Watkinslogan Texas State Veterans Home
11466 HONOR LANE, Tyler, TX, 75708
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: Texvet
- Certified beds
- 100 · avg 96 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 33.6% — lower than most Texas nursing homesTexas 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
- 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 · $214,759 total
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 144326
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 100 beds
- Memory-care capacity
- 20 beds · state-certified
- Bed type breakdown
- 100 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- February 27, 2025
- Current license expires
- February 27, 2028
- Initial license date
- February 27, 2012
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- State Of Texas Veterans Land Board (STATE)
- Operator / manager
- Texas Vsi, Llc
- Administrator
- Mary Wintters
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
About this community
Watkinslogan Texas State Veterans Home is a 100-bed nursing home in Tyler serving veterans, with all beds covered by Medicare and Medicaid. CMS rates it 3 stars overall. Two fines totaling $214,759 stand out against a 4-star staffing rating and occupancy near capacity at 96 of 100 beds. Memory care is available for up to 20 residents under a state certification active through October 2026.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
What the data says
CMS rates staffing 4 stars here — placing this facility in roughly the top 9% of Texas nursing homes on staffing. Each resident receives about 386 minutes of nursing care per day. Staff hours per resident exceed what the typical resident mix would require, so the raw minutes reflect genuine capacity rather than a stretch to cover sicker residents.
About 3 in 10 nursing staff left in the past year — below Texas's 25th-percentile cutoff, meaning better than roughly three-quarters of nursing homes in the state. Long-stay residents are less likely to cycle through multiple primary caregivers than at most facilities.
Two administrators have left in the past year. That kind of turnover at the top of the org chart affects scheduling, vendor relationships, and how consistently policies get enforced — changes residents notice even when frontline staffing stays stable.
Two CMS fines totaling $214,759. The state median for fined facilities in Texas is about $20,699, so the dollar amount here is roughly ten times that midpoint. The fine count is small, but the size signals serious deficiencies rather than paperwork citations.
The facility is running at 96% of its 100 licensed beds — effectively full. A bed may not be immediately available, and a waitlist is possible.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
What triggered the two fines
Two CMS fines totaling $214,759 are on record — ask what the cited deficiencies were and what specific changes were made in response.
Administrator transitions this year
Two administrators left in the past 12 months — ask who is currently in the leadership role and how long they have been in place.
Memory care unit admission process
The certified memory care unit holds 20 residents — ask how residents are assessed for admission and what happens if a resident's needs change over time.
Current waitlist for a bed
The facility is running at 96 of 100 beds — ask whether there is a waitlist and what the typical wait has been in recent months.
Resident Council meeting access
A Resident Council meets here — ask how often it convenes and whether family members can submit concerns to the council on a resident's behalf.
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.