Kemp Care Center
1351 SOUTH ELM STREET, Kemp, TX, 75143-7713
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: Creative Solutions In Healthcare
- Certified beds
- 124 · avg 55 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 73.7% — higher than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 60% — higher than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 50.5% · National avg: 43.6% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 3 departed — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 0.6 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 2 fines · $256,260 total
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 308739
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 124 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 39 Medicare-only · 85 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- September 1, 2025
- Current license expires
- September 1, 2028
- Initial license date
- July 8, 1972
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- West Wharton County Hospital District (HOSPITAL DISTRICT/AUTHORITY)
- Operator / manager
- Kemp I Enterprises, Llc
- Administrator
- Jacob Lambie
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
About this community
Kemp Care Center is a 124-bed nursing home in Kemp, Kaufman County, accepting Medicare and Medicaid. CMS rates it 1 star overall — the lowest tier — with a 1-star staffing rating and $256,260 in fines across 2 citations. Quality-of-care measures rate 4 stars for long-stay residents. The facility is operating at roughly 44% of licensed capacity, with about 55 residents on a typical day.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
What the data says
CMS rates staffing here 1 star — the bottom tier among Texas nursing homes, which accounts for about 38% of facilities at this level. Each resident receives approximately 182 minutes of nursing care per day, roughly 59 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. Residents here require more hands-on care than at a typical facility — they are, on average, sicker or less mobile — so the same staffing hours stretch thinner than the raw minutes suggest.
Approximately 7 in 10 nursing staff left in the past year. At that pace, a long-stay resident will likely cycle through two or three primary caregivers. Three administrators have also turned over in the past year — a level of organizational instability that residents experience directly.
CMS recorded 2 fines totaling $256,260. The state median for fined facilities in Texas is about $20,699, and roughly 30% of Texas nursing homes have no fines at all. This total is more than 12 times the state median fine amount.
The facility is operating at approximately 44% of its 124 licensed beds, with about 55 residents on a typical day. That low occupancy, alongside the staffing, turnover, and fine signals, is a data point families will want to explore directly.
Quality-of-care measures for long-stay residents rate 5 stars — the highest tier — while short-stay measures rate 3 stars. That gap between the quality-measure scores and the staffing and fine record is a factual tension in this facility's profile.
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
Reported weekend staffing averages 2.5 nursing hours per resident per day — ask how many nurses and aides are on the floor during overnight and weekend shifts specifically.
Three administrators in one year
Three administrators turned over in the past 12 months; ask who is currently in charge, how long they have been in the role, and what prompted the previous departures.
Details behind the two CMS fines
Two fines totaling $256,260 were assessed by CMS; ask what deficiencies triggered each fine and what corrective steps the facility has completed.
Current bed occupancy and staffing plans
The facility is running at roughly 44% of licensed capacity; ask whether staffing levels would change — and in which direction — if occupancy increased significantly.
Nursing staff retention since last report
About 7 in 10 nursing staff left in the past year; ask what the current turnover rate is and what the facility is doing to retain direct-care staff.
How long-stay quality scores are maintained
Long-stay quality measures rate 5 stars despite 1-star staffing; ask which specific measures drive that score and how care plans are monitored given current staffing hours.
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.