Overview
Las Alturas Nursing & Transitional Care has a Medicare overall rating of 3 out of 5, in line with the Texas average of 2.8. It ranks 3rd of 6 nursing homes in Laredo. Its strongest area is quality of care (5 of 5), and its weakest is staffing (1 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.1 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 70% of nursing homes in Texas (the state average is 3.4 hours). Of that, 0.3 hours come from registered nurses.
Its most recent standard inspection, on February 11, 2026, found 13 health deficiencies, more than the Texas average of 9.6. 3 of them came from complaint investigations. It has no fines on record for the past three years, while 68% of Texas nursing homes have been fined.
Las Alturas Nursing & Transitional Care is a for-profit facility with 138 certified beds, caring for about 133 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 2019.
Medicare ratings
- Health inspections
- Quality of care
- Staffing
Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.
How it compares nearby
Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.
Top 50%
Top 48%
Top 33%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- February 11, 2026
- Health deficiencies cited
- 13
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 3
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 0
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 0
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.13 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.34 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.72 hrs
- Nurse aides2.06 hrs
- Physical therapists0.04 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 138
- Average residents per day
- 133
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- May 24, 2019
- Inside a hospital
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes