Las Alturas De Penitas is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2021-07-08. 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 (210) 828-5686 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Las Alturas De Penitas 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 (2★), 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 69.3/100, placing it #8614 of 14703 facilities nationally and #627 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 Las Alturas De Penitas receives a reported average of 3 hours 20 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 18 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 57 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 4 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 50 minutes 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. 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 $166,236. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 4 fine(s) totaling $166,236, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 4. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 142.25 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Las Alturas De Penitas ranks 8614th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 69.3/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within TX, it ranks 627th out of 1,177 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #10,780 nationally and RN hours rank #12,581 nationally (#759 in TX). Our composite quality score of 69.3/100 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 Penitas, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/texas/penitas/