Best nursing homes in Columbus, OH
These are the 31 CMS-certified nursing homes in Columbus, Ohio, ranked best-first by the home’s CMS overall star rating. When two homes tie, we break the tie by the health-inspection rating — the domain assigned by independent state surveyors rather than self-reported by the facility. Nothing on this page is sponsored: no home pays to appear or to rank higher.
Check the certification chip before anything else. Most homes here are certified for both Medicare and Medicaid, but CMS certifies some for only one — and a 5-star home that doesn’t take your programme is not an option, however it ranks. Certification is not a quality measure and we don’t rank on it; we label it, because it decides whether the rest of the row matters to you.
How to read this: a high overall star can be lifted by self-reported quality-measure and payroll-staffing scores, so we surface the inspection rating and any serious citations, fines, abuse flags or ownership changes right on the row. A lower-ranked home with a clean inspection record can be the better fit than a higher-ranked one carrying red flags — open each profile.
- 1Medicare & Medicaid certifiedNo major red flags on record5155 North High Street, Columbus, OH
- 2Medicare & Medicaid certifiedNo major red flags on record111 Lazelle Road East, Columbus, OH
- 3Medicare & Medicaid certified1 serious citation$111,283 in federal fines44 S Souder Ave, Columbus, OH
- 4Medicare & Medicaid certifiedNo major red flags on record2340 Airport Dr, Columbus, OH
- 5Medicare & Medicaid certifiedNo major red flags on record5757 Ponderosa Drive, Columbus, OH
- 6Medicare & Medicaid certified1 serious citationSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection55 Lazelle Rd, Columbus, OH
- 7Medicare & Medicaid certified$13,870 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection165 Highbluffs Blvd, Columbus, OH
- 8Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection1850 Crown Park Court, Columbus, OH
- 9Medicare & Medicaid certified$17,610 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection1800 Riverside Drive, Columbus, OH
- 10Medicare & Medicaid certified2 serious citations1425 Yorkland Road, Columbus, OH
- 11Medicare & Medicaid certified2 serious citations$12,149 in federal fines5691 Thompson Road, Columbus, OH
- 12Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection717 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH
- 13Medicare & Medicaid certified1 immediate-jeopardy citation$168,656 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection3710 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, OH
- 14Medicare & Medicaid certified1 serious citationSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection5500 East Broad Street, Columbus, OH
- 15Medicare & Medicaid certified1 immediate-jeopardy citation$207,789 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection2425 Kimberly Parkway East, Columbus, OH
- 16Medicare & Medicaid certified1 immediate-jeopardy citation$151,356 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection2770 Clime Road, Columbus, OH
- 17Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection3000 Bethel Rd, Columbus, OH
- 18Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSelf-reported scores 2★ above inspection740 Canonby Place, Columbus, OH
- 19Medicare & Medicaid certified1 immediate-jeopardy citation$166,355 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 4★ above inspection1520 Hawthorne Avenue, Columbus, OH
- 20Medicare & Medicaid certified2 immediate-jeopardy citations$196,256 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 4★ above inspection920 Thurber Drive West, Columbus, OH
- 21Medicare & Medicaid certified2 serious citations$26,685 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 4★ above inspection700 Jasonway Avenue, Columbus, OH
- 22Medicare & Medicaid certified6 serious citations$215,120 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 4★ above inspection4301 Clime Road North, Columbus, OH
- 23Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSelf-reported scores 4★ above inspection2841 East Dublin-Granville Road, Columbus, OH
- 24Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSpecial Focus candidate (CMS is watching this home)7 serious citations$394,237 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 4★ above inspection5151 North Hamilton Road, Columbus, OH
- 25Medicare & Medicaid certified3 serious citations$47,740 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 4★ above inspection1151 College Avenue, Columbus, OH
- 26Medicare & Medicaid certifiedAbuse icon1 serious citation$17,345 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection441 Norton Road, Columbus, OH
- 27Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection5199 East Broad Street, Columbus, OH
- 28Medicare & Medicaid certifiedSpecial Focus candidate (CMS is watching this home)5 immediate-jeopardy citations$337,273 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection1605 Northwest Professional Plaza, Columbus, OH
- 29Medicare & Medicaid certified2 serious citations$100,257 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection433 Obetz Road, Columbus, OH
- 30Medicare & Medicaid certified3 serious citations$114,649 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection5700 Karl Road, Columbus, OH
- 31Medicare & Medicaid certified1 immediate-jeopardy citation$24,115 in federal finesSelf-reported scores 3★ above inspection1700 Heinzerling Drive, Columbus, OH
Keep looking: read the Ohio state guides — nursing homes and assisted living — for how the state’s system works, find the closest homes to your ZIP or location, filter every facility by rating, cost and inspection record, or compare any of these side by side. Or see assisted living in Columbus, OH. Back to every Ohio city.
How we rank
We order this list strictly by each home’s CMS overall star rating — the government’s own rating, not a score of our own. When two homes carry the same overall rating we break the tie by the health-inspection rating — the domain scored by independent state surveyors rather than self-reported — and then alphabetically. Homes with no rating on file sink to the bottom.
We should be straight with you about a tension here. The CMS overall star is a blend of three domains, and elsewhere on this site we argue that blend can be misleading: the staffing and quality-measure components lean on data facilities report about themselves, and they can lift a home’s overall star above what inspectors actually found. We still sort by it, for one reason — it is the only ranking of nursing homes the government publishes, and the alternative is us deciding which domain ought to count, which is our opinion dressed up as an official rating. We won’t do that. (It is the same reason we refuse to rank assisted living at all.) So instead of quietly re-sorting to our taste, we un-blend the star on every row: the inspection rating sits next to the overall one, and serious citations, fines and abuse flags are on the row too. Where the two disagree, trust the inspection record and the citations — and treat our sort order as the government’s claim, not ours. See our methodology.
No home pays to appear here or to rank higher. There is no sponsored placement, no paid listing, and no referral fee. The page carries ordinary Google display advertising, sold against the page by Google: it cannot move a home up or down this list, and no advertiser sees who you are. The ratings, citations and fines are assigned by government inspectors (CMS), not by Eldercare Lens.
Common questions
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Ratings and citations are assigned by government inspectors (CMS), not by Eldercare Lens. The absence of a citation does not guarantee the absence of problems. Always verify with the facility and your state Long-Term Care Ombudsman.