The Preston Health Center is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1992-05-06. 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 (843) 689-7077 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

The Preston Health Center 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 (5★), Staffing (5★), 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 99.7/100, placing it #22 of 14703 facilities nationally and #2 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 The Preston Health Center receives a reported average of 6 hours 45 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 29 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 26 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 50 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 5 hours 58 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 37.2%. 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 $8,018. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $8,018, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 5.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, The Preston Health Center ranks 22nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 99.7/100), placing it in the top 5% nationwide. Within SC, it ranks 2nd out of 187 nursing homes. In Hilton Head Island, it ranks 1st out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #200 nationally and RN hours rank #588 nationally (#8 in SC). Our composite quality score of 99.7/100 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 Hilton Head Island, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/south_carolina/hilton-head-island/