Pine Tree Lodge Nursing Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1993-08-25. 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) 759-3994 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Pine Tree Lodge Nursing Center 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 (1★), 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 75.2/100, placing it #5841 of 14703 facilities nationally and #353 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 Pine Tree Lodge Nursing Center receives a reported average of 3 hours 31 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 18 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 16 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 57 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 4 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. Total nursing staff turnover is 67.7%. 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 $225,502. 32 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 2 fine(s) totaling $225,502, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 148.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Pine Tree Lodge Nursing Center ranks 5841st out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 75.2/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within TX, it ranks 353rd out of 1,177 nursing homes. In Longview, it ranks 2nd out of 9 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #8,920 nationally and RN hours rank #12,720 nationally (#792 in TX). Our composite quality score of 75.2/100 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/