Laredo West Nursing And Rehabilitation Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1985-07-03. 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 (956) 722-0031 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Laredo West Nursing And Rehabilitation 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 (1★), Staffing (2★), 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 58.6/100, placing it #12470 of 14703 facilities nationally and #997 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 Laredo West Nursing And Rehabilitation Center receives a reported average of 2 hours 56 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 37 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 46 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 34 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 33 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 51.6%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $49,719. 17 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $49,719, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 177.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Laredo West Nursing And Rehabilitation Center ranks 12470th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 58.6/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within TX, it ranks 997th out of 1,177 nursing homes. In Laredo, it ranks 6th out of 6 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #13,362 nationally and RN hours rank #6,386 nationally (#151 in TX). Our composite quality score of 58.6/100 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 Laredo, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/texas/laredo/