Wheeler Nursing & Rehabilitation
1000 S KIOWA ST, Wheeler, TX, 79096
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
- 90 · avg 39 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 47.2% — near the Texas averageTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · 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 · $23,547 total
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 149897
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 90 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 41 Medicare-only · 49 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- May 1, 2025
- Current license expires
- May 1, 2028
- Initial license date
- January 4, 1983
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Terrel Ii Investments, Llc (Limited Liability Company (LLC))
- Operator / manager
- Llano Estacado Healthcare, Llc
- Administrator
- Nita Diane Massey
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
About this community
Wheeler Nursing & Rehabilitation is a 90-bed nursing facility in Wheeler, TX, licensed since 1983 and operated by Llano Estacado Healthcare, LLC. CMS rates it 2 stars overall, with a 1-star staffing rating — the lowest tier, shared by about 38% of Texas nursing homes. Quality measures rate 4 stars. The facility is currently running at about 43% of licensed capacity, with roughly 39 residents on a given day.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
What the data says
CMS rates staffing here 1 star — the bottom tier, given to about 38% of Texas nursing homes. Staffing hours per resident were not reported in the most recent CMS filing, so a direct minutes-per-day comparison to state peers isn't possible from this record.
Nursing staff turnover ran at 47.2% over the past year. That sits between the Texas median of 50% and the 25th-percentile cutoff of 42% — toward the middle of the state distribution. No RN-specific turnover figure was reported.
CMS recorded one fine totaling $23,547. Texas's median fine across penalized facilities is about $20,699, and roughly 30% of Texas nursing homes had no fines in this period.
The facility is operating at about 43% of its 90 licensed beds — roughly 39 residents on a typical day. That is well below typical occupancy for the region.
Quality measures rate 4 stars, covering long-stay residents. No short-stay quality measure rating was reported.
Written from CMS Care Compare and state licensing records · last updated April 19, 2026
Questions to ask when you tour
Staffing hours per resident
CMS carries a 1-star staffing rating here but no daily nursing-hours figure was filed — ask how many total nursing hours each resident receives on an average day.
Why occupancy is low
The facility is running at roughly 43% of its 90 licensed beds; ask whether that reflects a census trend, staffing constraints, or something else.
How the $23,547 fine was resolved
CMS recorded one fine in this period — ask what deficiency triggered it and what corrective steps were completed.
Resident Council activity
A Resident Council is listed but no Family Council — ask how often the Resident Council meets and how family members raise concerns outside of that structure.
Staffing on weekends and nights
No weekend staffing hours were reported to CMS; ask what nurse-to-resident ratios look like on evenings and weekends specifically.
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.