Nursing home
Southern Specialty Rehab & Nursing
4320 W 19Th Street, Lubbock, TX 79407 · Map
For profit - Corporation · Part of Creative Solutions In Healthcare (149 facilities) · 144 certified beds
Southern Specialty Rehab & Nursing is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Lubbock, Texas. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.32 hours per resident per day, below the Texas average of 3.40. Its most recent inspection on Apr 15, 2025 cited 6 deficiencies.
- 3 fines totaling $67,291In CMS records: 3 total penalties.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Southern Specialty Rehab & Nursing 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) | 3.32 | 3.40 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.40 | 0.44 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.12 | 2.01 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 63.6% | 51.5% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 6.0 | 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: 3 fines totaling $67,291, 3 total penalties.
What inspectors found at Southern Specialty Rehab & Nursing
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Feb 18, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Nov 4, 2025 · 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 · Aug 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
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 · Aug 24, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Apr 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- 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 · Apr 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Apr 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
Administration Deficiencies · Oct 7, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Sep 26, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Jun 27, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Jun 13, 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 · Mar 7, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
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
- 4320 W 19Th Street
Lubbock, TX 79407 - CMS certification #
- 676028
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 144
- Avg residents/day
- 71.5
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 2004-08-30
- Chain
- Creative Solutions In Healthcare (149 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Creative Solutions In Healthcare
Creative Solutions In Healthcare operates 149 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Creative Solutions In Healthcare facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
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Other public records
- Staff pay 1 federal wage case with violations found, since 2012
Full public records, with dates and sources
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 Mar 1, 2012 to Nov 7, 2012. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $2,777 owed to 5 employees. Civil money penalties assessed: $1,100. DOL marked the employer as a repeat violator. Employer as DOL recorded it: Southern Specialty Nursing Home (Lubbock I Enterprises, LLC). Case 1670390.
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
- Covenant Medical Center, Lubbock. 0.4 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Lubbock Health Care Center, Lubbock. 0.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Umc Home Health And Hospice, An Amedisys Partner, Lubbock. 0.9 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Market Street in-store Pharmacy. 0.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 79407 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Usrc Lubbock, Lubbock, 0.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Lubbock Dialysis Center-Redbud, Lubbock, 1.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars)
Angelo Kidney Connection Home Lubbock, Lubbock, 2.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 20 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 79407.
Covenant Health At Home With Compassus, Hospice Of Lubbock, office in Lubbock, 0.3 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 5 of 5 stars)
Umc Home Health And Hospice, An Amedisys Partner, office in Lubbock, 0.9 miles away, straight line
Cuidado Casero Home Health Lubbock, office in Lubbock, 2.2 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Odessa, Midland. 109.9 miles away, straight line. 3 geriatric medicine doctors 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 moderate. By hazard: hurricane very low, inland flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively high, heat wave very low, 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 relatively 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 | No plain statements of services found |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Southern Specialty Rehab & Nursing a good nursing home?
CMS gives Southern Specialty Rehab & Nursing an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Southern Specialty Rehab & Nursing staffed?
Southern Specialty Rehab & Nursing reports 3.32 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Texas average of 3.40.
Has Southern Specialty Rehab & Nursing had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 6 deficiencies.
How many beds does Southern Specialty Rehab & Nursing have?
Southern Specialty Rehab & Nursing is certified for 144 beds.