Willowbend Nursing And Rehabilitation Center
2231 HIGHWAY 80 E, Mesquite, TX, 75150
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: The Ensign Group
- Certified beds
- 162 · avg 121 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 52.8% — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 57.1% — 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)
- 4 fines · $94,394 total
- Payment denials
- 1 denial
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 144729
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 162 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 24 Medicare-only · 138 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- February 20, 2025
- Current license expires
- February 20, 2028
- Initial license date
- September 1, 1971
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Eastland Memorial Hospital District (HOSPITAL DISTRICT/AUTHORITY)
- Operator / manager
- Town East Healthcare, Inc
- Administrator
- Hunter Funkhouser
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
About this community
Willowbend Nursing And Rehabilitation Center is a 162-bed nursing home in Mesquite, Dallas County, managed by Town East Healthcare, Inc. under the Ensign Group chain. CMS rates it 2 stars overall, with 2-star ratings for both health inspections and staffing. Four CMS fines totaling $94,394 have been issued; the quality-of-care measures rate 4 stars. The facility is operating at roughly 74% of licensed capacity.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
What the data says
CMS rates Willowbend 2 stars on staffing — a rating shared by about 32% of Texas nursing homes. Each resident receives approximately 208 minutes of nursing care per day, roughly 33 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. Of that total, only 11 minutes come from a registered nurse; the 4-star threshold in Texas is 37 RN minutes per resident per day.
Four CMS fines totaling $94,394 have been issued against this facility. The state median fine total among fined facilities in Texas is $20,699, and about 30% of Texas nursing homes have no fines at all — this facility's total is more than four times the state median.
One administrator has turned over in the past year. The current administrator is Hunter Funkhouser.
The facility is operating at approximately 74% of its 162 licensed beds, with an average of 120.5 residents per day. In Texas, notably low occupancy at a facility with other regulatory signals can indicate referral patterns or reputation effects worth exploring directly.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
Reason for four CMS fines
Ask what the four CMS fines — totaling $94,394 — were issued for and what specific changes were made in response to each.
Registered nurse coverage each day
CMS data shows just 11 minutes of registered nurse time per resident per day here; ask how many RNs are on the floor during a typical day shift and overnight.
Administrator transition and stability
One administrator changed in the past year; ask how long Hunter Funkhouser has been in the role and whether other department leadership has also turned over.
Why occupancy is below 75%
The facility is running at about 74% capacity with roughly 42 beds empty; ask what is driving the lower census and whether staffing levels adjust to match actual resident count.
Quality measures versus other ratings
CMS rates care quality outcomes 4 stars while staffing and health inspections rate 2 stars; ask how the facility tracks and acts on quality-of-care data given the staffing levels.
Resident Council participation and meeting frequency
The facility has a Resident Council but no Family Council; ask how often the Resident Council meets and how findings are communicated to families.
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.