Ennis Care Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1984-08-10. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (972) 875-9051 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Ennis Care Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (1★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 58.5/100, placing it #12490 of 14703 facilities nationally and #999 of 1177 in Texas. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Ennis Care Center receives a reported average of 2 hours 57 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 18 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 7 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 31 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 19 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 56.1%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $187,220. 22 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $187,220, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 4. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 116.25 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Ennis Care Center ranks 12490th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 58.5/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within TX, it ranks 999th out of 1,177 nursing homes. In Ennis, it ranks 3rd out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #13,356 nationally and RN hours rank #12,598 nationally (#765 in TX). Our composite quality score of 58.5/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Ennis, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/texas/ennis/