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Medicaid nursing homes in South Carolina

159 of South Carolina's 187 nursing homes are certified to accept Healthy Connections — and 159 accept both Medicare and Medicaid, which matters if a rehabilitation stay may turn into a long one.

Why dual certification matters

A stay often begins as Medicare-funded rehabilitation after a hospital admission and becomes long-term care when recovery stalls. If the home takes Medicare but not Medicaid, that transition means a move — at exactly the point when moving is hardest on the resident. Homes certified for both let the payer change without the address changing.

Questions to ask before admission

  • Do you accept Healthy Connections, and do you limit how many Medicaid residents you take?
  • If my relative spends down and moves onto Medicaid, can they stay in the same room?
  • Do you require a period of private pay before accepting Medicaid? (Ask this in writing.)
  • Who at the home helps families with the Medicaid application?

Best-graded Medicaid homes in South Carolina

#1
A

94/100

Brightwater Skilled Nursing Center

Myrtle Beach, SC · Horry County

CMS 4/5 67 beds For-profit Medicaid
Nurse hours
5.58 /day
Staff turnover
34%
Serious cites
2

2 citation(s) involving actual harm or immediate jeopardy

#2
A

92/100

White Oak Manor - Lancaster

Lancaster, SC · Lancaster County

CMS 4/5 132 beds For-profit Medicaid
Nurse hours
4.13 /day
Staff turnover
33%
Serious cites
0
#3
A

89/100

Veterans Victory House

Walterboro, SC · Colleton County

CMS 5/5 220 beds Government Medicaid
Nurse hours
3.61 /day
Staff turnover
35%
Serious cites
0
#4
A

89/100

White Oak Manor - Newberry

Newberry, SC · Newberry County

CMS 4/5 140 beds For-profit Medicaid
Nurse hours
4.16 /day
Staff turnover
28%
Serious cites
0
#5
A

88.5/100

Pruitthealth- Barnwell

Barnwell, SC · Barnwell County

CMS 5/5 44 beds For-profit Medicaid
Nurse hours
3.84 /day
Staff turnover
27%
Serious cites
0
#6
A

88/100

Nhc Healthcare - Sumter

Sumter, SC · Sumter County

CMS 5/5 138 beds For-profit Medicaid
Nurse hours
3.38 /day
Staff turnover
27%
Serious cites
0
#7
A

87.5/100

Nhc Healthcare - Parklane

Columbia, SC · Richland County

CMS 5/5 106 beds For-profit Medicaid
Nurse hours
4.97 /day
Staff turnover
38%
Serious cites
0
#8
A

86.5/100

John Edward Harter Nursing Center

Fairfax, SC · Allendale County

CMS 4/5 44 beds Government Medicaid
Nurse hours
5.32 /day
Staff turnover
—
Serious cites
0
#9
A

85/100

Musc Health Mullins Nursing Home

Mullins, SC · Marion County

CMS 3/5 92 beds Government Medicaid
Nurse hours
3.68 /day
Staff turnover
27%
Serious cites
3

3 citation(s) involving actual harm or immediate jeopardy

#11
B

84/100

Bethea Baptist Healthcare Center

Darlington, SC · Darlington County

CMS 3/5 88 beds Non-profit Medicaid
Nurse hours
3.82 /day
Staff turnover
45%
Serious cites
0
#12
B

83.5/100

Patewood Post Acute

Greenville, SC · Greenville County

CMS 4/5 120 beds For-profit Medicaid
Nurse hours
3.92 /day
Staff turnover
44%
Serious cites
0
#13
B

83.5/100

Pruitthealth- Walterboro

Walterboro, SC · Colleton County

CMS 3/5 132 beds For-profit Medicaid
Nurse hours
3.59 /day
Staff turnover
29%
Serious cites
1

1 citation(s) involving actual harm or immediate jeopardy

#14
B

83/100

White Oak Manor - York

York, SC · York County

CMS 5/5 109 beds For-profit Medicaid
Nurse hours
3.79 /day
Staff turnover
36%
Serious cites
2

2 citation(s) involving actual harm or immediate jeopardy

#15
B

82/100

Nhc Healthcare - Bluffton

Okatie, SC · Jasper County

CMS 4/5 120 beds For-profit Medicaid
Nurse hours
3.44 /day
Staff turnover
44%
Serious cites
0
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