Van Healthcare
169 S. OAK ST., Van, TX, 75790
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 - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 60 · avg 32 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 72.1% — higher than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 1 departed — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 0.6 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 308580
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 60 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 3 Medicare-only · 57 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- May 1, 2025
- Current license expires
- May 1, 2028
- Initial license date
- September 1, 1971
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- South Limestone Hospital District (HOSPITAL DISTRICT/AUTHORITY)
- Operator / manager
- Van Senior Care, Llc
- Administrator
- Kenneth C Cauthen
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
About this community
Van Healthcare is a 60-bed nursing home in Van, Van Zandt County, Texas, licensed since 1971 and managed by Van Senior Care, LLC under the South Limestone Hospital District. CMS rates it 4 stars overall, with a 4-star health inspection and a 3-star staffing score. The facility is currently running at about 54% of licensed capacity — roughly 32 residents on an average day. Nursing staff turnover reached 72% in the most recent reporting period.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
What the data says
CMS rates this facility 3 stars on staffing. Each resident receives about 244 minutes of nursing care per day — just above the 241-minute threshold for a 4-star staffing rating in Texas, which puts it in roughly the top 20% of Texas nursing homes at this rating tier. Staff hours per resident here exceed what the actual resident mix would typically require, meaning the hours are not being stretched thin by unusually dependent residents.
About 7 in 10 nursing staff left in the past year. Texas's median turnover is around 50%, and its 75th percentile is 60% — this facility's 72% rate falls above that upper marker. A long-stay resident will likely go through two or three primary caregivers over the course of a year.
The facility has had one administrator change in the past year, which falls in an elevated range without crossing into outright high instability.
The facility is running at roughly 54% of its 60 licensed beds, with about 32 residents on an average day. That low occupancy, alongside the very high turnover rate, is a pairing families may want to explore directly with staff.
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 averages about 32 residents in a 60-bed building — ask what is driving that vacancy and whether it reflects a change in admissions or local referrals.
Nursing staff retention efforts
Seven in ten nursing staff left in the past year; ask what concrete steps management has taken to reduce turnover and how long the current core team has been in place.
Administrator transition details
One administrator departed in the past year — ask how long Kenneth Cauthen has been in the role and whether leadership responsibilities are fully settled.
Long-stay quality measures
CMS rates long-stay quality outcomes at 2 stars while short-stay outcomes rate 4 stars — ask which specific measures bring the long-stay score down and what the facility is doing about them.
Weekend staffing levels
Reported weekend nursing hours run about 3.4 minutes per resident per day less than weekday hours — ask how staffing is scheduled on weekends and how call-outs are covered.
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.