Nhc Healthcare, Athens

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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.

60.0% of the Medicare patients who left this home got back to the community and stayed there for at least 31 days — CMS rates that better than the national rate. This is CMS’s risk-adjusted rate over 109 Medicare stays in Oct 2022–Sep 2024, and CMS’s own comparison — not ours.

Met the expected recovery: 80.0% of this home’s Medicare short-stay residents left it at or above the ability to care for themselves and move around that CMS predicted for them, across 45 stays in Oct 2024–Sep 2025. The median of the 11,061 homes CMS publishes this for is 56.6%. Read it beside the getting-home figure, not instead of it: unlike the two measures above, CMS makes no better-or-worse call on this one and publishes no confidence interval for it, so this is a comparison and not a verdict — but it is the short-stay measure that separates homes most, and the one to ask about.

Therapy staffing: this home’s payroll records show 0.73 therapist hours per resident per day in 2026Q1 — more than 93% of the 13,892 homes that report any therapy hours at all.

Weekend therapy: weekend therapy hours are 4% of this home’s weekday level — it runs therapy on weekdays, with essentially none at the weekend. 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 86 beds and averages 67.0 residents a day — about 78% occupied, or roughly 19 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 4.07 hrs/resident/day is at or above the 3.48-hour benchmark and RN staffing of 0.56 is at or above the 0.55-hour RN benchmark and nurse-aide staffing of 2.23 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 3.50 hrs/resident/day on weekends vs 4.30 on weekdays — 19% thinner on weekends. RN hours go from 0.66 to 0.32 per resident-day. (Payroll-based daily records; the national median home is 15% thinner on weekends.)

This home’s total nursing-staff turnover of 51% is about the same as the national median of 45%.

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 fewer than at the previous inspection — improving. 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 · D2026-06-10 · 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

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on facility policy review, medical record review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to properly store medications and medical supplies in 1 of 2 medication carts observed for medication storage. The findings include: Review of the facility's policy titled, Medication Storage in the Facility, dated 2/25/2025, revealed .Medications and biologicals are stored safely, securely, and properly .Drugs dispensed in the manufacturer's original container will expire upon manufacturer's expiration date .All expired medications will be removed from the active supply . Review of the medical record revealed Resident #49 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses including Essential Hypertension, Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease, and Low Back Pain. Review of the Physician's Orders for Resident #49, revealed .Start Date .03/31/2025 .ondansetron [medication used to treat nausea] .4 mg [milligrams] .1 tab .for nausea/vomiting Every 6 Hours- PRN [as needed] .Review of the Medication Administration…

  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 · D2023-08-24 · tag F0550 — failed to protect resident dignity and rights — isolated
  Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on facility policy review, medical record review, observations, and interviews, the facility failed to ensure medical information was not visible for 1 resident (#24) of 24 residents reviewed for dignity. The findings include: Review of the facility's policy titled, PATIENTS RIGHTS, revised on 6/2006, showed .The resident has a right to a dignified existence .A facility must protect and promote the rights of each resident, including .Privacy and confidentiality .A center must promote the exercise of rights for each patient . Review of an undated document provided by the facility titled, Confidentiality Statement, showed .The care of a patient is always personal in nature, and therefore any protected health information about his/her condition, treatment or personal data is absolutely confidential .The information in a patient's medical record is confidential and cannot be disclosed without the patient's knowledge and consent .The confidentiality of patient protected health information .MUST be maintained .…

  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 · D2023-08-24 · tag F0644 — isolated
  Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on medical record review and interview, the facility failed to resubmit a Pre-admission Screening and Resident Review (PASARR) timely after a new mental health diagnosis for 2 residents (Residents #1 and #54) of 5 residents reviewed for PASRR. The findings include: Record review revealed Resident #1 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses including Major Depressive Disorder and Anxiety Disorder. Record review of the most recent PASARR Level 1 assessment dated [DATE], revealed Resident #1 had mental health diagnoses of Major Depression, Anxiety Disorder and Mood Disorder. Record review revealed Resident #1 received new diagnoses of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) on 1/4/2023 and Delusion Disorders on 1/24/2023. Record review revealed no new Level II PASARR had been submitted to include the new diagnoses of PTSD and Delusion Disorders with anti-psychotic medication use initiated on 2/21/2023. Review of the quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment dated [DATE], revealed Resident #1 had…

  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 · D2023-08-24 · tag F0657 — failed to keep the care plan current — isolated
  Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on facility policy review, medical record review, and interview, the facility failed to revise the Comprehensive Care Plan to include hospice services for 1 resident (#18) of 3 residents reviewed for hospice. The findings include: Review of the facility's policy titled, PATIENT ASSESSMENT AND CARE PLANNING, revised on 11/1/2013, showed .The Federally mandated Minimum Data Set .is the basis for the assessment component of the Comprehensive Patient Care System .The assessment information is used to develop the patient's care plan . Resident #18 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses including Hypertensive heart and chronic kidney disease with heart failure, Adult Failure to Thrive, Anorexia, Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation, Dysarthria following cerebral infarction, and Dysphagia. Review of the facility's policy titled, PATIENT CARE POLICIES, dated 2023, showed .Patients are assessed initially and at regular intervals using a Federal/State specified, standardized, comprehensive 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 · D2023-08-24 · tag F0849 — isolated
  Arrange for the provision of hospice services or assist the resident in transferring to a facility that will arrange for the provision of hospice services.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on facility contract review, facility policy review, medical record review, and interview, the facility failed to ensure a coordinated plan of care with the hospice provider was available in the medical record for 1 resident (#18) of 3 residents reviewed for hospice. The findings include: Review of the facility's hospice contract with Resident #18's hospice provider dated 7/24/2008, showed .Plan of Care .the Skilled Nursing Facility shall provide services in accordance with the Hospice plan of care . Resident #18 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses including Hypertensive Heart and Chronic Kidney Disease with Heart Failure, Adult Failure to Thrive, Anorexia, Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation, Dysarthria following cerebral infarction, and Dysphagia. Review of the facility's policy titled, PATIENT CARE POLICIES, dated 2023, showed .HOSPICE SERVICES .Physicians may request consultation for hospice care services .When a patient elects hospice services, the hospice will guide the plan of care in…

  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.

  Administration Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2023-08-24 · tag F0868 — isolated
  Have the Quality Assessment and Assurance group have the required members and meet at least quarterly
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on facility documentation review and interview the facility failed to ensure that all required members attended the quality assessment and assurance committee (QAA) meetings on a quarterly basis. The findings include: Review of the facility policy titled, QAPI [quality assessment and performance improvement] PLAN undated, showed, .will strive to meet the following goals based on our purpose, guiding principles and scope for QAPI .will strive to meet or exceed the clinical outcome goals. Priority will be set for those goals that are considered high-risk, high-volume or problem-prone areas .Governance and Leadership .Accountability for QAPI .Ultimately the Administrator (ADM) and Director of Nursing (DON) are accountable for the success or failure of the program .The DON .will be the QAPI champion. This champion will be accountable for all nursing QAPI activities .Department Managers will be educated on the QAPI Plan and expectations . Review of QAPI meeting sign-in sheets from 7/27/2022 -7/26/2023, showed the DON was absent from 5 of the 13 meetings. Of the 5 QAPI meeting…

  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.

  Administration Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2023-08-24 · tag F0880 — failed to prevent and control infections — isolated
  Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  Based on facility policy review, observation, and interview the facility failed to ensure appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) was worn while providing care for a COVID-19 (an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus) positive resident. The findings include: Review of the facility policy titled, Infection Control Manual Volume 1 dated 6/2023 showed, .Core Principles of COVID-19 Infection Prevention .Centers should provide guidance (e.g., posted signs at entrances about recommended actions .Hand hygiene .Face covering or mask .in accordance with CDC [Center for Disease Control] guidance .Post visual alerts in strategic places .alerts should include instructions about current .recommendations . when to use source control .Appropriate staff use of Personal Protective Equipment .Droplet Precautions .In addition to Standard precautions, use Droplet precautions for a patient known or suspected to be infected with microorganisms transmitted by droplets .PPE .Facemasks should be used upon entry into the patient room .Based upon pathogen or clinical syndrome, there is a…

  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.

  Infection Control Deficiencies · Deficient, Provider has date of correction
• Potential for harm · D2019-11-20 · tag F0791 — failed to provide routine dental services — isolated
  Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.
  What the surveyor found here — an excerpt from the official record, may be distressing

  NOTE- TERMS IN BRACKETS HAVE BEEN EDITED TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY Based on facility policy review, medical record review, and interview, the facility failed to ensure 1 resident (#11) received routine dental services of 18 residents sampled. The findings include: Review of the facility's policy Dental Services, undated, revealed .To ensure patients are receiving the care and services necessary for proper denture and dental health .Build accountability into each process to ensure effectiveness .Establish process for communication of dental needs .of patients .Ensure all partners are aware of process for communication of dental needs . Medical record review revealed Resident #11 was admitted to the facility on [DATE] with diagnoses including Atrial Fibrillation, Muscle Weakness, Anxiety Disorder, and Anemia. Medical record review of the Quarterly Minimum Data Set, dated [DATE] revealed a Brief Interview for Mental Status score of 15, indicating the resident was cognitively intact. Medical record review of the care plan dated 9/3/19 revealed .risk of altered nutrition status…

  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

Fines & penalties

No federal fines in the current CMS record.

Part of a chain

This home belongs to NATIONAL HEALTHCARE CORPORATION — 69 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 23 rows in the source record cover these 16 parties — each is shown once here with every role it holds. Nothing is omitted. The source lists no ownership percentage for any of them — PECOS records a share only for equity interests, not for board or management roles.

9 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.

This home reported $763K paid to related parties (affiliated landlords or management companies) in its most recent cost report. A reported operating loss is common in this industry and is not by itself a sign of trouble — but paired with large related-party payments it can mean profit is being taken elsewhere in the ownership structure.

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.

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