Ventana By Buckner is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2020-03-17. 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 (214) 758-8031 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Ventana By Buckner holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (5★), 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 93.0/100, placing it #292 of 14703 facilities nationally and #4 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 Ventana By Buckner receives a reported average of 5 hours 21 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 7 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 34 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 40 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 5 hours 6 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 45.6%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 12 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $44,157. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 29.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Ventana By Buckner ranks 292nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 93.0/100), placing it in the top 5% nationwide. Within TX, it ranks 4th out of 1,177 nursing homes. In Dallas, it ranks 1st out of 33 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #759 nationally and RN hours rank #1,428 nationally (#18 in TX). Our composite quality score of 93.0/100 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 Dallas, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/texas/dallas/