Mesa Springs Healthcare Center
7171 BUFFALO GAP RD, Abilene, TX, 79606
Type
Nursing home
State-licensedCMS certified · CCN 675645
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
Overall2/5
Health inspections3/5
Staffing1/5
Quality measures3/5
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company · Chain: The Ensign Group
- Certified beds
- 89 · avg 68 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 72.4% — higher than most Texas nursing homesTexas avg: 51.5% · National avg: 46.4% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 62.5% — 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)
- 1 fine · $8,190 total
- Infection control citations
- 6
State licensing & capacity
- License number
- 147563
- Service type
- Medicare/medicaid
- Licensed capacity
- 89 beds
- Bed type breakdown
- 25 Medicare-only · 64 Medicaid/Medicare
- Current license effective
- April 1, 2026
- Current license expires
- April 1, 2029
- Initial license date
- May 20, 1998
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Licensee
- Eastland Memorial Hospital District (HOSPITAL DISTRICT/AUTHORITY)
- Operator / manager
- Forrest Hill Healthcare Llc
- Administrator
- Tara Helenthal
Texas HHS licensing registry · as of April 16, 2026
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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.
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