Heartland Health Care Center – Greenville East is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1976-09-01. 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 (864) 246-2721 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Heartland Health Care Center – Greenville East holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (3★), 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 82.6/100, placing it #2537 of 14703 facilities nationally and #45 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 Heartland Health Care Center – Greenville East receives a reported average of 3 hours 12 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 37 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 46 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 49 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 38 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 44.3%. 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 $38,389. 5 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $38,389, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 14.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Heartland Health Care Center – Greenville East ranks 2537th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 82.6/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within SC, it ranks 45th out of 187 nursing homes. In Greenville, it ranks 7th out of 12 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #11,975 nationally and RN hours rank #6,430 nationally (#66 in SC). Our composite quality score of 82.6/100 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 Greenville, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/south_carolina/greenville/