Merkel Nursing Center in Merkel, TX

Merkel Nursing Center is a medicare and medicaid certified nursing home in Merkel, Texas. It is located in Taylor county at 1704 N 1st, Merkel, Texas 79536. You can reach out to the office of Merkel Nursing Center via phone at (325) 928-5673. This skilled nursing facility has 66 federally certified beds with average occupancy rate of 43.94%. Its legal business name is Distinguished Health Care Inc. and has the following ownership type - For Profit - Corporation.

Merkel Nursing Center (Medicare CCN 676053) is certified by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and participates in both medicare and medicaid program. This means if you are part of medicare or medicaid program, you may consider this nursing facility for your medical needs. It was first certified by CMS in 2005 (19 years certified) and the last quality survey was conducted in November, 2019.

Contact Information

Merkel Nursing Center
1704 N 1st, Merkel, Texas 79536
(325) 928-5673

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Nursing Home Profile

NameMerkel Nursing Center
Location1704 N 1st, Merkel, Texas
Certified ByMedicare and Medicaid
No. of Certified Beds66
Occupancy Rate43.94%
Medicare ID (CCN)676053
Legal Business NameDistinguished Health Care Inc.
Ownership TypeFor Profit - Corporation

NPI Associated with this Nursing Home:

Nursing Homes may have multiple NPI numbers. We have found possible NPI number/s associated with Merkel Nursing Center from NPPES records by matching pattern on the basis of name, address, phone number etc. Please use this information accordingly.

NPI Number1467446856
Organization NameDISTINGUISHED HEALTH CARE INC
Doing Business AsMERKEL NURSING CENTER
Address1704 N 1st St, Merkel, TX 79536
Phone Number325-928-5673

NPI Number1528736410
Organization NameEMI HEALTHCARE LLC
Address1704 N 1st, Merkel, TX 79536
Phone Number325-928-5673

Quality Ratings:

Nursing homes vary in the quality of care and services they provide to their residents. The below quality ratings for Merkel Nursing Center are calculated from three sources - health inspection results, staffing data, and quality measure data. This information gives you an indication of the care Merkel Nursing Center give to their patients.
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Number of Substantiated Complaints0
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Patients' Stay Experience:

The resident survey data of Merkel Nursing Center is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Experience MeasureProviderNational Avg.
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased21.5514.46
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight6.065.51
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder49.0948.41
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder7.881.79
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection5.792.65
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms5.385.05
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained00.23
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury4.293.36
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine10093.87
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication23.6614.2