Yoakum Nursing And Rehabilitation Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1997-10-23. 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 (361) 293-2801 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Yoakum Nursing And Rehabilitation Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), 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 89.5/100, placing it #620 of 14703 facilities nationally and #19 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 Yoakum Nursing And Rehabilitation Center receives a reported average of N/A of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — N/A; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — N/A; Nurse Aide — N/A. On weekends, total nurse staffing is N/A 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 40.3%. 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 $13,627. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $13,627, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 53.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Yoakum Nursing And Rehabilitation Center ranks 620th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 89.5/100), placing it in the top 5% nationwide. Within TX, it ranks 19th out of 1,177 nursing homes. In Yoakum, it ranks 1st out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2025 staffing: total nurse hours rank #13,675 nationally and RN hours rank #10,337 nationally (#403 in TX). Our composite quality score of 89.5/100 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 Yoakum, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/texas/yoakum/