Saluda Nursing Center is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1971-08-16. 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) 445-2146 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Saluda Nursing Center 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 (1★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 76.1/100, placing it #5380 of 14703 facilities nationally and #77 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 Saluda Nursing Center receives a reported average of 4 hours 26 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 42 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 53 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 51 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 50 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 23.0%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 4 fine(s) totaling $27,049. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 4 fine(s) totaling $27,049, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 4. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 114.75 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Saluda Nursing Center ranks 5380th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 76.1/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within SC, it ranks 77th out of 187 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #2,616 nationally and RN hours rank #4,931 nationally (#47 in SC). Our composite quality score of 76.1/100 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 Saluda, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/south_carolina/saluda/