Bishop Gadsden Episcopal Health Care Center
A nursing home in Charleston, South Carolina 29412
1 Bishop Gadsden Way, Charleston, South Carolina 29412. (843) 762-3300.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.
- 5of 5 CMS’s overall rating
- 5 health citations at the latest inspection cycle South Carolina average: 3.6
- 5.12 nurse hours per resident per day South Carolina average: 3.87
- 0 fines in the last three years
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean7
- 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.
- 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?
5 health citations at the latest inspection cycle
The South Carolina average is 3.6.
Last standard inspection Aug 5, 2026.
Most serious in three years: D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm.
CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those citations happened
11 citations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm (D). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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All 11 citations in the last three years
Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries 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)., from A, the least serious, to L, the most.
CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Aug 5, 2026: standard inspection5 citations
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Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
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Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.
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Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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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.
Apr 25, 2025: standard inspection3 citations
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Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Mar 20, 2024: standard inspection3 citations
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Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.
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Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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Designate a physician to serve as medical director responsible for implementation of resident care policies and coordination of medical care in the facility.
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Certified for Medicare since Feb 19, 2018.
- 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 non profit, corporation.
- 41 certified beds.
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.
- 0 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Who does the caring?
5.12 nurse hours per resident per day
The South Carolina average is 3.87.
CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | This home | South Carolina average |
|---|---|---|
| Nurse hours per resident per day | 5.12 | 3.87 |
| Of which registered nurses | 1.04 | 0.62 |
| At weekends | 4.71 | 3.35 |
| Nursing staff turnover | 34.2% | 46% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 71.4% | 41.5% |
| Administrators who left | 0 | Not given |
Who owns it?
- 32 owners or officers are people: Angela Mack (corporate director); Angela Mack (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Gregory L Smith (corporate director); Gregory L Smith (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); David Maybank (corporate director); David Maybank (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); David B Adams (corporate director); David B Adams (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Patrick Joseph Kelly (corporate director); Patrick Joseph Kelly (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Jonna Cook (corporate director, 0%); Jonna Cook (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Sarah Tipton (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Sarah Tipton (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Aaron Roop (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Greg Jones (corporate director); Greg Jones (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Lynne L Kerrison (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Lynne L Kerrison (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Evan Roberts (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Heyward Carter (corporate director); Heyward Carter (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Robert Baldwin (corporate director); Robert Baldwin (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Ruth Woodliff-Stanley (corporate director); Ruth Woodliff-Stanley (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Joanne Hill (corporate director); Joanne Hill (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Brian Hussain (corporate officer); Brian Hussain (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Melinda Lucka Kelley (corporate director); Melinda Lucka Kelley (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)).
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| An organisation CMS lists without a name | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Aug 20, 2025 | |
| An organisation CMS lists without a name | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Jul 15, 2025 | |
| An organisation CMS lists without a name | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Jul 15, 2025 |
How do residents fare?
- CMS rates its quality measures 5 of 5 (South Carolina average 3.6).
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Overall rating | 5 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 |
| Staffing | 5 of 5 |
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Among the 12 nearest homes, within 17.5 miles, this one had the 3rd most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (5; the middle value was 3).
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Place | Miles away | Citations, latest cycle |
|---|---|---|
| Bishop Gadsden Episcopal Health Care Center This nursing home | 5 | |
| Kempton of Charleston | 4.0 | 3 |
| Ashley River Healthcare | 4.9 | 2 |
| Nhc Healthcare - Charleston | 6.6 | 5 |
| Johns Island Post Acute | 6.6 | 16 |
| Sandpiper Post Acute | 8.3 | 3 |
| Riverside Health and Rehab | 8.6 | 4 |
| Oak Harbor Healthcare | 8.8 | 0 |
| Retreat at Wellmore of Daniel Island | 10.1 | 6 |
| Franke Health Care Center | 10.9 | 0 |
| The Reserve Healthcare and Rehabilitation | 15.0 | 0 |
| White Oak Manor - Charleston | 17.5 | 1 |
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
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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).
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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).
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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).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).
Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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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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