Briar Creek Health Center is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2021-04-19. 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 (980) 224-8540 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Briar Creek Health 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 (3★), Staffing (N/A★), 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 83.5/100, placing it #2227 of 14703 facilities nationally and #42 of 418 in North 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 Briar Creek Health 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 N/A 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.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $8,606. One substantiated complaint was recorded across the 5-year period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $8,606, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 28.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Briar Creek Health Center ranks 2227th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 83.5/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within NC, it ranks 42nd out of 418 nursing homes. In Charlotte, it ranks 3rd out of 20 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 3. Our composite quality score of 83.5/100 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 Charlotte, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/north_carolina/charlotte/