Heritage Home Of Florence Inc is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1986-02-21. 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 (843) 662-4573 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Heritage Home Of Florence Inc holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (1★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 57.5/100, placing it #12744 of 14703 facilities nationally and #169 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 Heritage Home Of Florence Inc receives a reported average of 3 hours 55 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 29 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 25 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 16 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 63.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 10 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $49,459. 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 10.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Heritage Home Of Florence Inc ranks 12744th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 57.5/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within SC, it ranks 169th out of 187 nursing homes. In Florence, it ranks 7th out of 8 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 4th of 5. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #5,453 nationally and RN hours rank #9,059 nationally (#98 in SC). Our composite quality score of 57.5/100 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 Florence, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/south_carolina/florence/