Lavaca Bay Nursing And Rehabilitation Center
118 TRINITY SHORES DRIVE, Port Lavaca, TX, 77979
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
- Certified beds
- 130 · avg 93 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 60.8% — higher than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 81.8% — higher than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 50.5% · National avg: 43.6% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 2 departed — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 0.6 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Enforcement & Citations
- Fines (past 3 years)
- 2 fines · $21,720 total
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 307731
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 130 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 10 Medicare-only · 120 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- January 20, 2025
- Current license expires
- March 4, 2027
- Initial license date
- March 4, 2020
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Memorial Medical Center (HOSPITAL DISTRICT/AUTHORITY)
- Operator / manager
- Wellsential Of Lavaca Bay Llc
- Administrator
- Eric N Teehan
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
About this community
Lavaca Bay Nursing And Rehabilitation Center is a 130-bed Medicare/Medicaid nursing home in Port Lavaca, Texas, licensed to Memorial Medical Center and managed by Wellsential Of Lavaca Bay LLC. CMS rates it 1 star overall — the lowest rating — with a 1-star staffing rating and 2-star health inspection rating. Two CMS fines totaling $21,720 have been assessed, and the facility is currently operating at roughly 72% of licensed beds.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
What the data says
CMS rates this facility 1 star on staffing — the bottom tier among Texas nursing homes, representing about 38% of facilities statewide. Each resident receives approximately 172 minutes of nursing care per day, about 69 minutes less than at a 4-star-staffing facility in Texas. On top of that, residents here tend to need more hands-on care than at a typical facility — less mobile, or more dependent on average — so those 172 minutes stretch thinner than the raw number suggests.
Roughly 6 in 10 nursing staff left in the past year, a rate that sits right at Texas's 75th percentile — meaning turnover is at least as high as three-quarters of nursing homes in the state. A long-stay resident will likely go through two or three primary caregivers over the course of a year. RN turnover is higher still: about 8 in 10 registered nurses left in the same period, placing this facility in the very high tier for the state.
Two administrators have turned over in the past year, a pattern that affects scheduling, care-plan oversight, and day-to-day continuity for residents and families.
CMS has recorded 2 fines totaling $21,720 — slightly above the Texas state median of $20,699 per penalized facility. About 30% of Texas nursing homes received no fines at all in the same period.
The facility is running at approximately 72% occupancy — 93 residents in 130 licensed beds. At the same time, only a Resident Council is listed; there is no Family Council. A Family Council provides a structured channel for relatives to raise concerns collectively; its absence means that channel does not currently exist here.
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
With 172 daily nursing minutes per resident — 69 fewer than at a 4-star-staffing Texas facility — ask how many nurses and aides are on duty overnight and on weekends specifically.
Why six in ten staff left
Total nursing turnover reached 60.8% last year; ask what the facility has changed in hiring, scheduling, or pay to slow that rate going forward.
Two administrators in one year
Two administrators turned over in the past 12 months; ask who is currently in the role, how long they have been here, and whether a permanent hire is in place.
Details behind the two CMS fines
Two fines totaling $21,720 were assessed; ask what specific deficiencies triggered each fine and what corrective steps were taken.
Starting a Family Council
No Family Council currently exists; ask whether the facility supports families who want to organize one and what the process would be.
Current bed availability and waitlist
At 72% occupancy the facility has open beds, which is unusual for the region; ask what accounts for the lower census and whether that has changed recently.
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.