Pruitthealth – Athens Heritage is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1990-08-22. 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 (706) 549-1613 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Pruitthealth – Athens Heritage 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 (1★), 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 70.4/100, placing it #8103 of 14703 facilities nationally and #131 of 356 in Georgia. 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 Pruitthealth – Athens Heritage receives a reported average of 3 hours 25 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 41 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 44 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 43 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 55.7%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 3 fine(s) totaling $16,801. 48 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 3 fine(s) totaling $16,801, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 3. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 39.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Pruitthealth – Athens Heritage ranks 8103rd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 70.4/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within GA, it ranks 131st out of 356 nursing homes. In Athens, it ranks 4th out of 5 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 3. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #9,950 nationally and RN hours rank #5,186 nationally (#56 in GA). Our composite quality score of 70.4/100 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 Athens, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/georgia/athens/