Las Alturas Nursing & Transitional Care Brownsvill

Clinical Quality Measures

• Long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection

  0.8%

  national median 0.9%

  near the national median

• Long-stay residents experiencing falls with major injury

  4.5%

  national median 2.8%

  worse than the national median

• Short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication

  1.5%

  national median 1.0%

  worse than the national median

• Long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened

  11.1%

  national median 12.5%

  near the national median

• Long-stay residents with pressure ulcers

  2.0%

  national median 4.2%

  better than the national median

• Long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication

  3.8%

  national median 13.4%

  better than the national median

Source: CMS MDS quality measures (four-quarter average).

Nurse Staffing

Nurse staffing per resident per day

3.3 hours

TX average: 3.4 hours · National: 3.9 hours

All nursing staff combined: RNs, LPNs/LVNs, and nurse aides.

Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day

0.2 hours

TX average: 0.4 hours · National: 0.7 hours

RN hours only — the most highly trained nursing staff.

Weekend nurse staffing per resident per day

2.9 hours

TX average: 3.0 hours · National: 3.4 hours

Total nurse staffing on Saturdays and Sundays, when staffing typically dips.

Reported by facilities through CMS's Payroll-Based Journal system. Facility values and the state/national averages are shown exactly as CMS publishes them. More staffing hours are generally better; lower turnover is generally better.

Penalties & Enforcement

1 fine totaling $8,434 in the recent inspection window (most recent: June 12, 2025).

Federal enforcement actions from CMS's penalty file: civil money penalties (fines) and denials of Medicare payment tied to health-inspection deficiencies.

Ownership

Ownership type

For profit - Corporation