Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Harlingen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
3810 Hale St, Harlingen, TX 78550 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · Part of Wellsential Health (67 facilities) · 120 certified beds
Harlingen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Harlingen, Texas. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.23 hours per resident per day, below the Texas average of 3.40. Its most recent inspection on Nov 8, 2024 cited 3 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $6,016In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Harlingen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center compares
This facility vs. the Texas and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Texas avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.23 | 3.40 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.32 | 0.44 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.17 | 2.01 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 39.0% | 51.5% | 46.4% | below avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 3.0 | 9.1 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $6,016, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Harlingen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Immediate jeopardy
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 20, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Nov 8, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Nov 8, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 8, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 20, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Nov 15, 2023 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Nov 15, 2023 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Aug 3, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Aug 3, 2023 - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Aug 3, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · May 26, 2022 - Potential for harm
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 26, 2022
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 3810 Hale St
Harlingen, TX 78550 - CMS certification #
- 675606
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 120
- Avg residents/day
- 105.5
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1996-06-26
- Chain
- Wellsential Health (67 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Wellsential Health
Wellsential Health operates 67 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Wellsential Health facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Harlingen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says A memory care unit, respite stays, transportation
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2009
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Harlingen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Aug 30, 2009 to Aug 29, 2011. Violations found: Fair Labor Standards Act (pay and hours). Employer as DOL recorded it: Harlingen Nursing and Rebabilitation Center (Regency Nursing Center Partners of Harlingen,). Case 1573726.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Vhs Harlingen Hospital Company LLC, Harlingen. 0.9 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Windsor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Harli, Harlingen. 0.8 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Rio Grande Home Health Agency Inc, Harlingen. 0.5 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.8 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 78550 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Usrc Harlingen Dialysis, Harlingen, 0.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars)
Valley Baptist Harlingen Dialysis, Harlingen, 1.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Usrc North Harlingen Dialysis, Harlingen, 2.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 49 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 78550.
Amado Hospice & Home Health, office in Harlingen, 0.3 miles away, straight line
Gentiva, office in Harlingen, 0.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Greater Valley Hospice Alliance, Lp, office in Harlingen, 0.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 1 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Stephanie H Garcia Mdpa, Harlingen. 6.1 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: hurricane very high, inland flooding relatively moderate, coastal flooding very low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave relatively high, earthquake very low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | Not in a mapped zone | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Harlingen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Harlingen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Harlingen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center staffed?
Harlingen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center reports 3.23 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Texas average of 3.40.
Has Harlingen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 3 deficiencies.
How many beds does Harlingen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center have?
Harlingen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is certified for 120 beds.