Overview
River City Care Center has a Medicare overall rating of 1 out of 5, below the Texas average of 2.8. It ranks 37th of 58 nursing homes in San Antonio. Its strongest area is quality of care (4 of 5), and its weakest is staffing (1 of 5).
Residents receive about 3.2 hours of nursing care per day, fewer than at 62% 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 July 10, 2025, found 10 health deficiencies, more than the Texas average of 9.6. 6 of them came from complaint investigations. Medicare records 2 fines totaling $18,668 in the past three years.
River City Care Center is a for-profit facility with 92 certified beds, caring for about 50 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 2001.
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 64%
Top 72%
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Inspections and penalties
- Most recent standard inspection
- July 10, 2025
- Health deficiencies cited
- 10
- Complaint-related deficiencies
- 6
- Fines in the last 3 years
- 2 totaling $18,668
- Payment denials
- 0
- Total penalties
- 2
Staffing
Average hours of care each resident receives per day.
- All nursing staff3.19 hrs
- Registered nurses (RN)0.34 hrs
- Licensed practical nurses (LPN)0.91 hrs
- Nurse aides1.94 hrs
- Physical therapists0.02 hrs
Facility details
- Ownership
- For profit - Individual
- Certified beds
- 92
- Average residents per day
- 50
- Participates in
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Medicare/Medicaid since
- November 30, 2001
- 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