Querencia At Barton Creek is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2008-10-21. 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 (512) 610-9400 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Querencia At Barton Creek holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (5★), 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 82.5/100, placing it #2596 of 14703 facilities nationally and #96 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 Querencia At Barton Creek receives a reported average of 4 hours 27 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 12 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 32 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 43 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 52 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 49.2%. 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 $17,215. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $17,215, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 120.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Querencia At Barton Creek ranks 2596th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 82.5/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within TX, it ranks 96th out of 1,177 nursing homes. In Austin, it ranks 6th out of 25 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,571 nationally and RN hours rank #1,155 nationally (#15 in TX). Our composite quality score of 82.5/100 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 Austin, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/texas/austin/