Temple, TX · less than 1 mile away
William R Courtney Texas State Veterans Home
⌖ Temple, TX · Bell County
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Medicare overall rating 1 of 5 stars
Certified beds160
Medicare / MedicaidMedicare & Medicaid
OwnershipGovernment (state)
About William R Courtney Texas State Veterans Home
William R Courtney Texas State Veterans Home is a 160-bed government-run nursing home in Temple, TX. Medicare rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (much below average); the average in Texas is 2.7. At its last full inspection (May 2026), inspectors found 8 problems, close to the Texas average of 9.4. None of the problems in its recent inspections were found to have harmed residents. Medicare fined it $53,860 in the last three years.
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Key details
Facility nameWilliam R Courtney Texas State Veterans Home
LocationBell County, Texas
Phone(254) 791-8280
Address1424 Martin Luther King Jr Lane, Temple, TX 76504 · Bell County
CMS provider number675857
Ownership typeGovernment (state)
Operating companyTexvet · 9 homes
Official inspection reportsRead them on Medicare.gov ↗
Medicare enrolled sinceDecember 21, 2000 (25 years)
✓ Medicare✓ Medicaid
Certified for Medicaid; ask whether a Medicaid bed is available.
Quality & inspections
Explore this facility's official CMS inspection history, staffing levels and quality measures below — sourced directly from Medicare's public records.
Ratings and inspection data on this page come directly from CMS's public records and are never altered for any paid listing. Medicare data as of September 2026.
What Medicare found
1 strength and 2 things to ask about in Medicare's inspection, fine and staffing records for this home. 1 care-quality measure is worse than the state average in the rehab and long-term care section below.
Strengths
- Serious health citationsNone on recordNo citations for actual harm or immediate jeopardy since Feb 2026.Strength
About average
- Health citations at last inspection8 (May 2026)Texas average: 9.4. Most citations are minor and corrected within weeks.About average
Things to ask about
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- Abuse citationOn recordMedicare shows this icon when a home was cited for abuse, neglect or exploitation in recent inspections. Ask what happened and what changed.Ask about this
- Fines and penalties3 fines totaling $53,860Federal penalties from the last three years, most recently in Jun 2025 (about 1 year ago). The national average is $30,972 per home.Ask about this
Source: Medicare (CMS) inspection, penalty and staffing records, compared with the Texas average. Problems may have been corrected since; ask the home about anything listed here. How we choose these
Short-term rehab or long-term care?
Medicare rates these separately, and many homes are better at one than the other.
Long-term care
For residents who live at the home for months or years.
- Falls with a major injury6.0%State average: 3.3%Worse than average
- Pressure sores (bedsores)3.0%State average: 3.8%Better than average
- Given antipsychotic drugs9.6%State average: 9.6%About average
- Hospital stays per 1,000 resident days1.2State average: 2.2Better than average
Source: Medicare (CMS) quality measures, compared with the Texas average. Lower is better for every rate shown.
Who pays, and how full it is
Many residents here pay privately or through insurance. In Texas, Medicaid pays for 66% of resident days at a typical home.
- 1% Medicaid
- 1% Medicare
- 98% Private pay, insurance and other
Beds in use, on average97%Texas typical: 67%
Cost of care per resident day$272Texas typical: $270
Shares of resident days, from the home’s Medicare cost report for the year ending August 2025. The cost per day is what care costs the home to provide, not the price you would pay; ask the home for its private-pay rate. A busy home may have fewer open beds, so ask about availability.
Ratings over time
Its overall Medicare rating is 1 star now, down from 5 stars in January 2019. It has ranged from 1 to 5 stars and changed 5 times.
Overall rating1★
Health inspections2★
Staffing1★
Quality of care4★
Nurse hours per resident per day2.2
20192020202120222023202420252026
Show the values by year
| Month | Overall | Inspections | Staffing | Quality | Nurse hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2019 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2.9 |
| Jan 2020 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3.0 |
| Jan 2021 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3.3 |
| Jan 2022 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3.4 |
| Jan 2023 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3.3 |
| Jan 2024 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3.2 |
| Feb 2025 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3.3 |
| Feb 2026 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2.2 |
| Sep 2026 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | – |
Source: Medicare (CMS) monthly Care Compare releases since 2019. Medicare has changed how some ratings are calculated over the years and paused most inspections in 2020, so some jumps reflect rule changes rather than changes at the home. Our methodology
See the full inspection reportEvery citation, fine, staffing figure and quality measure Medicare publishes for this home
From Medicare’s September 2026 data. Each inspection is dated below; staffing comes from payroll records for a recent quarter, and resident outcomes cover the latest period Medicare reports.
Inspection summary
How this facility compares to state and national averages on CMS-reported problems.
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Three-survey history
Citation counts across this facility's three most recent inspection cycles, so you can see whether problems are trending up, down, or holding steady.
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