Pruitthealth – Pickens is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1991-04-11. 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) 868-2307 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Pruitthealth – Pickens 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 (2★), 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 79.4/100, placing it #3947 of 14703 facilities nationally and #64 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 Pruitthealth – Pickens receives a reported average of 3 hours 9 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 48 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 43 minutes; Nurse Aide — 1 hour 38 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 2 hours 40 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 48.5%. 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 $6,570. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $6,570, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 43.5 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Pruitthealth – Pickens ranks 3947th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 79.4/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within SC, it ranks 64th out of 187 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #12,331 nationally and RN hours rank #3,727 nationally (#38 in SC). Our composite quality score of 79.4/100 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 Six Mile, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/south_carolina/six-mile/