Eckerd Living Center
250 Hospital Drive, Highlands, NC, 28741
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CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- For profit - Partnership · Chain: Hca Healthcare
- Certified beds
- 80 · avg 45 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 38.5% — lower than most North Carolina nursing homesNorth Carolina avg: 49.6% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 8.3% — lower than most North Carolina nursing homesNorth Carolina avg: 46.6% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the North Carolina averageNorth Carolina avg: 0.7 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 345437
- Certified beds
- 80 beds · avg 45 residents/day
- Ownership type
- For profit - Partnership
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Mh Eckerd Living Center Lllp
- Chain affiliation
- Hca Healthcare
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Chain affiliation
Part of the Hca Healthcare chain — 3 facilities across 2 states. Chain-wide average overall rating 5.0 / 5.
Disclosed owners (14 on record)
- Ava Emory
Adp of The Snf · since 2025
- Tyler Groesser
Corporate Officer · since 2025
- Lani n Stover
Adp of The Snf · since 2023
- Eric d Smith
Corporate Officer · since 2021
- Thomas Neal
Corporate Officer · since 2021
- Frisco Holding ii
5% or Greater Indirect Ownership Interest · 10% · since 2019
+ 8 additional owners on the federal record.
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners + Chain Performance Measures, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 7 of 7)
- D0645·Apr 10, 2026
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
- D0628·Apr 10, 2026
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
- D0552·Apr 10, 2026
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
- D0712·Apr 10, 2026
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.
- E0814·Feb 19, 2025
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
- F0812·Feb 19, 2025
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
- F0851·Sep 28, 2023
Administration Deficiencies
Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.
Fire-safety citations
5 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Feb 19, 2025. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.
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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