CCN 675959 · Brown County, Texas
Songbird Lodge
2500 Songbird Circle, Brownwood, TX 76801
Songbird Lodge is a 121-bed government-owned nursing home in Brownwood, Texas, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 2003. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 70.6 residents a day, about 58% of its certified beds. HUD's healthcare database shows an FHA-insured Section 232 loan for a project matching this facility, most recently $6.7 million in December 2012 (223(f) refinance or purchase), and none of them appears in HUD's active-loan file.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 121
- Average residents per day
- 70.6 (58.3% of beds)
- Ownership type
- Government - Hospital district
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- West Wharton County Hospital District
- Certified since
- Apr 10, 2003
- Chain or affiliated group
- Creative Solutions in Healthcare (149 facilities, chain average 2.1 stars)
- Location
- Rural, inside a hospital
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | Texas median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 2 of 5 | State spread: 322 at 1, 244 at 2, 247 at 3, 211 at 4, 141 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 1 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.06 | 3.27 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.19 | 0.38 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.58 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 98.8% | 52.1% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 58.3% | 68.6% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 1 totaling $10,210 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 10 (Dec 11, 2025) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Songbird Lodge meets that part today: 2 stars overall, 3 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownwood IV Enterprises, LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2022 |
| Blake, GaryIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2022 |
| Blake, MalisaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2022 |
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2022 | West Wharton County Hospital District | Hamilton County Hospital District |
HUD Section 232 loans
HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs lists these FHA-insured loans for a project we matched to this facility by name, city and bed count. Status, rate and balance come from HUD's insured-mortgage files as of September 30, 2026. Check the FHA number against the loan documents before relying on the match.
| Endorsed | Program | Original amount | Status | FHA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 2012 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: LDEnterprises3-Songbird Lodge, 125 beds. Lender at endorsement: Lancaster Pollard Mtge Co | $6,715,900 | Ended Jul 31, 2015Prepayment | 11322088 |
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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