Avir At Cotulla
369 MARS DR, Cotulla, TX, 78014
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: Touchstone Communities
- Certified beds
- 60 · avg 49 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 35.9% — 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
- 145604
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 60 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 60 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- October 9, 2025
- Current license expires
- June 28, 2028
- Initial license date
- June 28, 2011
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- County Of La Salle (COUNTY)
- Operator / manager
- 369 Mars Dr Opco Llc
- Administrator
- Kristian Marie Canales
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
About this community
Avir At Cotulla is a 60-bed nursing home in Cotulla, Texas, licensed for Medicare and Medicaid and managed by Touchstone Communities on behalf of La Salle County. CMS rates it 3 stars overall, with a 1-star staffing rating — the lowest tier, shared by about 38% of Texas nursing homes. Health inspection and quality-of-care ratings each reach 4 stars. Roughly 49 of 60 beds are occupied.
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 tier, a rating held by about 38% of Texas nursing homes. Each resident receives approximately 188 minutes of combined nursing care per day, roughly 53 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. Of that, only 16 minutes comes from a registered nurse; the 4-star threshold in Texas is 37 RN minutes per day.
About 4 in 10 nursing staff left in the past year. That figure sits below Texas's 25th-percentile cutoff of 42%, meaning turnover here is better than roughly three-quarters of nursing homes in the state.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
Staffing gaps on nights and weekends
Weekend nursing hours average 2.9 hours per resident per day, below the already-low weekday figure — ask how many nurses and aides are on the floor during nights and weekends.
RN presence during the day
Reported RN hours amount to about 16 minutes per resident per day; ask when a registered nurse is physically on-site and how residents reach one after hours.
Management company's role
The county owns the license but Touchstone Communities runs day-to-day operations — ask what decisions each entity controls and who families contact when problems arise.
Resident Council access and activity
The facility has a Resident Council but no Family Council — ask how often the Resident Council meets and how family members can raise concerns formally.
Staffing plan given current occupancy
With roughly 49 of 60 beds occupied, ask whether staffing levels would change if occupancy increased toward the licensed 60-bed capacity.
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.