Colonial Pines Healthcare Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1994-08-01. 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 (936) 275-3412 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Colonial Pines Healthcare Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), 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 70.9/100, placing it #7871 of 14703 facilities nationally and #544 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 Colonial Pines Healthcare Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 15 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 14 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 8 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 53 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 47 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 43.6%. 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 $12,649. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $12,649, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 81.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Colonial Pines Healthcare Center ranks 7871st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 70.9/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within TX, it ranks 544th out of 1,177 nursing homes. In San Augustine, it ranks 1st out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #11,535 nationally and RN hours rank #13,549 nationally (#962 in TX). Our composite quality score of 70.9/100 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 Augustine, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/texas/san-augustine/