Pruitthealth – Creekside is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2024-04-12. 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) 247-8310 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Pruitthealth – Creekside holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 67.2/100, placing it #9505 of 14703 facilities nationally and #177 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 – Creekside receives a reported average of 4 hours 16 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 38 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 10 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 29 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 39 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. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

Pruitthealth – Creekside has received zero fines across all five years of available data (2022–2026), reflecting a strong regulatory compliance record. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 27.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Pruitthealth – Creekside ranks 9505th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 67.2/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within GA, it ranks 177th out of 356 nursing homes. In Augusta, it ranks 6th out of 10 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #3,320 nationally and RN hours rank #6,134 nationally (#75 in GA). Our composite quality score of 67.2/100 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 Augusta, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/georgia/augusta/