Avir At Childress
1200 7TH ST NW, Childress, TX, 79201
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: Avir Health Group
- Certified beds
- 120 · avg 44 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 50% — near the Texas averageTexas 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
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 148243
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 120 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 66 Medicare-only · 54 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- September 30, 2023
- Current license expires
- September 30, 2026
- Initial license date
- February 26, 1975
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Childress County Hospital District (HOSPITAL DISTRICT/AUTHORITY)
- Operator / manager
- 1200 7Th St Nw Opco Llc
- Administrator
- Scott A Franklin
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
About this community
Avir At Childress is a 120-bed nursing home in Childress, TX, operated under the Avir Health Group chain and licensed to Childress County Hospital District. CMS rates it 2 stars overall, with a 1-star staffing rating — the lowest tier. The facility is running at about 37% of its licensed beds, well below typical occupancy. Health inspections are current and no fines are on record.
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 bottom tier among Texas nursing homes, a category that includes about 38% of facilities statewide. Each resident receives roughly 168 minutes of nursing care per day, about 73 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. Residents here also tend to need more hands-on care than the typical Texas nursing home — less mobile, or with greater daily needs on average — so those 168 minutes stretch thinner than they would at a facility with a less demanding resident mix.
The facility is currently housing about 44 residents in a building licensed for 120 beds — an occupancy rate of roughly 37%. That figure sits alongside a 1-star staffing rating and a 1-star short-stay quality rating, which together describe a facility where both care delivery and outcomes for shorter-term residents are rated near the bottom of the state peer group.
One administrator change is recorded in the past year. That count falls into an elevated tier — above the baseline of no change but below the high-turnover threshold of two or more departures in a year.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
Staffing levels on nights and weekends
CMS logs only 168 daily nursing minutes per resident here — ask how many nurses and aides are on duty during evenings, overnight, and weekends specifically.
Why occupancy is so low
The facility is housing about 44 residents in a 120-bed building — ask whether beds are closed, what drove the decline, and what the current admission pace looks like.
Short-stay outcomes and care planning
CMS rates short-stay quality at 1 star; ask what the facility tracks for short-term residents — rehospitalization rates, discharge timing, and therapy availability.
Recent administrator change
One administrator left in the past year — ask who is currently leading the facility, how long they have been in the role, and what changed in their approach.
Resident and family council status
No council information is on file with CMS — ask whether a Resident Council or Family Council meets regularly and how concerns from residents and families are currently collected.
Management company relationship
Day-to-day operations are handled by 1200 7th St NW Opco LLC under a county hospital district license — ask who makes staffing and care decisions and how the two entities divide responsibility.
Where this information comes from
- License, capacity, ownership, administrator: Texas HHS 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.