Hico Nursing And Rehabilitation is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1995-03-29. 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 (254) 796-2111 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Hico Nursing And Rehabilitation 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 (2★), Staffing (4★), 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 78.4/100, placing it #4368 of 14703 facilities nationally and #221 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 Hico Nursing And Rehabilitation receives a reported average of 4 hours 25 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 2 hours 58 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 18 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 9 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 53 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 71.4%. 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 $31,552. 13 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 1 fine(s) totaling $31,552, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 118.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Hico Nursing And Rehabilitation ranks 4368th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 78.4/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within TX, it ranks 221st out of 1,177 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,682 nationally and RN hours rank #97 nationally (#5 in TX). Our composite quality score of 78.4/100 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 Hico, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/texas/hico/