CCN 745049 · Cameron County, Texas
Las Alturas Nursing & Transitional Care Brownsvill
180 East Price Road, Brownsville, TX 78521
Las Alturas Nursing & Transitional Care Brownsvill is a 122-bed for-profit nursing home in Brownsville, Texas, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 2024. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 97.2 residents a day, about 80% of its certified beds. We found no FHA-insured Section 232 loan for it in HUD's healthcare endorsement database (fiscal 2001 onward).
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 122
- Average residents per day
- 97.2 (79.7% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Heritage Brownsville Health Development LLC
- Certified since
- Jun 21, 2024
- Chain or affiliated group
- None listed by CMS
- Location
- Urban
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 | 3 of 5 | State spread: 322 at 1, 244 at 2, 247 at 3, 211 at 4, 141 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 1 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.31 | 3.27 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.24 | 0.38 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 2.93 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | not reported | 52.1% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 79.7% | 68.6% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 1 totaling $8,434 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 11 (Jul 1, 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). Las Alturas Nursing & Transitional Care Brownsvill meets that part today: 3 stars overall, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Healthcare Investments Brownsville LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | n/a | 08/01/2024 |
| Heritage Brownsville Health Development LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | n/a | 06/21/2024 |
| Fellbaum 2023 Descendants TrustOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | 16% | 06/21/2024 |
| Jan Studer 2023 Spousal TrustOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | 16% | 06/21/2024 |
| Kelly Fellbaum 2023 Spousal TrustOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | 16% | 06/21/2024 |
| Studer 2023 Descendants TrustOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | 16% | 06/21/2024 |
| The Bryon and Rena Sehlke Living TrustOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | 16% | 06/01/2024 |
| Jefferson BankOrganization | Security Interest | n/a | 04/30/2024 |
| Touchstone Communities IncOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 06/01/2024 |
| Campbell, LeslieIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/01/2024 |
| Cardenas, MarisaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/01/2024 |
| Castillo, LynneaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/01/2024 |
| Gilcrease, CynthiaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/01/2024 |
| Mendoza, RomanIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/01/2024 |
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
No FHA-insured loan matching this facility appears in HUD's database of healthcare endorsements, which covers fiscal 2001 onward (HUD data run of July 8, 2026). A loan could still exist under a different project name or from before 2001.
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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