C M Tucker Jr Nursing Care Center Fewell And Stone is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1970-09-25. 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) 737-5300 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

C M Tucker Jr Nursing Care Center Fewell And Stone holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (4★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 82.4/100, placing it #2656 of 14703 facilities nationally and #47 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 C M Tucker Jr Nursing Care Center Fewell And Stone receives a reported average of 5 hours 41 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 7 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 19 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 15 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 47 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 4 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.

⚠️ CMS has flagged C M Tucker Jr Nursing Care Center Fewell And Stone with an abuse icon, indicating a history of reported abuse or neglect incidents. Families should review the detailed inspection reports on Medicare.gov before considering this facility. In the current reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $228,989. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. There were 1 Medicare payment denial(s) in the current period. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $228,989, and 1 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 4. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 102.25 (lower scores are better). IMPORTANT: CMS has flagged this facility with an abuse icon — indicating a reported history of abuse or neglect. Families should review the full inspection report on medicare.gov/care-compare before deciding. Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, C M Tucker Jr Nursing Care Center Fewell And Stone ranks 2656th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 82.4/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within SC, it ranks 47th out of 187 nursing homes. In Columbia, it ranks 4th out of 12 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 3rd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #521 nationally and RN hours rank #1,455 nationally (#16 in SC). Our composite quality score of 82.4/100 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 Columbia, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/south_carolina/columbia/