Cypress Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2009-08-03. 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 (512) 805-5000 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Cypress Healthcare 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 (1★), 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 64.1/100, placing it #10684 of 14703 facilities nationally and #833 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 Cypress Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 14 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 19 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 49 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 6 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 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 55.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 4 fine(s) totaling $236,732. 10 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 4 fine(s) totaling $236,732, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 4. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 282.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Cypress Healthcare And Rehabilitation Center ranks 10684th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 64.1/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within TX, it ranks 833rd out of 1,177 nursing homes. In San Marcos, 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 #11,687 nationally and RN hours rank #12,459 nationally (#745 in TX). Our composite quality score of 64.1/100 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 San Marcos, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/texas/san-marcos/