John Edward Harter Nursing Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1976-02-01. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (803) 632-3334 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

John Edward Harter Nursing Center holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (1★), and Quality of Resident Care (5★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 84.4/100, placing it #1896 of 14703 facilities nationally and #33 of 187 in South Carolina. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at John Edward Harter Nursing Center receives a reported average of N/A of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — N/A; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — N/A; Nurse Aide — N/A. On weekends, total nurse staffing is N/A per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 2 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $1,300. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 24.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, John Edward Harter Nursing Center ranks 1896th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 84.4/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within SC, it ranks 33rd out of 187 nursing homes. For 2025 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,567 nationally and RN hours rank #6,291 nationally (#63 in SC). Our composite quality score of 84.4/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Fairfax, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/south_carolina/fairfax/