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NHC Healthcare, Bluffton, Okatie, SC: 4 star rating, no fines
NHC Healthcare, Bluffton in Okatie, SC is owned by Nhc/Delaware Inc, is rated 4 of 5 stars by Medicare, and had no fines in the three years to October 1, 2026. CMS lists 6 health citations from inspections in that time, the latest survey on January 30, 2026, and none of them found actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
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- Address
- 3039 Okatie Highway, Okatie, SC 29909
- Overall rating
- 4 of 5 stars
- Health inspection rating
- 4 of 5
- Staffing rating
- 4 of 5
- Quality measure rating
- 4 of 5
- Certified beds
- 120
- Residents per day
- 114 on average
- Ownership type
- For profit, corporation
- Legal business name
- NHC Healthcare-Bluffton LLC
- Chain
- National Healthcare Corporation, 72 facilities
- Fines
- $0 across 0 fines, three years to October 1, 2026
- Payment denials
- 0
- Health citations
- 6, of which 0 with actual harm or immediate jeopardy
- Latest survey
- January 30, 2026
- CMS Certification Number
- 425397
- On Care Compare
- Medicare Care Compare
Recent health citations
Citations from health inspections, newest first.
| Survey date | Tag | What CMS cited | Scope and severity | Status | Corrected on | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 30, 2026 | F740 | Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services. | D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm | Corrected | February 20, 2026 | data.cms.gov |
| July 18, 2025 | F689 | Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents. | D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm | Past noncompliance | data.cms.gov | |
| November 14, 2024 | F812 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | F: widespread, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm | Corrected | December 14, 2024 | data.cms.gov |
| November 14, 2024 | F761 | 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. | E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm | Corrected | December 14, 2024 | data.cms.gov |
| November 14, 2024 | F695 | Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. | D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm | Corrected | December 14, 2024 | data.cms.gov |
| November 27, 2023 | F554 | Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. | D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm | Corrected | December 27, 2023 | data.cms.gov |
Owners and managers
Organizations CMS lists as owners or managers of this facility, as CMS names them. CMS also lists 15 individual or personal trusts (9 managers, 1 officers, directors or trustees, 5 other disclosable parties). Their names are not shown on this page.
| Organization | Role | Share | Since | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nhc/Delaware Inc | Indirect owner | Not listed | January 12, 2010 | data.cms.gov |
| National Healthcare Corporation | Operational or managerial control | Not listed | January 12, 2010 | data.cms.gov |
| Nhc-Op LP | Operational or managerial control | Not listed | January 12, 2010 | data.cms.gov |
| Blackrock Inc | Additional disclosable party | Not listed | March 20, 2019 | data.cms.gov |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | Additional disclosable party | Not listed | March 7, 2023 | data.cms.gov |
| National Health Corporation | Additional disclosable party | Not listed | January 12, 2010 | data.cms.gov |
| National Healthcare Corporation | Additional disclosable party | Not listed | January 12, 2010 | data.cms.gov |
| Nhc-Op LP | Additional disclosable party | Not listed | January 12, 2010 | data.cms.gov |
| Vanguard Group Inc | Additional disclosable party | Not listed | March 27, 2017 | data.cms.gov |
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- Every nursing home Dimensional Fund Advisors LP owns or manages
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- This facility on Medicare Care Compare
Updated November 7, 2026. Read from CMS Provider Data Catalog, nursing homes. Open data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (US government work). Fines and citations are as CMS lists them on the date this page was read and can change after an appeal. The CMS files are joined on the CMS Certification Number. CMS gives owners no ID, so an owner page groups facilities by the owner name as CMS spells it. Names of individual owners and managers are not shown. This page uses CMS data and is not endorsed or certified by CMS. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.