Buckner Westminster Place is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2008-01-22. 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 (903) 234-0000 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Buckner Westminster Place 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 (4★), 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 86.5/100, placing it #1236 of 14703 facilities nationally and #43 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 Buckner Westminster Place receives a reported average of 6 hours 5 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 48 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 12 minutes; Nurse Aide — 4 hours 5 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 5 hours 39 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 38.7%. 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 $29,716. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $29,716, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 110.25 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Buckner Westminster Place ranks 1236th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 86.5/100), placing it in the top 10% nationwide. Within TX, it ranks 43rd out of 1,177 nursing homes. In Longview, it ranks 1st out of 9 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 5. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #343 nationally and RN hours rank #3,681 nationally (#59 in TX). Our composite quality score of 86.5/100 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 Longview, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/texas/longview/