Hickory Creek At Columbus

Location & what’s nearby

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Nearest of each type, straight-line distance. Hospitals come from the CMS Hospital General Information registry; everything else from Overture Maps (public data). Hospital and park hours are typical — call ahead to confirm.

Quality measures — how residents actually fare

Quality-measure stars summarize outcomes CMS tracks from the assessments each home submits — avoidable hospitalizations and ER visits, falls with injury, pressure ulcers, unplanned weight loss, and long-term antipsychotic use. Because the underlying data is self-reported, weigh a high score against the independent inspection record. Long-stay = permanent residents; short-stay = rehab and post-hospital stays.

Short-stay rehab — if you are coming here from a hospital

Arriving from a hospital right now? Read the discharge guide → — your appeal rights, how to slow a rushed discharge, and what to ask about the numbers below.

Therapy staffing: this home’s payroll records show 0.31 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 51% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 17% of this home’s weekday level — it runs some therapy at the weekend, at a lower level than on weekdays. The median home that reports therapy runs 13% — weekday-focused therapy is the industry norm, not a shortfall. But recovery does not pause on a Saturday: ask what the weekend actually looks like here.

This section is about rehab stays, not living here. Most of this page — the stars, the quality measures, the inspection record — describes the home the way a permanent resident experiences it. These figures describe the short Medicare stay after a hospital discharge: a hip, a stroke, a bad infection, six weeks and home. They are different residents, different staff, often a different wing. Therapy hours are per resident in the building, not per rehab patient — the count includes every long-stay resident, and they mostly get no therapy at all. So a home with a small rehab wing inside a large nursing population reads low here even if its rehab patients get plenty of therapy, and a mostly-rehab home reads high. Use it to compare homes doing similar work, ask what a rehab resident actually gets in a day, and remember that CMS does not publish therapy minutes per patient — nobody does.

Staffing

How full it usually is: this home is certified for 36 beds and averages 28.3 residents a day — about 79% occupied, or roughly 8 beds typically open. It usually has some room. This is a CMS average, not live availability — no public source publishes real-time vacancies, and a home can be full the day you call. Confirm with the home, and if you need a Medicaid bed specifically, ask about that separately: a home with open beds may still not have an open Medicaid bed.

Against a benchmark — not a legal minimum. In May 2024 CMS finalized the first federal staffing floor for nursing homes: 3.48 total nurse hours per resident per day, including 0.55 RN hours and 2.45 nurse-aide hours. Its hour requirements never took effect and are no longer on the books. Homes had until 2026 (2027 if rural) to comply, and that deadline never arrived: a federal court vacated the hour requirements in April 2025 (CMS has appealed), Congress then barred enforcement until 2034, and CMS formally repealed them by rule effective February 2026. This home is not required to meet these numbers, and is not violating anything by missing them. We still show the comparison because the figures are CMS’s own published estimate of adequate staffing, which makes them a useful yardstick — but they are our benchmark, not federal law: this home’s total nurse staffing of 3.35 hrs/resident/day is below the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.72 is at or above the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 1.97 is below the 2.45-hour aide benchmark. What federal law does require today is unchanged: “sufficient” nursing staff for residents’ needs and an RN on duty at least 8 consecutive hours a day, 7 days a week (42 CFR 483.35). Those are judged by inspectors on site, not by these averages, so read this comparison alongside the inspection record rather than as a pass/fail.

Weekend coverage: total nurse staffing is 3.05 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 3.46 on weekdays — 12% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 0.71 to 0.72 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 39% is about the same as the national median of 45%. 2 administrators have left in the past year — frequent leadership churn is a warning sign families often miss.

Payroll-based (PBJ) staffing hours, as reported for Jan–Mar 2026 (CMS PBJ CY2026Q1) — the most recent quarter CMS has published, so they can lag a change of operator or staffing agency. Higher is generally better. Registered-nurse coverage and weekend staffing are the numbers families most often overlook — an RN on site matters most when something goes wrong, and coverage usually thins on weekends. High turnover means residents rarely see the same caregiver twice. One caveat: these are hours as reported, not adjusted for how sick or heavy-care this home’s residents are. CMS separately publishes a case-mix-adjusted view; we show the reported hours. A home caring for higher-acuity residents needs more hours to deliver the same care, so compare these figures against homes doing similar work, and read them next to the inspection record rather than alone.

Inspection trend

Deficiencies are more than at the previous inspection — worsening. Fewer citations over time suggests a home is fixing problems; a rising count is a warning sign — though two surveys are a short record, and survey teams differ. These counts are from the standard annual health survey only; the full citation list below may also include findings from complaint investigations, so the two won’t always add up.

Inspection deficiencies

State health-inspection citations, most serious first. Each carries an F-code (the federal rule it cites, e.g. F-684 = quality of care) and a letter A–L marking how serious and how widespread the problem was — we translate that grid into the plain tiers shown here. Wording is the official federal description.

Each letter is a CMS scope-severity level; highlighted ones are where this home has citations. A–C = no harm found; D–F = potential for harm; G–I = actual harm; J–L = immediate jeopardy. Within each band the later letter is the more widespread finding (an isolated G is one resident; a widespread I is a pattern), so rightward and downward is worse.

• Potential for harm · D2025-09-12 · tag F0656 — failed to write and follow a full care plan — isolated
  Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, record review, and interview, the facility failed to ensure care planned interventions were implemented for 2 of 12 residents reviewed for Care Plans. (Residents 19 and 7)Findings include:1. Resident 19's room was observed on 09/10/2025 at 1:35 P.M. The resident's call light was observed near her bed. The call light was white, and there was no bright colored tape attached to the call light.The resident was observed on 09/11/2025 at 9:07 A.M. The resident was in her room in bed. The resident's call light was within reach. There was no brightly colored tape attached to the call light. The resident's clinical record was reviewed on 09/10/2025 at 2:27 P.M. An Annual Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment, dated 07/02/2025, indicated the resident was severely cognitively impaired. The resident's diagnoses included, but were not limited to, hemiplegia and hemiparesis following a cerebral infarction affecting the right dominant side, hypertension, and seizure disorder. The resident used a wheelchair and was dependent on staff for mobility. The resident experienced one fall…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-09-12 · tag F0755 — failed to provide safe pharmacy services — isolated
  Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to provide physician prescribed medications in a timely manner for 2 of 6 residents reviewed for medications. (Residents 6 and 29) Findings include:1.The clinical record for Resident 6 was reviewed on 09/11/2025 at 10:24 A.M. A Quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment, dated 07/16/2025, indicated the resident was severely cognitively impaired. The resident's diagnoses included, but were not limited to, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, anxiety, and depression. The Electronic Medication Administration Record (EMAR) indicated the resident was to receive the medication Paxlovid 100/150 milligrams (mg), twice a day, once from 7:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M., and once from 5:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M., for a diagnosis of COVID-19, with a start date of 08/31/2025, and a discontinued date of 09/04/2025. The record indicated the medication was not administered due to being unavailable on the following dates and times: -08/31/2025 at 7:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M., -08/31/2025 at 5:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M., -09/01/2025 at 7:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M.,…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2025-09-12 · tag F0812 — failed to store, cook, and serve food safely — isolated
  Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation and interview, the facility failed to ensure foods were stored in a sanitary manner related to unlabeled foods for 1 of 3 kitchen observations.Findings include:During the initial tour of the facility kitchen with [NAME] 5 on 09/08/2025 at 7:46 A.M., the following items were observed in the refrigerator:-A tray that contained two cups of ambrosia salad, a small bowl of potato salad, and a ham sandwich in plastic bag. The items nor the tray were labeled with a prepared on or use by date,-A tray that contained four small cups of a fruit crumble dessert, a small cup of cucumber tomato salad, and a small cup of tapioca pudding. The items nor the tray were labeled with a prepared on or use by date, -A large, unlabeled pitcher that was less than half full of an orange drink, and -A large, unlabeled pitcher that was less than half full of a pink drink.During an interview, on 09/08/2025 at 7:48 A.M., [NAME] 5 indicated the items on trays were from the weekend and should have been labeled with prepared on date. The drink pitchers should have been labeled with a prepared…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2024-08-29 · tag F0580 — failed to tell family and doctor about changes — isolated
  Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to notify the physician of blood glucose levels per the physician's order for 1 of 14 residents reviewed for notification of change. (Resident 8) Findings include: The clinical record for Resident 8 was reviewed on 08/28/24 at 2:25 P.M. A Quarterly MDS (Minimum Data Set) assessment, dated 08/21/24, indicated the resident was moderately cognitively impaired. The resident's diagnoses included, but were not limited to, heart failure, hypertension, diabetes, anxiety, and depression. A current physician's order, with a start date of 03/20/24, indicated the resident was to be administered insulin lispro per a sliding scale. The physician was to be notified if the resident's blood glucose level was greater than 350. The June, July, and August 2024, EMAR/ETAR (Electronic Medication Administration Record/Electronic Treatment Administration Record) indicated the resident's blood glucose levels were greater than 350 on the following dates and times: - On 06/10/24 at 11:00 A.M., the resident's blood glucose level was 368, - On 06/20/24…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Rights Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2024-08-29 · tag F0684 — failed to provide proper treatment and quality of care — isolated
  Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to monitor a resident's blood pressure as ordered by the physician's for 1 of 14 residents reviewed for quality of care. (Resident 7) Findings include: The clinical record for Resident 7 was reviewed on 08/27/24. A Quarterly MDS (Minimum Data Set) assessment, dated 08/05/24, indicated the resident was moderately cognitively impaired. The resident's diagnoses included, but were not limited to, hypertension, diabetes, depression, and insomnia. A current physician's order, with a start date of 06/13/24, indicated the staff were to obtain the resident's blood pressure daily and to notify the physician's office if the systolic (top number) was less than 100. The blood pressure record was to be taken to the next appointment on 12/13/24. The June, July, and August 2024, EMAR/ETAR (Electronic Medication Administration Record/Electronic Treatment Administration Record) lacked any documented blood pressures. The Vitals Report for June, July, and August 2024, lacked documented blood pressures for Resident 7 on the following dates:…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2024-01-16 · tag F0842 — failed to keep accurate, complete medical records — isolated
  Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure a resident's record accurately reflected the administration of a narcotic medication for 1 of 3 residents reviewed for resident records. (Resident B) Findings include: The clinical record for Resident B was reviewed on 01/12/24 at 2:17 p.m. An admission MDS (Minimum Data Set) assessment, dated 12/02/23, indicated the resident was cognitively intact. The diagnoses included, but were not limited to, prostate cancer and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. The November 2023 EMAR (electronic medication administration record) indicated the resident could receive oxycodone/acetaminophen (a narcotic pain medication) 5 mg (milligrams), 325 mg every four hours PRN (as needed) for pain. During an interview on 01/12/23 at 2:13 P.M., Resident B indicated on Sunday 11/26/23 RN 2 asked him after lunch to take his PRN pain medication. He told her he was not having any pain and didn't need the medication. She told him if he didn't take it she would have to throw it away. The Controlled Substance Record indicated the resident…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2023-06-12 · tag F0686 — failed to prevent and treat pressure sores (bedsores) — isolated
  Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to identify pressure ulcers in a timely manner and document treatment administrations for 1 of 2 residents reviewed for pressure ulcers. (Resident 1) Findings include: During an interview on 06/07/23 at 9:31 A.M., Resident 1 indicated she had pressure wounds on her bottom that had recently healed. The resident's record was reviewed on 06/11/23 at 4:51 P.M. A Significant Change MDS (Minimum Data Set) assessment, dated 05/19/23, indicated the resident was cognitively intact. The diagnoses included, but were not limited to, diabetes, heart failure, renal disease, and hypertension. The resident required extensive staff assistance with transferring, toileting, and personal hygiene. The resident was at risk for pressure ulcers, and currently had one Unstageable pressure ulcer (obscured full-thickness skin and tissue loss in which the extent of tissue damage within the ulcer cannot be confirmed because the wound bed is obscured by slough [moist, non-viable tissue] or eschar [dead tissue]). A Wound Management Detail Report, dated…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2023-06-12 · tag F0761 — failed to label and store drugs safely — isolated
  Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to store medications appropriately related to insulin pens for 1 of 2 medication carts reviewed. (Back Hall medication cart) Findings include: On 06/12/23 at 10:55 A.M., the Back Hall medication cart was observed with RN 2, and contained the following: - A Lispro insulin pen for Resident 5, with an open date of 05/14/23. The nurse verified the open date. The pen was 1/4 full. The resident had received the insulin that morning. - A Lispro insulin pen for Resident 7, with an open date of 05/14/23. The nurse verified the open date. The pen was 1/4 full. The resident had received the insulin that morning. During an interview on 5/14/23 at 10:58 A.M., RN 2 indicated the Lispro insulin pens were good for 30 days after the open date. During an interview on 06/12/23 at 2:00 P.M., the Administrator indicated the facility did not have a specific medication storage policy, they followed the pharmacy recommendations. The current facility pharmacy manual, with a revised date of 01/01/22, was provided by the DON on 06/12/23…

  This is the beginning of the surveyor’s statement, cut to keep the page readable — the full 2567 continues past this point and often ends with the findings that matter most, such as whether an immediate jeopardy was removed before the surveyors left. The complete statement of deficiencies is a public record: request it from your state survey agency, or ask the home for its 2567 and plan of correction — it must make them available to residents and families.

  Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction

Fines & penalties

No federal fines in the current CMS record.

Part of a chain

This home belongs to AMERICAN SENIOR COMMUNITIES — 90 facilities. Here is how its ratings compare with the chain’s average across all its homes: See the whole chain — ratings, flags, fines and finances →

A home rated well below its chain’s average can signal local problems; a chain with a low average across the board is a bigger pattern worth researching. CMS chain data under-reports private-equity and REIT ownership, so treat this as a floor, not the full picture.

Who owns this facility

CMS files one row per role, so the 35 rows in the source record cover these 23 parties — each is shown once here with every role it holds. Nothing is omitted.

2 organizational owners listed — a facility can be part of a larger chain. CMS ownership data is known to under-report private-equity and REIT ties; treat as a starting point.

Follow the money — this home’s finances

Where a nursing home’s revenue comes from and where it goes — including money paid to companies under the same ownership. Most consumer sites never show this; we reproduce it straight from the Medicare cost report.

About 83% of this home’s resident-days are paid by Medicaid, which reimburses well below the cost of care in most states. Heavily Medicaid-dependent homes run on thinner budgets — a context worth holding next to the staffing and inspection record, not a fault in itself. This home reported $661K paid to related parties — landlords or management companies under common ownership — equal to about 19% of its total expenses. Money routed to affiliated companies can leave a home’s own books looking lean while owners still profit; it is the mechanism regulators watch most closely in private-equity and REIT deals.

Source: CMS Healthcare Provider Cost Reporting Information System (HCRIS), Medicare cost report Form CMS-2540 · fiscal year 2023. Facilities self-file these reports; figures are unaudited and a year or two behind. A home with no Medicare cost report on file shows no figures here.

Cost & finances

Straight from this home’s Medicare cost report (CMS, FY2023). These are its operating economics — what it costs to run per resident-day and what it collects on average across Medicare, Medicaid, and private pay — not a private-pay quote. Your out-of-pocket cost depends on payer and room type, so ask the facility directly; a higher operating cost can reflect richer staffing or a sicker population. The cost-of-care planner shows regional benchmarks by care type.

What families pay in IN