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State licensed5002 N Elizabeth, Texarkana, TX 75503
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Heritage Plaza Nursing Center brings skilled nursing and rehabilitation services to Texarkana, Texas families when recovery and specialized care matter most. Our team provides compassionate medical support and therapy services designed to help residents regain independence and return home stronger.
Capacity
95 residents
Location
Texarkana, TX
Status
Listed in a public registry
600 W 52ND ST, Texarkana, Texas 75501
From CMS Care Compare, the federal record every Medicare-certified nursing home is held to. Data as of September 1, 2026. Check it on Medicare.gov
At its most recent standard inspection, on June 2, 2026, state inspectors cited 8 health deficiencies (the Texas average is 9.4).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 3 hours 9 minutes with each resident a day, below the Texas average of 3 hours 23 minutes.
Medicare fined Heritage Plaza Nursing Center 2 times in the last three years, $86,337 in total.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 3 hours 9 minutesBelow the Texas average |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 25 minutes |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 57% |
39 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
June 2, 2026 · Standard inspection · 7 citations
Provide doctor's orders for the resident's immediate care at the time the resident was admitted.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Notify the appropriate authorities when residents with MD or ID services has a significant change in condition.
Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
September 10, 2025 · Complaint investigation · 1 citation
Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.
Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Ensure the activities program is directed by a qualified professional.
Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Provide appropriate colostomy, urostomy, or ileostomy care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.
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.
Honor the resident's right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
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.
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Have a policy regarding use and storage of foods brought to residents by family and other visitors.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
2 fines totaling $86,337 in the last three years.
600 W 52ND STTexarkana, TX 75501
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State inspectors visited on June 2, 2026 and cited 8 health deficiencies, 1 of them from complaint investigations. The Texas average is 9.4.
Nurses and aides spend 3 hours 9 minutes with each resident per day, including 25 minutes from registered nurses. 57% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Yes. Medicare fined Heritage Plaza Nursing Center 2 times in the last three years, totaling $86,337.
Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled nursing per benefit period after a qualifying 3-day hospital stay — fully for the first 20 days, then with a daily copay. Long-term custodial stays are generally not covered.
A semi-private room averages about $7,900 per month nationally; private rooms cost more. Medicaid is the largest payer for long-term nursing home care.
Medicare rates nursing homes 1 to 5 stars on its Care Compare site. We don't repeat those stars here. Each nursing home page shows Medicare's underlying record instead: inspections, staffing and fines, with a link to check it on Medicare.gov.