Veranda Rehabilitation And Healthcare is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1991-07-01. 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) 423-4959 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Veranda Rehabilitation And Healthcare holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 82.7/100, placing it #2524 of 14703 facilities nationally and #91 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 Veranda Rehabilitation And Healthcare receives a reported average of 3 hours 5 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 32 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 35 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 58 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 29 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 38.8%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $8,021. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $8,021, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 34.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Veranda Rehabilitation And Healthcare ranks 2524th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 82.7/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within TX, it ranks 91st out of 1,177 nursing homes. In Harlingen, it ranks 3rd out of 7 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 7. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #12,751 nationally and RN hours rank #8,003 nationally (#233 in TX). Our composite quality score of 82.7/100 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 Harlingen, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/texas/harlingen/