low occupancy reflects a waitlist pause, staffing constraints, or another operational factor.
Staffing coverage on weekends
Weekend nursing hours average 3.33 hours per resident per day, below the weekday figure — ask how staffing levels and supervisor coverage differ on weekends and holidays.
Resident Council participation
The facility has a Resident Council but no Family Council — ask how families are formally kept informed of care concerns and facility changes.
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.