Laredo West Nursing And Rehabilitation Center
1200 E LANE ST, Laredo, TX, 78040
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
- Government - Hospital district · Chain: Wellsential Health
- Certified beds
- 188 · avg 115 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 51.6% — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 57.9% — higher than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 50.5% · National avg: 43.6% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 1 departed — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 0.6 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 2 fines · $49,719 total
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 144800
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 188 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 27 Medicare-only · 161 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- February 28, 2024
- Current license expires
- February 28, 2027
- Initial license date
- September 1, 1971
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Uvalde County Hospital Authority (HOSPITAL DISTRICT/AUTHORITY)
- Operator / manager
- Regency Ihs Of West Laredo Llc
- Administrator
- Dario Martinez-Purata
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
About this community
Laredo West Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a 188-bed Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing home in Laredo, operated by Wellsential Health under a hospital district license. CMS rates it 1 star overall — the lowest tier — with 1-star health inspections and 2-star staffing. Two CMS fines totaling $49,719 have been assessed. Of its 188 licensed beds, roughly 115 are occupied on an average day, a 61% occupancy rate.
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 176 minutes of nursing care per day — 65 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. Residents here need more hands-on care than at a typical facility — sicker, or less mobile on average — so the same staffing hours stretch thinner than the raw minutes suggest.
One administrator has left in the past year. That rate is elevated enough to flag; front-line staff and care routines can shift when leadership turns over.
Two CMS fines totaling $49,719 have been issued. The Texas median for facilities that receive fines at all is about $20,699, so the combined dollar amount here is roughly 2.4 times that midpoint. About 30% of Texas nursing homes have no fines in the current period.
This facility is operating at 61% of its licensed beds — about 115 residents in a home built for 188. That level of vacancy, paired with the other signals in this record, is a pattern families should ask about directly.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
Reason for low occupancy
The facility runs at 61% of its 188 licensed beds — ask what is driving that vacancy and whether staffing levels have been adjusted to match the current resident count.
Administrator transition details
One administrator has left in the past year; ask who is currently in that role, how long they have been in place, and what changed in daily operations during the transition.
Behind the two CMS fines
CMS assessed two fines totaling $49,719 — ask what specific deficiencies triggered each fine and what corrective steps have been completed.
Staffing on nights and weekends
Reported weekend nursing hours run at 2.5 hours per resident per day, below the already low weekday figure — ask how many nurses and aides are on duty overnight and on Saturdays and Sundays.
Resident Council activity
The facility has a Resident Council but no Family Council — ask how often the Resident Council meets, who facilitates it, and how families can receive or submit concerns.
Care planning for higher-need residents
The resident population here requires more hands-on care than average statewide — ask how care plans are reviewed and updated as a resident's needs change.
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.