2451 Forest Drive, Columbia, SC 29204 (opens Google Maps) · Richland County · (964) 341-6758· 144 certified beds · avg 134 residents/day · certified since Jan 1, 1967 · Medicare and Medicaid certified
Certified for both programmes. Certification means the facility can bill Medicaid — it does not mean a Medicaid-funded bed is free right now, so ask directly. Who pays for nursing home care →
Part of chain: PRUITTHEALTH (95 facilities, chain avg rating 2.9★)
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Health inspection rating: ★☆☆☆☆1/5 · CMS overall rating: 1/5 · how star ratings work →
The health inspection star above is graded on a curve within each state — a set share of each state's facilities gets each star level — so a facility can have few citations and still rate 2–3 stars if others in its state did even better. The overall rating combines that inspection score with staffing and quality measures from resident assessments and claims.
Showing the latest 3 of 20 inspection findings. Open the full record below to read every finding.
The facility did not have enough support staff to safely and effectively run its food and nutrition service. F-0802
The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. F-0812
The facility did not provide a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment, including safe support for residents' daily living needs. F-0584
CMS publishes roughly the last three inspection cycles plus recent complaint investigations. Older surveys drop out of the record as new ones are completed — that window is CMS's, not ours. Within it, every citation CMS publishes for this facility is listed here: none excluded.
| Date | Severity | What the facility was cited for |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2025 | F · Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread | The facility did not have enough support staff to safely and effectively run its food and nutrition service. · F-0802 |
| Jul 18, 2025 | F · Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread | The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. · F-0812 |
| Jul 18, 2025 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not provide a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment, including safe support for residents' daily living needs. · F-0584 |
| Jul 18, 2025 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not label drugs according to professional standards or did not store them in locked compartments, with controlled drugs (medications with a high risk of misuse) kept under a separate lock. · F-0761 |
| Jul 18, 2025 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. · F-0880 |
| Jan 29, 2025 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not keep the environment free of accident hazards, or did not provide enough supervision to prevent accidents like falls. · from a complaint · F-0689 |
| Jan 29, 2025 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not conduct and document a facility-wide assessment of what staff, supplies, and resources it needs to care for its residents properly — during everyday operations, nights, weekends, and emergencies. · from a complaint · F-0838 |
| Aug 1, 2024 | F · Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread | The facility did not get its food from approved, safe sources, or did not store, prepare, and serve food according to professional food safety standards. · F-0812 |
| Aug 1, 2024 | F · Potential for more than minimal harm, widespread | The facility has more than 120 beds but did not hire a qualified full-time social worker as required. · F-0850 |
| Aug 1, 2024 | E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern | The facility did not have or follow an effective program to prevent and control infections — such as proper hand washing, cleaning, and isolation practices. This is the most commonly cited deficiency nationwide. · F-0880 |
| Aug 1, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not honor residents' rights to request, refuse, or stop treatment, to decline participation in medical research, or to make an advance directive — a written statement of their wishes for future medical care. · F-0578 |
| Aug 1, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not provide the help residents need with basic daily activities — like bathing, dressing, eating, and using the bathroom — for residents who cannot do these things on their own. · F-0677 |
| Aug 1, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not provide safe and appropriate respiratory care — such as oxygen, breathing treatments, or care for residents on breathing equipment — for residents who needed it. · F-0695 |
| Aug 1, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not label drugs according to professional standards or did not store them in locked compartments, with controlled drugs (medications with a high risk of misuse) kept under a separate lock. · F-0761 |
| Aug 1, 2024 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not dispose of garbage and refuse properly. · F-0814 |
| Mar 19, 2024 | E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern | The facility did not protect residents from misuse of their belongings or money — this is called misappropriation, and it includes theft or improper use of a resident's property or funds. · from a complaint · F-0602 |
| Apr 28, 2022 | E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern | The facility did not provide a safe, clean, comfortable, and homelike environment, including safe support for residents' daily living needs. · F-0584 |
| Apr 28, 2022 | E · Potential for more than minimal harm, pattern | The facility did not have a working program to monitor how antibiotics are used. Tracking antibiotic use helps make sure these drugs are given only when needed and remain effective. · F-0881 |
| Apr 28, 2022 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not provide the help residents need with basic daily activities — like bathing, dressing, eating, and using the bathroom — for residents who cannot do these things on their own. · F-0677 |
| Apr 28, 2022 | D · Potential for more than minimal harm, isolated | The facility did not provide proper care for pressure ulcers (bedsores) or did not do enough to prevent new ones from forming. Bedsores develop when residents stay in one position too long without help moving. · F-0686 |
Citations from standard inspections decreased between the last two inspection cycles (8 → 5).
All bars start at zero. Exact values and supporting details remain below.
| Year | Citations | Serious (G–L) | Worst severity that year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | E |
| 2024 | 9 | 0 | F |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | F |
Counts reflect the current CMS public record (~3 inspection cycles plus complaint investigations); years with no surveys show no row. Inspection frequency varies, so compare severity as well as counts.
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2 fines totaling $48,523.
Every penalty CMS publishes for this facility in the 3-year window is listed —none excluded. The count and the dollar total come from two different CMS datasets and agree for this facility. Penalties older than the window are dropped by CMS before publication, not by us.
| Date | Type | Amount / length |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 2025 | Fine | $11,895 |
| Aug 1, 2024 | Fine | $36,628 |
What these staffing numbers mean →
All bars start at zero. Exact values and supporting details remain below.
| Measure | This facility | South Carolina avg | U.S. avg | Where it stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hours per resident per day) | 4.02 | 4.08 | 3.95 | top 45% in South Carolina; top 39% in the U.S. |
| Registered Nurse hours | 0.69 | 0.67 | 0.69 | top 30% in South Carolina; top 37% in the U.S. |
| Weekend total nurse staffing | 3.50 | 3.55 | 3.50 | top 44% in South Carolina; top 42% in the U.S. |
| Weekend RN hours (not acuity-adjusted) | 0.34 | 0.41 | 0.48 | top 50% in South Carolina; bottom 40% in the U.S. |
| Total nursing staff turnover (%) | 49.5 | 45.9 | 45.8 | bottom 38% in South Carolina; bottom 38% in the U.S. |
| RN turnover (%) | 16.7 | 42.1 | 42.9 | top 8% in South Carolina; top 9% in the U.S. |
Hours are per resident per day for the most recent quarter of payroll data in this CMS release (2026-08-01) — the same quarter for every facility — case-mix adjusted by CMS so facilities caring for sicker residents can be compared fairly (same basis as the CMS staffing star). "Top X%" means better than most facilities: more staffing hours, or lower turnover. Raw (unadjusted) reported hours: total 3.51, RN 0.60, weekend 3.06.Comparing with Medicare Care Compare? Care Compare shows the raw figure (3.51 here, displayed there as hours and minutes), not the adjusted one above. Both are correct; they answer different questions. Staffing rating: 4/5.
Note: CMS combines facility-reported resident assessments (MDS) with claims-based measures. These are different sources from on-site inspection findings. Read the measures alongside inspection and staffing records; a high QM rating does not establish that a home is safe.
Quality measures rating: 3/5 · long-stay residents: 4/5 · short-stay residents: 3/5
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Ownership records as published by CMS on 2026-08-01. CMS records when an owner joined but not when they left. Listed here and no longer involved? Tell us →
For profit - Corporation
| Owner / manager | Type | Role | Stake | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee, Patricia | Individual | W-2 Managing Employee | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/18/2013 |
| Pruitt, Neil | Individual | Corporate Director | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/28/2004 |
| Pruitt, Neil | Individual | Corporate Officer | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/28/2004 |
| Pruitt, Neil | Individual | Operational/Managerial Control | NOT APPLICABLE | 10/28/2004 |
All 4 owning or managing parties CMS has on file are shown — none excluded.
CMS lists this facility under the chain Pruitthealth — 95 facilities in the current records. Chain membership says who operates these homes. It says nothing about how any individual one of them was inspected; each has its own record.
Listed by state, then facility name — not a ranking. Showing 8 of the 94 others, continuing from this facility's own place in that list.
Generated from this facility's actual citation record — bring them to a tour and ask the administrator directly.
| Facility | Distance | City | Overall | Inspection | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Acres Post Acute | 0.2 mi | Columbia, SC | ★☆☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Midlands Health & Rehabilitation Center | 0.8 mi | Columbia, SC | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| C M Tucker Jr Nursing Care Center Fewell and Stone | 1.2 mi | Columbia, SC | ★★☆☆☆ | 1/5 | abuse |
| C M Tucker Jr Nursing Care Center Roddey Pavilio | 1.2 mi | Columbia, SC | ★★☆☆☆ | 1/5 | |
| White Oak Manor - Columbia | 1.4 mi | Columbia, SC | ★★★★☆ | 3/5 | |
| Still Hopes Episcopal Retirement Community | 3.5 mi | West Columbia, SC | ★★★★★ | 5/5 | |
| Millennium Post Acute Rehabilitation | 5.5 mi | West Columbia, SC | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| NHC Healthcare - Parklane | 5.6 mi | Columbia, SC | ★★★★★ | 5/5 | |
| Opus Post Acute Rehabilitation | 6.0 mi | West Columbia, SC | ★★★☆☆ | 3/5 | |
| NHC Healthcare - Lexington | 6.4 mi | West Columbia, SC | ★★★★☆ | 3/5 | |
| Life Care Center of Columbia | 6.7 mi | Columbia, SC | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 | |
| Presbyterian Home of South Carolina-Columbia | 7.0 mi | Lexington, SC | ★★☆☆☆ | 2/5 |
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CMS records place this facility in Richland, SC — 14 certified facilities there. These are outside the 20-mile list above, or far enough down it not to appear.
Listed by facility name — not a ranking. Homes already in the table above are not repeated here.
Facility data as of CMS processing date 2026-08-01. CCN 425013.
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