Nhc Homecare Aiken
A home health agency in Aiken, South Carolina 29801
233 Pendleton St. NW, Aiken, South Carolina 29801. (803) 643-1701.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 21, 2026.
- 4of 5 quality of patient care rating
- 4of 5 patient survey rating
- 3 deficiencies cited in the last three years
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean3
- Star ratings
- CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
The last inspection on record was on Apr 24, 2024: a recertification inspection.
3 deficiencies cited in the last three years.
CMS, QCOR home health inspection reports. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those deficiencies happened
3 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2024. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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Each deficiency, as cited
Rule titles as CMS’s inspectors cite them, set in sentence case.
CMS, QCOR home health inspection reports. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Apr 24, 2024: recertification inspection3 deficiencies
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Infection Prevention
The inspectors’ words, 152 words
“Infection Prevention CFR(s): 484.70(a) Standard: Infection Prevention. The HHA must follow accepted standards of practice, including the use of standard precautions, to prevent the transmission of infections and communicable diseases. This Standard is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interview, the Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure 1 of 1 Registered Nurse (RN) #1 observed followed standard infection control procedures to prevent spread of communicable disease when performing wound care for 1 of 2 observed home patients. (Patient #4). Findings include Home observation on 04/23/2024 from 11:55 AM to 12:30 PM of Patient #4 showed RN #1 reaching into his/her uniform pocket twice with ungloved hands, retrieved an ink pen and replaced the ink pen into his/her uniform pocket without performing hand hygiene and/or sanitizing the ink pen. During an interview on 04/23/2024 at 12:30 PM, RN #1 stated that he/she didn’t realize that he/she was doing that.”
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Only As Ordered By A Physician
The inspectors’ words, 138 words
“Only as ordered by a physician CFR(s): 484.60(b)(1) Drugs, services, and treatments are administered only as ordered by a physician or allowed practitioner. This Element is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, record review and interview, the Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure 1 of 1 Registered Nurse (RN) #1 obtained physician orders for wound care for 1 of 7 patient charts reviewed. (Patient #4). Findings include: Home observation on 04/23/2024 from 11:55 AM to 12:30 PM of Patient #4 showed RN #1 applying skin protectant around a Stage 3 peripheral sacral wound prior to performing wound care. Review of the chart revealed no documentation of physician orders for skin protectant on the peri-wound. During an interview on 04/23/2024 at 12:30 PM, RN #1 stated that he/she thought that this was included in the orders.”
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Provide Services In The Plan Of Care
The inspectors’ words, 213 words
“Provide services in the plan of care CFR(s): 484.75(b)(3) Providing services that are ordered by the physician or allowed practitioner as indicated in the plan of care; This Element is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, record review and interview, the Home Health Agency (HHA) failed to ensure 1 of 1 Registered Nurse (RN) #1 observed failed to follow physician orders for wound care for 1 of 7 patient charts reviewed. (Patient #4). Findings include: Home observation on 04/23/2024 from 11:55 AM to 12:30 PM of Patient #4 showed RN #1 performed wound care to Pt #4’s sacrum by removing the old dressing, cleansing the wound with normal saline, applying saline moistened gauze to the wound bed, covering with an ABD (abdominal) pad, and securing the ABD pad with paper tape. Review of physician wound care orders dated 04/18/2024 report “SN to cleanse unstageable wound coccyx with wound clenser (sic) or normal saline pack with normal saline on sterile gauze cover with sterile gauze tape using clean technique 2Xweek”. SN #1 covered the new dressing area with an ABD pad which was not part of this order. During an interview on 04/24/2024 at 9:45 AM, the Administrator stated that the ABD was not part of the order and verified the finding.”
The one inspection in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2024 | Recertification inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
Is it certified?
- Medicare-certified home health agency since Feb 7, 1996.
- Ownership: proprietary (for profit).
- No For hospices, home health agencies, hospitals and dialysis facilities, CMS writes deficiencies at two levels. Standard is the usual one; condition-level is the more serious, when a problem is serious enough that the provider doesn’t meet a whole condition of taking part in Medicare. Source: CMS, State Operations Manual. deficiency on record in the last three years.
CMS, Home Health Care Agencies. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR home health inspection reports. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has anything been proven against it?
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for home health agencies, so none are shown.
- 0 deficiencies cited in the last three years came from inspections that included a complaint investigation.
CMS, QCOR home health inspection reports. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Who does the caring?
- Offers nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy and medical social services.
- Doesn’t offer speech pathology and home health aide services.
- CMS doesn’t publish staffing levels for home health agencies.
CMS, Home Health Care Agencies. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Who owns it?
- National Healthcare Corporation owns 99% directly since Dec 16, 1997.
- 2 owners or officers are people: Tabetha Logan (managing employee (on the payroll)); Robert M Ussery (corporate director).
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, Home Health Agency All Owners and Home Health Agency Enrollments. Released Sep 29, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Healthcare Corporation | Owns 5% or more directly | 99% | Dec 16, 1997 |
| National Healthcare Corporation | Limited partner | 99% | Dec 16, 1997 |
| National Health Corporation | Owns 5% or more through other companies | Dec 16, 1997 | |
| Nhc/Delaware Inc. | Limited partner | Dec 16, 1997 |
How do patients fare?
- CMS rates its quality of patient care 4 of 5.
- Patients rate it 4 of 5 in CMS’s patient survey (81 surveys completed): 88% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 86% would definitely recommend it.
- CMS compares it with the national rate: discharged to the community, better; potentially preventable hospital stays, the same; potentially preventable readmissions after discharge, the same.
CMS, Home Health Care Agencies and Home Health Patient Survey. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Quality of patient care ratingCMS star rating, 1 to 5 in half stars | 4 of 5 |
| Patient survey ratingCMS star rating from its survey of the agency’s patients, 1 to 5 | 4 of 5 |
| Discharged to the communityCMS’s risk-adjusted rate, compared with the national rate | 88.61% (better than the national rate) |
| Potentially preventable hospital staysCMS’s risk-adjusted rate, compared with the national rate | 7.76% (same as the national rate) |
| Potentially preventable readmissions after dischargeCMS’s risk-adjusted rate, compared with the national rate | 4.24% (same as the national rate) |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 9 agencies CMS’s data show serving patients in ZIP code 29801, where this agency’s office is, 9 have a quality of patient care rating; the middle one is 4 of 5, and this one is rated 4 of 5.
CMS, Home Health ZIP Codes and Home Health Care Agencies. Released Oct 21, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Place | Quality rating |
|---|---|
| Nhc Homecare Aiken This home health agency | 4 |
| Trinity Home Health of Aiken | 2.5 |
| Medical Services of America Home Health | 2.5 |
| Amedisys Home Health of Lexington | 4.5 |
| Pruitthealth Home Health-Low Country | 4.5 |
| Enhabit Home Health Aiken | 4 |
| University Home Health | 3 |
| Centerwell Home Health | 4.5 |
| Centerwell Home Health-Pee Dee | 4 |
What the record doesn’t say
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for home health agencies, so none are shown.
- Only complaints that led to a citation appear; complaints that didn’t aren’t published.
- QCOR says some of its home health reports are accurate or available only through May 19, 2021, because of a systems migration.
- Many home health agencies are inspected by a private accrediting organisation instead of the state, and QCOR’s home health file doesn’t appear to include those inspections: no inspection on record here doesn’t mean none took place.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health Care Agencies (6jpm-sxkc).
Released Oct 21, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health Patient Survey (ccn4-8vby).
Released Oct 21, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, QCOR home health inspection reports (HHA_2567s_2018_to_2026YTD.xlsx).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health Agency All Owners (fc009b2d-7846-44b1-b4a1-692f0c143879).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health Agency Enrollments (15f64ab4-3172-4a27-b589-ebd67a6d28aa).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Home Health ZIP Codes (m5eg-upu5).
Released Oct 21, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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