Mcallen Nursing Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1985-09-27. 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) 631-2265 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Mcallen Nursing Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 69.4/100, placing it #8566 of 14703 facilities nationally and #619 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 Mcallen Nursing 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) — 53 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 45 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 42 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 48.5%. 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 $17,459. 5 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 $17,459, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. 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, Mcallen Nursing Center ranks 8566th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 69.4/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within TX, it ranks 619th out of 1,177 nursing homes. In Mcallen, it ranks 6th out of 7 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 4th of 5. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #13,340 nationally and RN hours rank #12,642 nationally (#778 in TX). Our composite quality score of 69.4/100 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 Mcallen, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/texas/mcallen/