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Nhc Healthcare - Laurens

A nursing home in Laurens, South Carolina 29360

379 Pinehaven Street Extension, Laurens, South Carolina 29360. (864) 984-6584.

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The short answer

Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.

The last 24 months 7 citations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J). Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean8
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.
Scope and severity (A to L)
CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7).
Nurse staffing hours
The hours registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse aides worked, per resident per day, from the payroll records each home sends CMS. Source: CMS, Payroll-Based Journal.
Fines and payment denials
A fine (civil money penalty) is money CMS makes a nursing home pay when it falls short of federal rules. A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stop paying for new admissions until the home meets the rules again. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.430 and 488.417.
Immediate jeopardy
CMS’s most serious finding: the place’s failure to meet a rule caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death to someone in its care. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 489.3.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

2 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The South Carolina average is 3.6.

Last standard inspection Jun 24, 2026.

Most serious in three years: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J), at a complaint inspection on May 23, 2025

Source:

CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

When those citations happened

7 citations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Most serious: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

7 citations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

All 7 citations in the last three years

Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries , from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 1 came from complaint inspections.

Source:

CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Jun 24, 2026: standard inspection2 citations
  • Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

    Rule F0759. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 24, 2026.

  • Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

    Rule F0760. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Jul 24, 2026.

May 23, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
  • Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

    Rule F0689. J: immediate jeopardy to health or safety. From a complaint. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 24, 2025.

Mar 27, 2025: standard inspection2 citations
  • Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

    Rule F0641. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 1, 2025.

  • Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.

    Rule F0842. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: May 1, 2025.

Feb 22, 2024: standard inspection2 citations
  • Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.

    Rule F0554. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 12, 2024.

  • Ensure meals and snacks are served at times in accordance with resident’s needs, preferences, and requests. Suitable and nourishing alternative meals and snacks must be provided for residents who want to eat at non-traditional times or outside of scheduled meal times.

    Rule F0809. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 18, 2024.

Is it certified, and in good standing?

  • Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Oct 1, 1973.
  • Not on CMS’s special focus list.
  • No abuse icon from CMS.
  • No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
  • CMS lists its ownership as for profit, corporation.
  • 176 certified beds.
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Has it been fined or penalized?

  • No fines in the last three years.
  • No Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
  • 1 citation in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
Source:

CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Who does the caring?

3.51 nurse hours per resident per day

The South Carolina average is 3.87.

CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.

Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Staffing measures
MeasureThis homeSouth Carolina average
Nurse hours per resident per day3.513.87
Of which registered nurses0.730.62
At weekends3.053.35
Nursing staff turnover20.8%46%
Registered nurse turnover18.2%41.5%
Administrators who left0Not given

Who owns it?

  • Nhc-Op LP owns 100% directly since Jul 1, 2000.
  • Nhc-Op LP and National Healthcare Corporation run it.
  • 15 owners or officers are people: Rickie Shearer (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Rickie Shearer (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Timothy Shelly (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Robert M Ussery (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Bradley Moorhouse (corporate officer); Bradley Moorhouse (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Bradley Moorhouse (on the governing body (managing control)); Melmoth Suhr Patterson (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Melmoth Suhr Patterson (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Vicki L Dodson (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Vicki L Dodson (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Tange Williams (runs it (operational or managerial control)); A person CMS lists without a name (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Brian Kidd (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Brian Kidd (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)).
  • Part of National Healthcare Corporation (72 homes in CMS’s data).
  • No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
  • A real-estate investment trust is among the owners CMS lists.
Source:

CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Organisations CMS lists
OrganisationRoleShareSince
Nhc-Op LPOwns 5% or more directly100%Jul 1, 2000
National Healthcare CorporationOwns 5% or more through other companies99%Jul 1, 2000
Blackrock Inc.Owns 5% or more through other companies12.7%Mar 20, 2019
Vanguard Group Inc.Owns 5% or more through other companies9.09%Mar 27, 2017
National Health CorporationOwns 5% or more through other companies6.6%Jul 1, 2000
Dimensional Fund Advisors LPOwns 5% or more through other companies6.1%Mar 7, 2023
Morgan StanleyOwns 5% or more through other companies5.4%Nov 8, 2024
An organisation CMS lists without a nameOwns a share through other companies4.9%Nov 8, 2024
An organisation CMS lists without a nameOwns a share through other companies1%Jul 1, 2000
National Health CorporationAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Apr 10, 2025
An organisation CMS lists without a nameAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Oct 17, 1991
Blackrock Inc.Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Jan 20, 2010
Vanguard Group Inc.Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Nov 30, 2006
Nhc-Op LPRuns it (operational or managerial control)Jul 1, 2000
National Healthcare CorporationRuns it (operational or managerial control)Jul 1, 2000
National Healthcare CorporationAdditional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Apr 10, 2025

How do residents fare?

  • CMS rates its quality measures 5 of 5 (South Carolina average 3.6).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS’s star ratings, from 1 to 5
MeasureRating
Overall rating4 of 5
Health inspections3 of 5
Staffing4 of 5
Quality measures5 of 5

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among the 12 nearest homes, within 25.6 miles, this one had the 5th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (2; the middle value was 2).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

What the record doesn’t say

  • Complaints that didn’t lead to a citation aren’t published.
  • Inspections reach CMS’s data about six weeks after they happen, and staffing about four months after.
  • CMS publishes the inspectors’ full written findings in a separate monthly file, which isn’t loaded yet.
  • Fines and Medicare payment denials are the only enforcement CMS publishes; state licence actions aren’t included.

Sources

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Information (4pq5-n9py).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Deficiencies (r5ix-sfxw).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Penalties (g6vv-u9sr).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).

    Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State and US Averages (xcdc-v8bm).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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