Forrest General Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit
6051 Us Highway 49 South, Hattiesburg, MS, 39401
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Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed June 2026.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- Government - County
- Certified beds
- 30 · avg 27 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 47.4% — near the Mississippi averageMississippi avg: 46.8% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 48.1% — higher than most Mississippi nursing homesMississippi avg: 40.4% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the Mississippi averageMississippi avg: 0.6 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 255335
- Certified beds
- 30 beds · avg 27 residents/day
- Ownership type
- Government - County
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Forrest County General Hospital
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Disclosed owners (10 on record)
- Charles r Griffith
Adp of The Snf · since 2026
- Jennifer Mclaurin
Adp of The Snf · since 2026
- Harry Chip Mcarthur
Corporate Officer · since 2024
- Shea Mcnease
Corporate Director · since 2024
- Andrew b. Mercier
Corporate Director · since 2024
- Peggy Answorth
Corporate Officer · since 2023
+ 4 additional owners on the federal record.
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 2 of 2)
- D0880·May 7, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- B0640·Nov 21, 2023
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Jun 1, 2026.
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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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