Mcallen Transitional Care Center
2109 SOUTH K STREET, Mcallen, TX, 78503
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: The Ensign Group
- Certified beds
- 100 · avg 77 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 30.6% — lower than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 50% — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 50.5% · National avg: 43.6% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 0.6 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 1 fine · $8,827 total
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 311779
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 100 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 45 Medicare-only · 55 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- December 1, 2023
- Current license expires
- December 1, 2026
- Initial license date
- May 1, 2016
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Fannin County Hospital Authority (HOSPITAL DISTRICT/AUTHORITY)
- Operator / manager
- Klement Healthcare, Inc
- Administrator
- Ediel Barrera
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
About this community
McAllen Transitional Care Center is a 100-bed Medicare/Medicaid nursing home in McAllen, Texas, managed by Klement Healthcare and licensed to Fannin County Hospital Authority. CMS rates it 5 stars overall, with a 5-star quality-measures rating and a 4-star health inspection rating. Staffing earns 2 stars — the one area where the facility trails its overall standing. About 77 residents occupy the facility on an average day.
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 242 minutes of total nursing care per day — just above the Texas threshold for a 4-star staffing rating, which sits at 241 minutes — but registered nurse time is 20 minutes per resident per day, well below the 37-minute mark that 4-star-staffing Texas facilities reach. About 32% of Texas nursing homes share this 2-star staffing rating.
Staff turnover tells a different story. Roughly 3 in 10 nursing staff left in the past year — below the Texas 25th-percentile cutoff, meaning turnover here is better than about three-quarters of nursing homes in the state. Residents are less likely to cycle through caregivers than at most Texas facilities.
The facility had one CMS fine totaling $8,827. The state median for fines among Texas nursing homes that received any is $20,699, and about 30% of Texas facilities had no fines at all.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
RN coverage on each shift
Reported RN time is 20 minutes per resident per day — ask how many registered nurses are on the floor during day, evening, and overnight shifts.
How staffing is managed short-term
With a 2-star staffing rating despite low turnover, ask whether the facility relies on agency nurses to fill gaps and how often that happens.
Current bed availability and waitlist
With an average of 77 residents in 100 licensed beds, ask whether a specific unit or bed type has a waitlist given current occupancy.
Resident Council activity and access
The facility has a Resident Council but no Family Council — ask how families formally raise concerns and how often council meeting notes are shared.
Management company's role day-to-day
Klement Healthcare manages the facility on behalf of Fannin County Hospital Authority — ask which entity makes staffing and care-policy decisions on-site.
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.