Gracy Woods Nursing Center
A nursing home in Austin, Texas 78758
12021 Metric Blvd., Austin, Texas 78758. (512) 228-3300.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.
- 1of 5 CMS’s overall rating
- 13 health citations at the latest inspection cycle Texas average: 9.6
- 4.02 nurse hours per resident per day Texas average: 3.42
- 3 fines in the last three years (needs attention)
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean8
- Star ratings
- CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Scope and severity (A to L)
- CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7).
- Nurse staffing hours
- The hours registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse aides worked, per resident per day, from the payroll records each home sends CMS. Source: CMS, Payroll-Based Journal.
- Fines and payment denials
- A fine (civil money penalty) is money CMS makes a nursing home pay when it falls short of federal rules. A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stop paying for new admissions until the home meets the rules again. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.430 and 488.417.
- Immediate jeopardy
- CMS’s most serious finding: the place’s failure to meet a rule caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death to someone in its care. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 489.3.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
13 health citations at the latest inspection cycle
The Texas average is 9.6.
Last standard inspection Jun 4, 2026.
Most serious in three years: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J), at a complaint inspection on Sep 13, 2025
CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those citations happened
61 citations in 14 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (K). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
All 61 citations in the last three years
Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7)., from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 47 came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Jun 4, 2026: standard inspection6 citations
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Honor the resident’s right to be treated with respect and dignity and to retain and use personal possessions.
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Keep residents’ personal and medical records private and confidential.
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Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
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Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
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Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident’s bathroom and bathing area.
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Allow residents to easily view the nursing home’s survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
May 14, 2026: complaint inspection3 citations
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Honor the resident’s right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
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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.
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Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.
Mar 3, 2026: complaint inspection2 citations
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Honor the resident’s right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Dec 31, 2025: standard inspection3 citations
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Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident’s needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
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Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nov 24, 2025: complaint inspection2 citations
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Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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Ensure that nurse aides who have worked more than 4 months, are trained and competent; and nurse aides who have worked less than 4 months are enrolled in appropriate training.
Sep 13, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Jul 31, 2025: standard inspection5 citations
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Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
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Honor the resident’s right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
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Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
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Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Jul 9, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
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Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Feb 28, 2025: complaint inspection23 citations
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Honor the resident’s right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
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Honor the resident’s right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
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Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident’s belongings or money.
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Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
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Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
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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.
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Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.
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Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
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Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
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Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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Keep all essential equipment working safely.
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Provide bedrooms that don’t allow residents to see each other when privacy is needed.
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Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program that includes effective communications for direct care staff members.
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Ensure that staff members are educated on resident rights and facility responsibilities to properly care for its residents.
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Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program.
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Include as part of its infection prevention and control program, mandatory training that includes written standards, policies, and procedures for the program.
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Provide training in compliance and ethics.
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Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment.
Jul 26, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
May 20, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
May 16, 2024: complaint inspection3 citations
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Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
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Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
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Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Apr 1, 2024: complaint inspection3 citations
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Honor the resident’s right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
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Keep residents’ personal and medical records private and confidential.
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Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Mar 20, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Jan 26, 2024: complaint inspection5 citations
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Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
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Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
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Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident’s health.
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Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident’s well being.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Dec 6, 2023: complaint inspection1 citation
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Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Jun 17, 2002.
- Not on CMS’s special focus list.
- No abuse icon from CMS.
- No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
- CMS lists its ownership as for profit, corporation.
- 118 certified beds.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has it been fined or penalized?
- 3 fines in the last three years, $182,239 in all.
- No Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
- 47 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Date | Kind | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2025 | Fine | $33,030 |
| May 16, 2024 | Fine | $98,956 |
| Jan 26, 2024 | Fine | $50,253 |
Who does the caring?
4.02 nurse hours per resident per day
The Texas average is 3.42.
CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | This home | Texas average |
|---|---|---|
| Nurse hours per resident per day | 4.02 | 3.42 |
| Of which registered nurses | 0.22 | 0.44 |
| At weekends | 3.23 | 2.99 |
| Nursing staff turnover | 48% | 50.8% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 40% | 49.8% |
| Administrators who left | 0 | Not given |
Who owns it?
- Winnie-Stowell Hospital District owns 100% directly since Jan 1, 2024.
- Gracy Woods SNF LLC runs it.
- 3 owners or officers are people: Benjamin Rodriguez (managing employee (on the payroll)); Edward R Murrell (corporate director); Menachem Mendy Shapiro (runs it (operational or managerial control)).
- Part of Caring Healthcare Group (14 homes in CMS’s data).
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winnie-Stowell Hospital District | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Jan 1, 2024 |
| Gracy Woods SNF LLC | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | 100% | Jan 1, 2024 |
How do residents fare?
- CMS rates its quality measures 4 of 5 (Texas average 3.8).
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Overall rating | 1 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 |
| Staffing | 2 of 5 |
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Among the 12 nearest homes, within 6.3 miles, this one had the 4th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (13; the middle value was 9).
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Place | Miles away | Citations, latest cycle |
|---|---|---|
| Gracy Woods Nursing Center This nursing home | 13 | |
| Gracy Woods II Living Center | 0.2 | 2 |
| Avir at Park Bend | 0.4 | 13 |
| Windsor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Duval | 2.7 | 9 |
| Legend Oaks Healthcare and Rehabilitation - North | 3.0 | 6 |
| Sage Park Austin | 4.0 | 5 |
| Coral Rehabilitation and Nursing of Austin | 4.5 | 27 |
| Sedona Trace Health and Wellness Center | 4.5 | 3 |
| Austin Wellness & Rehabilitation | 5.1 | 20 |
| Pflugerville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | 5.2 | 4 |
| Five Points of Pflugerville | 5.6 | 14 |
| Ignite Medical Resort Round Rock, LLC | 6.3 | 9 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Complaints that didn’t lead to a citation aren’t published.
- Inspections reach CMS’s data about six weeks after they happen, and staffing about four months after.
- CMS publishes the inspectors’ full written findings in a separate monthly file, which isn’t loaded yet.
- Fines and Medicare payment denials are the only enforcement CMS publishes; state licence actions aren’t included.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Information (4pq5-n9py).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Deficiencies (r5ix-sfxw).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Penalties (g6vv-u9sr).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).
Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State and US Averages (xcdc-v8bm).
Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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