Myrtles Nursing Center, Llc is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2001-05-01. 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 (601) 731-1745 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Myrtles Nursing Center, Llc holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), 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 55.0/100, placing it #13272 of 14703 facilities nationally and #177 of 202 in Mississippi. 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 Myrtles Nursing Center, Llc receives a reported average of 3 hours 40 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 27 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 58 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 15 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 6 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 72.4%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 4 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $39,000. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. 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 32.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Myrtles Nursing Center, Llc ranks 13272nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 55.0/100), placing it in the bottom 25% nationwide. Within MS, it ranks 177th out of 202 nursing homes. In Columbia, it ranks 3rd out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #7,511 nationally and RN hours rank #9,952 nationally (#143 in MS). Our composite quality score of 55.0/100 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 Columbia, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/mississippi/columbia/