Oakbend Medical Center

Primary specialty

Skilled Nursing FacilityTaxonomy code 314000000X

License

128250 Issued in TX

Legal business name

OAKBEND MEDICAL CENTER

Doing business as

Memorial City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

Practice address

1341 Blalock Rd
Houston, TX 77055-6427

Phone

(713) 468-7821

Fax

(713) 827-0983

NPI assigned

Nov 7, 2006

Last updated

May 13, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Organization subpart

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Authorized official

Name

Joseph Freudenberger

Title

Ceo

Phone

(281) 341-4812

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Other identifiers 1

Other names 1

• Memorial City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Doing business as

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in TX

Enrollment records 1

NPI to CCN mapping 1

The Medicare certification numbers (CCNs) connected to NPI 1710056171. Details of each certification follow.

• CCN 676258 Skilled nursing facility · Active · Details

Skilled nursing facility certification: CCN 676258

Legal name

OAKBEND MEDICAL CENTER

Doing business as

MEMORIAL CITY NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER

Certification status

Active

Provider type (POS)

Nursing home – SNF/NF distinct part

Participating since

Sep 28, 2010

Last certification

Feb 13, 2025

Beds

187

Ownership / control type

Hospital District

Multi-facility organization

OakBend Medical Center

Organization structure

OtherNon-profit

Incorporated

May 14, 1991 in TX

Enrollment address

1341 Blalock Rd
Houston, TX 77055-6427

Nursing home name

MEMORIAL CITY NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER

Affiliated entity

WELLSENTIAL HEALTH

Listed as

Memorial City Nursing and Rehabilitation CenterCCN 676258 · All quality measures

Overall star rating

2 of 5

Health inspections

2 of 5

Staffing

1 of 5

Quality measures

5 of 5

Type

Medicare and Medicaid

Ownership

Government - Hospital district

Certified

Sep 28, 2010

Medicare certification status

ActiveFrom the Provider of Services file

Certified beds

187135.1 residents per day on average

Chain

Wellsential Health67 facilities in the chain

Abuse citation

Cited for abuse (Care Compare abuse icon)

Penalties (3 years)

4Fines totaling $72,593

Processed by Care Compare on Aug 1, 2026.

These CMS records do not include an NPI. They are shown because their name and street address match this provider’s.

CLIA laboratory certificates

Tax ID family

Polly Ryon Hospital37 organizations share this tax ID, including this one

Other organizations with this tax ID 36

Organizations that report the same tax identification number in the National Provider Directory.

• Oakbend Medical Center

  dba Paradigm at Faith Memorial

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Pasadena, TX
  • NPI 1003539677
  NPD tax ID
• Oakbend Medical Center

  dba Paradigm at Katy

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Katy, TX
  • NPI 1023706603
  NPD tax ID
• Oakbend Medical Center

  dba Paradigm at the Pines

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Silsbee, TX
  • NPI 1043331101
  NPD tax ID
• Oakbend Medical Center

  dba Avalon Place--Wharton

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Wharton, TX
  • NPI 1124070511
  NPD tax ID
• Oakbend Medical Center

  dba Windsor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Bastrop

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Bastrop, TX
  • NPI 1154442143
  NPD tax ID
• Oakbend Medical Center

  dba Brenham Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Brenham, TX
  • NPI 1154608461
  NPD tax ID
• Oakbend Medical Center

  dba S.P.J.S.T. Rest Home 3

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • El Campo, TX
  • NPI 1225402753
  NPD tax ID
• Oakbend Medical Center

  dba The Lev at Winchester

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Alvin, TX
  • NPI 1235250705
  NPD tax ID
• Oakbend Medical Center

  dba S.P.J.S.T. Rest Home 2

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Needville, TX
  • NPI 1245214642
  NPD tax ID
• Oakbend Medical Center

  • Psychiatric Hospital Unit
  • Richmond, TX
  • NPI 1255637286
  NPD tax ID
• Oakbend Medical Center

  dba Paradigm at First Colony

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Missouri City, TX
  • NPI 1275654766
  NPD tax ID
• Oakbend Medical Center

  dba Paradigm Northwest

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1316660970
  NPD tax ID

Locations

All disclosed owners & managing parties 27

As disclosed on the Medicare enrollment (CMS All Owners files). Individuals include officers, directors and managing employees, who may not hold ownership.

Owners & managing parties with NPI records 1

Owners and managing parties disclosed on this facility’s Medicare enrollment that are themselves Medicare-enrolled.

• Adrian Zaharia, M.D.

  • Geriatric Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1609196955

  Adp of the SNF

  CMS ownership

All facility ownership & control disclosures 33

Facilities whose Medicare enrollment lists this provider’s PECOS associate ID as an owner or managing party.

Facilities with the same owner 79

Facilities that share an organizational owner with 5% or greater ownership or operational control.

• Citizens Medical Center County of Victoria

  dba Port Lavaca Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Port Lavaca, TX
  • NPI 1144641234

  Regency Integrated Health Services LLC

  CMS ownership
• Citizens Medical Center County of Victoria

  dba Cuero Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Cuero, TX
  • NPI 1528489614

  Regency Integrated Health Services LLC

  CMS ownership
• Citizens Medical Center County of Victoria

  dba Southbrooke Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Edna, TX
  • NPI 1801217997

  Regency Integrated Health Services LLC

  CMS ownership
• Citizens Medical Center County of Victoria

  dba Stevens Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Hallettsville

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Hallettsville, TX
  • NPI 1861813958

  Regency Integrated Health Services LLC

  CMS ownership
• Citizens Medical Center County of Victoria

  dba Wharton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Wharton, TX
  • NPI 1932520020

  Regency Integrated Health Services LLC

  CMS ownership
• Dewitt Medical District

  dba Windsor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Corpus Christi

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Corpus Christi, TX
  • NPI 1407127384

  Regency Integrated Health Services LLC

  CMS ownership
• Dewitt Medical District

  dba Kingsville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Kingsville, TX
  • NPI 1841254174

  Regency Integrated Health Services LLC

  CMS ownership
• Dewitt Medical District

  dba Corpus Christi Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Corpus Christi, TX
  • NPI 1861442469

  Regency Integrated Health Services LLC

  CMS ownership
• Dewitt Medical District

  dba Windsor Calallen

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Corpus Christi, TX
  • NPI 1932596343

  Regency Integrated Health Services LLC

  CMS ownership
• Dewitt Medical District

  dba Pflugerville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Pflugerville, TX
  • NPI 1962735175

  Regency Integrated Health Services LLC

  CMS ownership
• Liberty County Hospital District No. 1

  dba Jefferson Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Beaumont, TX
  • NPI 1922260876

  Regency Integrated Health Services LLC

  CMS ownership
• Memorial Medical Center

  dba Lavaca Bay Nursing and Rehabilitation Center

  • Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Port Lavaca, TX
  • NPI 1538719836

  Regency Integrated Health Services LLC

  CMS ownership

Practitioners 1

Individual providers connected to this organization through Medicare benefit reassignment, Care Compare group membership or National Provider Directory roles, and the practitioner matching its NPPES authorized official.

• Gulzar Punjwani, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1255686895
  NPD (past)

Affiliated clinicians 1

Clinicians who list this facility as an affiliation in Medicare Care Compare.

• Gulzar Punjwani, M.D.

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Houston, TX
  • NPI 1255686895

  Nursing home

  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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}

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• Skilled Nursing Facility in Houston, TX
• Providers in Houston, TX by specialty
• Skilled Nursing Facility in Texas

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• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; facility enrollments, owners and changes of ownership; Provider of Services certification data.
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