The Heights On Valley Ranch is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2020-01-23. 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 (346) 326-5085 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

The Heights On Valley Ranch 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 (4★), 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 74.4/100, placing it #6215 of 14703 facilities nationally and #390 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 The Heights On Valley Ranch receives a reported average of 3 hours 38 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 9 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 7 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 22 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 9 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 47.7%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The Heights On Valley Ranch has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. 19 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 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 37.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, The Heights On Valley Ranch ranks 6215th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 74.4/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within TX, it ranks 390th out of 1,177 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #7,781 nationally and RN hours rank #14,043 nationally (#1090 in TX). Our composite quality score of 74.4/100 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 Porter, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/texas/porter/