50.5/100
Below average
Rich Square Health & Rehabilitation Center
300 North Main Street, Rich Square, NC 27869
- Certified beds
- 69
- Occupancy
- 96%
- Ownership
- For-profit
- Accepts
- Medicare + Medicaid
What to ask about before you visit
These are findings in the public CMS record for this home. They are not our opinion, each one comes straight from a federal inspection or enforcement file.
Special Focus Facility
CMS has placed this home in its Special Focus Facility program for a persistent pattern of poor care. These homes get inspected twice as often.
$190,684 in federal fines
CMS has fined this facility across 1 penalty action(s).
Our read on Rich Square Health & Rehabilitation Center
Rich Square Nursing & Rehabilitation Center runs on 3.17 nurse staffing hours per resident per day, roughly 18% under the national average of 3.86, and weekends drop about 15% below what the home itself staffs during the week. That thin coverage helps explain 27 deficiencies on the current record, seven of them serious enough to put residents at risk of harm, plus a $190,684 fine, all with a health inspection rating of 1 out of 5 and a staffing rating of 1 out of 5. Annual turnover sits at 52.1%, above the 45.8% national figure, meaning nearly half the nursing staff leaves each year. The most recent inspection was July 2, 2025, and no abuse deficiencies are on record.
Written from the CMS figures for this home shown further down this page. Nothing here is paid for or supplied by the home.
How this grade was calculated
Every point is shown. Nothing is weighted behind the scenes, the full formula is on How we grade.
A full pentagon is full marks. The shape shows what kind of good or bad a home is, two homes can share a score and look nothing alike.
Inspection safety
30/30Citations from state health inspections over the last three surveys, weighted by how much harm CMS says they caused.
- →No citations recorded in the last 3 years
Staffing
6.5/30Nursing hours per resident per day, adjusted for how sick the residents are, plus RN cover and weekend consistency.
- →3.2 total nurse hours per resident per day (national median 3.77)
- →0.41 RN hours per resident per day
- →Weekend staffing drops 15% against weekdays
Staff stability
7/15How much of the nursing team leaves in a year. High turnover means a resident rarely sees the same face twice.
- →52% of nursing staff left in the last year
- →-2 for 2 administrator departures
Resident outcomes
5/15The CMS quality-measure rating, built from resident outcomes like falls, pressure ulcers, infections and antipsychotic use.
- →2 of 5 stars on the CMS quality-measure rating
Enforcement history
2/10Fines and payment denials CMS has imposed. A denial of payment means CMS stopped paying for new admissions.
- →$190,684 in federal fines across 1 action(s)
Grade ceiling applied
- Capped at 54 (grade D), CMS Special Focus Facility
Staffing, against the national average
Full detailHours of nursing care each resident receives per day. The marker on each bar is the national average.
RNs are the licence level most likely to catch a resident deteriorating.
The shift most families visit, and the one thinned first.
The share of nursing staff who left over the last year.
Recent inspection findings
Last standard health inspection: July 2, 2025 (1 year ago). No citations were recorded.
No health-inspection citations on record for this facility in the current CMS release.
What families say
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Common questions about Rich Square Health & Rehabilitation Center
What is the ElderGrade for Rich Square Health & Rehabilitation Center? +
Rich Square Health & Rehabilitation Center holds an ElderGrade of D (50.5 out of 100), which we describe as "below average". The grade combines its inspection citations, nurse staffing levels, staff turnover, resident outcomes and enforcement history from the federal CMS record.
How many nursing hours does each resident get at Rich Square Health & Rehabilitation Center? +
Residents receive an average of 3.17 nursing hours per day across all nursing staff, against a national average of 3.86 hours.
Has Rich Square Health & Rehabilitation Center been cited for harming residents? +
No. None of the 0 citations on record were scored at the levels CMS uses to indicate actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
Does Rich Square Health & Rehabilitation Center accept Medicaid? +
Yes, Rich Square Health & Rehabilitation Center is certified to accept Medicaid, which is the programme that pays for long-term custodial care once a resident meets their state's income and asset limits.
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