Charleston Senior AdvisorNHC Healthcare Charleston holds a CMS overall rating of 4 of 5 stars in Care Compare data dated October 1, 2026. The home, at 2230 Ashley Crossing Dr in Charleston (Charleston County), is certified for Medicare and Medicaid with 88 beds and licensed by the S.C. Department of Public Health under license NCF-0871.
What are NHC Healthcare Charleston's Care Compare star ratings?
NHC Healthcare Charleston holds a CMS overall rating of 4 of 5 stars. Its component ratings are 3 for health inspections, 5 for staffing and 4 for quality measures, each on a five-star scale.
| CMS or DPH measure | Value |
|---|---|
| CMS overall | 4 of 5 |
| CMS health inspections | 3 of 5 |
| CMS staffing | 5 of 5 |
| CMS quality measures | 4 of 5 |
| Certified beds and average daily census | 88 beds, 77.9 residents |
| Provider name used by CMS | NHC Healthcare - Charleston |
| Ownership (CMS) | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Chain affiliation (CMS) | National Healthcare Corporation, 72 homes nationwide |
| Medicare/Medicaid participation since | April 22, 2004 |
| DPH nursing home license | NCF-0871, 132 licensed beds, Licensed through 09/30/2027 |
| DPH Alzheimer's flags | Care only |
About 78 residents live here on a typical day, filling roughly 89% of certified beds, about level with the 90% typical of certified homes in Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties.
What did NHC Healthcare Charleston's latest health survey find?
Surveyors' most recent standard visit to NHC Healthcare Charleston is dated April 3, 2026. CMS attributes 5 health deficiencies to that cycle, splitting them 5 standard and 0 complaint.
Its earlier standard survey, dated May 15, 2025, produced 4 deficiencies; separate infection-control reviews produced 0. Lowcountry certified homes sit at a middle value of 2 deficiencies, and this home's latest figure is higher.
Over CMS's three-year penalty window it lists 1 fine totaling $25,495 and 0 payment denials.
Is NHC Healthcare Charleston well staffed?
NHC Healthcare Charleston reports 5.48 total nurse hours per resident per day (above the tri-county middle value of 3.61) and 1.41 RN hours (above the tri-county middle value of 0.48), according to CMS.
On weekends the figure is 4.76 nursing hours per resident per day. Nursing staff turnover runs 35.1%, below the tri-county middle value of 45.6%; registered-nurse turnover is 33.3%. CMS counts 0 administrator departures in its measurement period.
What other nursing homes should we compare with NHC Healthcare Charleston?
Its 88 certified beds make it smaller than the typical Charleston County nursing home (132 licensed beds). Ashley River Healthcare in Charleston is the nearest other certified home, roughly 2.8 miles off as the crow flies, with a CMS rating of 3 of 5.
| Facility | Miles away | Licensed beds | CMS overall rating | Last CMS health inspection | Deficiencies cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley River Healthcare 1137 Sam Rittenburg Blvd, 29407 | 2.8 | 125 | 3 of 5 | March 18, 2026 | 2 |
| Riverside Health and Rehab 2375 Baker Hospital Blvd, 29405 | 4.3 | 160 | 1 of 5 | April 21, 2026 | 4 |
| Kempton of Charleston 194 Spring St, 29403 | 5.3 | 23 | 5 of 5 | July 23, 2026 | 3 |
| Bishop Gadsden-Gadsden Glen Center for Health and Rehab 8000 Noble Oak Way, 29412 | 6.5 | 100 | 5 of 5 | August 5, 2026 | 5 |
| Johns Island Post Acute 3647 Maybank Hwy, 29455 | 7.2 | 132 | 1 of 5 | February 25, 2026 | 16 |
Where is NHC Healthcare Charleston, and what is on the same campus?
NHC Healthcare Charleston is in Charleston's West Ashley area; the closest general hospital on DPH's roster is Bon Secours St. Francis Xavier Hospital, roughly 0.5 miles off as the crow flies.
Roper Hospital is next, around 5.6 miles away. Map distances understate Lowcountry drives that cross the Ashley, Cooper or Stono rivers.
DPH's data marks Alzheimer's care here, relevant for a resident with dementia who also needs nursing care.
As a certified nursing home it must also meet the federal emergency preparedness rule (42 CFR 483.73), which requires a risk-based emergency plan, a communication plan, staff training and drills, and emergency power; ask how its plan treats hurricanes.
What belongs on a tour checklist for NHC Healthcare Charleston?
Let its CMS record set the questions: ask for the plan of correction covering the 5 deficiencies from April 3, 2026 and what has changed since.
- Turnover of 35.1% is no higher than the local middle; ask which nurses have been on nights the longest.
- Ask what led to the $25,495 in CMS fines and how it was resolved.
- With occupancy near 89%, ask which halls have openings and why.
- CMS notes a resident council; ask when it meets and whether family members may attend.
- If Medicaid will eventually pay, confirm that NHC Healthcare Charleston takes South Carolina Healthy Connections Medicaid for long stays and how it assigns Medicaid beds.
- Ask where residents went during the most recent hurricane evacuation order and how families were kept informed.
