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Cross Country Healthcare Center

Nursing Home

Updated Apr 1, 2023 by Nick Reese

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1514 Indian Creek Rd,
Brownwood TX 76801

(325) 646-6529

59.25% estimated occupancy ¹

Cross Country Healthcare Center is a facility located in Brownwood, Texas. The city has a total of 25,552 people. This facility was given an F, which is just about as bad as it gets in our grading scheme. This place does not seem to have any redeeming qualities. We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, we will discuss inspections in the next paragraph.

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Accepts Medicare ¹
Accepts Medicaid ¹
No CCRC
Has Resident Council
No Family Council
For profit - Corporation
Offers Hospice
Offers Respite Care
Offers Inpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

Home Making
Speech Therapy
IV Antibiotic Therapy
Wound Care
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy

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Facility Inspections

While we graded this facility incredibly poorly overall, it received a fairly respectable inspection report this year. As a result, it received a decent grade in that category with a score of B-. We would argue that one of the most important factors in evaluating an inspection report is deficiencies. In this regard, we especially focus on the severity of the deficiencies. Fortunately, although this place had a few minor dings on its government inspection report, it had no severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are ones found in categories G through L. This tells you that the inspectors did not deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient health or safety. A couple minor deficiencies aren't necessarily the end of the world.

Nurse Quality

This facility's second best category was nursing, but even there it received a grade of just D. This is still a well below average grade. Our nursing score is primarily tied to the facility's level of nurse staffing. This facility provided just 0.3 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a very low total compared to most nursing homes. Lastly, we also assessed some nursing quality measures in calculating our nursing grades. This facility fared well when it comes to minimizing its residents' pressure ulcers and major falls. Many consider these statistics to be measures of the quality of nursing care.

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Long-term Care Quality

We gave this nursing home just a D for our long-term care score. This is not an impressive grade. For prospective residents in need of a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care is an important category. Once we concluded our assessment of the volume of nursing care, we then looked at the nursing home's vaccination data. We were optimistic to learn that this nursing home vaccinated 96.77419 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this place was able to limit hospitalizations. With just 0.01 hospitalizations per one thousand long-term resident days, this facility has less hospitalizations than most nursing homes. Sadly, some of its other scores in this category were not as favorable as these.

Short-term Care Quality

The next category we graded was short-term care, which turned out to be this nursing home's weakest area. We awarded this nursing home a D in that area. Short-term care scores are based on the facility's quantity of highly-skilled nursing services. This means a vast scope of nursing services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and speech therapists, as well as other forms of therapy. Based on its grade in this area, we were not surprised to discover that this nursing home was well below average in terms of the number of physical therapy and registered nurse hours offered to its patients based on the metrics we looked at. Frankly, this was what we expected to find. The final datapoint we assessed in this category is the number of residents who were able to return home from the facility. This facility struggled quite a bit in this metric as well, with just 0 percent of its residents returning home.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

Cross Country Healthcare Center Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

In Cross Country Healthcare Center, 7.17% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This indicates the percent of residents who sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often caused by patients staying in one position for too long. Better nursing care can limit the number of pressure ulcers sustained by residents in a nursing home.

Minimizes Serious Falls

In Cross Country Healthcare Center, 3.38% of Patients had Serious Falls

This indicates the percentage of patients that have had a major fall. Falls leading to severe injury are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. Falls leading to injury are often the result of lower levels of patient supervision.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

In Cross Country Healthcare Center, 1.52% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percent of patients that have had a urinary tract infection. UTI's are often linked to facilities with lower levels of hygiene. Better hygiene protocols can limit the number likelihood of residents sustaining infections. Keep in mind that this statistic is sometimes skewed by the fact that facilities have varying reporting standards for UTI's.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

In Cross Country Healthcare Center, 10.14% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percentage of patients who were prescribed antipsychotic medications. While antipsychotic medications may be helpful for many patients, it is important to confirm these drugs are being used only where medically required. In limited cases, high levels of antipsychotic drug use may indicate a facility is using these medications to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

In Cross Country Healthcare Center, 22.67% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This datapoint indicates the percentage of long-term care residents receiving antianxiety drugs.

Managing Depression Among Residents

In Cross Country Healthcare Center, 4.84% of Patients

This is the percentage of patients who are exhibiting symptoms of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

In Cross Country Healthcare Center, 93.69% of Patients

This is the percent of patients who were administered the pneumonia and flu vaccines. High vaccination rates should be the norm at this point.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

In Cross Country Healthcare Center, 17.58% Percentage of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay patients that required increased assistance with activities of daily living over time. ADL's include activities such as getting dressed and eating. Many would argue this is a measure of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

In Cross Country Healthcare Center, 13.47% Percentage of Residents

Measures the percentage of long-term stay patients that retained mobility levels. Some experts would argue that mobility is important for residents' physical and mental health.

Hospitalizations

In Cross Country Healthcare Center, 1.89 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This metric measures the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care. Avoiding the hospital is important to preserving the physical well-being of nursing home patients.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

In Cross Country Healthcare Center, 13.47 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized

This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. Staying out of the hospital during rehabilitation is key to restoring the physical abilities of residents.