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Givens Health Center

600 Barrett Lane, Asheville, NC 28803 · Buncombe County · (828) 771-2900

70 certified beds, about 55 residents a day · Non profit - Corporation · Medicare and Medicaid since 1990

CMS high performing icon Part of a continuing care retirement community Certified for Medicaid Certified for Medicare
Overall
5 of 5
Health inspections
4 of 5
Staffing
5 of 5
Quality measures
3 of 5

CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 345328 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes

The record in brief

At its most recent standard inspection, on March 18, 2026, inspectors cited 1 health deficiency (the North Carolina average is 4.7, the national average 9.2).

None of its 19 health citations since December 2023 was rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.

CMS lists no fines against this home in the last three years.

Nurses and nurse aides worked 5.26 hours per resident per day, against 3.85 across North Carolina and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 1.14 of those hours.

31.6% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (North Carolina average 49.0%).

Health inspections

Federal rules call for a standard inspection at least every 15 months, plus a visit whenever a complaint is filed. Each mark below is one citation, colored by how serious inspectors rated it. How to read a citation.

Under each citation, the quoted text is the inspector's own summary from the federal statement of deficiencies (CMS form 2567), word for word apart from a privacy scrub; CMS removes residents' and staff names before it publishes the text. The full notes are on Medicare.gov.

Potential for minimal harm Potential for more than minimal harm Actual harm Immediate jeopardy Found on a complaint visit

Where its citations fall on CMS's grid

CMS rates every citation by how much harm it caused (rows) and how many residents it touched (columns). The count in each box is this home's, across all 19 health citations on file.

Severity
Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Immediate jeopardy
0J
0K
0L
Actual harm
0G
0H
0I
Potential for more than minimal harm
16D
1E
0F
Potential for minimal harm
0A
2B
0C
March 18, 2026Standard inspection · 1 citation
  1. D
    Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
    F641 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) April 15, 2026
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review and staff interviews, the facility failed to accurately code the fall history on the Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment for 1 of 3 residents reviewed for accidents (Resident #4).
February 6, 2025Standard inspection · 5 citations
  1. E
    Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
    F812 · Nutrition and Dietary · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) March 6, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observations and staff interviews, the facility failed to ensure 5 of 36 dishes ready for use on the tray line were free from dried scattered crumb like particles, provide expiration dates for 4 of 4 frozen boxes of pureed foods, label and date one stainless steel container of gravy and four cookie sheets of bacon that was located in 1 of 5 reach in coolers, and ensure 1 of 4 dietary staff restrained hair during food preparation. These practices had the potential to affect food served to residents.
  2. D
    Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
    F658 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) March 6, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review, observation, staff and physician interviews, the facility failed to ensure residents had pain patches removed at bedtime as ordered for 2 of 29 residents reviewed for medication errors (Residents #45 and #31).
  3. D
    Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
    F695 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) March 6, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review, and staff and physician interviews the facility failed to ensure a resident was provided supplemental oxygen per physician's orders for 1 of 2 residents (Resident #43) reviewed for oxygen.
  4. D
    Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
    F842 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) March 6, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review, observation, staff and physician interviews, the facility failed to ensure accurate documentation in the medical record for 2 of 29 residents (Residents #45 and #31) reviewed for accurate medical records.
  5. D
    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
    F880 · Infection Control · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) March 6, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review, observation, and staff and physician interviews, the facility failed to follow their infection control policies and procedures for Enhanced Barrier Precautions (EBP) during high contact care for a resident with a urinary catheter for when Nursing Assistant (NA) #1 emptied the resident's urinary catheter bag without wearing a gown for 1 of 2 staff (NA #1) observed for infection control practices.
December 21, 2023Standard inspection · 13 citations
  1. D
    Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.
    F561 · Resident Rights · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) January 23, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on observation, record review, family and staff interviews the facility failed to honor a resident's choice to have a beard for 1 of 2 residents (Resident #10) reviewed for choices.
  2. D
    Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive.
    F578 · Resident Rights · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) January 23, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on record reviews and interviews the facility failed to ensure the code status information was accurate throughout the medical record for 2 of 2 residents reviewed for advanced directives (Resident #47 and Resident #53).
  3. D
    Give residents notice of Medicaid/Medicare coverage and potential liability for services not covered.
    F582 · Resident Rights · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) January 23, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review and interviews with staff the facility failed to provide a Skilled Nursing Facility Advanced Beneficiary Notice (SNF-ABN) prior to discharge from Medicare Part A services for 1 of 3 residents reviewed for Beneficiary Notification (Resident #10).
  4. D
    Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
    F637 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) January 23, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review and staff interviews, the facility failed to complete a significant change Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment within 14 days after the facility determined a significant change had occurred for 2 of 9 sampled residents reviewed for hospice and resident assessments (Residents #28 and #47).
  5. D
    Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
    F641 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) January 23, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review and staff interviews, the facility failed to accurately code Minimum Data Set Assessments (MDS) in the areas of Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) and hospice for 2 of 4 residents reviewed for PASRR and hospice (Residents #6 and #18).
  6. D
    Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
    F644 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) January 23, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review and staff interviews, the facility failed to request a Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) before the expiration date for 1 of 2 sampled residents reviewed for PASRR (Resident #6).
  7. D
    PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities
    F645 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) January 23, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review and staff interviews, the facility failed to refer residents who were admitted with mental health disorders for a Level II Preadmission Screening and Resident Review (PASRR) evaluation and determination of specialized services for 1 of 2 residents reviewed for PASRR (Residents #57).
  8. D
    Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
    F656 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) January 23, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review and staff interviews, the facility failed to develop a comprehensive care plan that addressed a resident's individual care needs for 1 of 3 sampled residents whose closed records were reviewed (Resident #65).
  9. D
    Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
    F695 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) January 23, 2024
    Inspectors wrote2. Resident #48 was admitted to the facility on [DATE]. Resident #48's diagnoses included dementia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Review of the active physician orders included Resident #48 received continuous oxygen at a rate of 2 liters per minute (LPM) as needed and continuous oxygen at 2 LPM twice daily when working with therapy for hypoxia (low levels of oxygen in the body's tissues). During an observation made on 12/19/23 at 9:24 AM, Resident #48 was sitting in his room in his wheelchair wearing oxygen via nasal cannula set at 2 liters per minute. There was no warning sign posted on the outside of the entry door to indicate oxygen was in use in the room of Resident #48. During an interview on 12/20/23 at 11:25 AM Nurse #1 explained she occasionally was the assigned nurse for Resident #48. [...]
  10. D
    Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
    F867 · Administration · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) January 23, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on observations, record review, and staff interviews, the facility's Quality Assessment and Assurance (QAA) Committee failed to maintain implemented procedures and monitor interventions the committee put in place following the annual recertification and complaint surveys conducted on 04/09/21 and 08/26/22. This was for a repeat deficiency for failure to provide beneficiary notice originally cited on 04/09/21 and subsequently recited on the annual recertification survey conducted on 12/21/23. The repeat deficiency for failure to develop and implement a comprehensive care plan was originally cited during the recertification and complaint survey conducted on 08/26/22 and subsequently recited on the annual recertification survey conducted on 12/21/23. [...]
  11. D
    Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
    F883 · Infection Control · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) January 23, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review and interviews with the resident and staff the facility failed to offer and administer the influenza vaccine for 1 of 5 residents reviewed for immunizations (Resident #5).
  12. B
    Assess the resident completely in a timely manner when first admitted, and then periodically, at least every 12 months.
    F636 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for minimal harm, pattern · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) January 23, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review and staff interviews, the facility failed to complete a comprehensive Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessment within 14 days of the Assessment Reference Date (abbreviated as ARD and referring to the last day of the assessment period) for 1 of 9 residents reviewed for resident assessments (Resident #2).
  13. B
    Assure that each resident’s assessment is updated at least once every 3 months.
    F638 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for minimal harm, pattern · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) January 23, 2024
    Inspectors wroteBased on record review and staff interviews, the facility failed to complete quarterly Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessments within 14 days of the Assessment Reference Date (abbreviated as ARD and referring to the last day of the observation period) for 7 of 9 residents reviewed for resident assessments (Residents #2, #6, #16, #20, #28, #48, and #52).

Fire safety inspections

13 fire safety citations on file: 7 on March 18, 2026, 4 on February 6, 2025, 2 on December 21, 2023.

Every fire safety citation13 citations
  1. D
    Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
    K 222 · March 18, 2026 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  2. D
    Have exits that are accessible at all times.
    K 271 · March 18, 2026 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  3. D
    Ensure that special areas are constructed so that walls can resist fire for one hour or have an approved fire extinguishing system.
    K 321 · March 18, 2026 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  4. D
    Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
    K 353 · March 18, 2026 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  5. D
    Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment.
    K 511 · March 18, 2026 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  6. D
    Ensure heating and ventilation systems that have been properly installed according to the manufacturer's instructions.
    K 521 · March 18, 2026 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  7. D
    Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
    K 918 · March 18, 2026 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  8. D
    Add doors in an exit area that do not require the use of a key from the exit side unless in case of special locking arrangements.
    K 222 · February 6, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  9. D
    Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
    K 353 · February 6, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  10. D
    Meet requirements for the installation and maintenance of electrical systems.
    K 911 · February 6, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  11. D
    Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
    K 918 · February 6, 2025 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  12. D
    Have properly installed electrical wiring and gas equipment.
    K 511 · December 21, 2023 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  13. D
    Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.
    K 918 · December 21, 2023 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)

Fines and payment denials

CMS lists no fines or payment denials against this home in the last three years. The national average is 0.9 fines per home.

Staffing

Hours of care per resident per day, from the payroll records every home sends CMS. Higher means more staff time with each resident.

MeasureThis homeNorth CarolinaUnited States
All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides)5.263.853.86
Registered nurses1.140.620.69
All nursing staff on weekends4.303.423.42
Nurse aides3.28
Licensed practical nurses0.84
Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year)31.6%49.0%45.8%
Registered nurse turnover35.3%45.6%42.9%
Administrators who left0

CMS expects 3.38 hours a day for residents as sick as this home's (its case-mix figure). The staffing star compares the two.

Staffing by quarter, from daily payroll records

Every nursing home sends CMS its staff hours for each day (the Payroll Based Journal). Here they are added up by quarter. The latest quarter is the one behind the figures above. In January to March 2026, nursing staff hours per resident were 5.65 on weekdays and 4.30 on weekends, 24% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 8.9% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 4.91 in April to June 2025 to 5.26 in January to March 2026.

QuarterAll nursing staffRegistered nursesWeekdaysWeekendsContract staff shareDays with no RN hoursResidents a day
Jan to Mar 20265.261.145.654.30 8.9%0 of 9055
Oct to Dec 20254.910.985.224.13 7.9%0 of 9257
Jul to Sep 20254.740.985.043.97 7.1%0 of 9259
Apr to Jun 20254.911.125.204.20 5.8%0 of 9158
United States, Jan to Mar 20263.750.623.923.335.3%0.5% of days
North Carolina, Jan to Mar 20263.650.533.823.258.0%0.7% of days

Hours per resident per day: staff hours in the quarter divided by resident days (the daily census CMS derives from resident assessments). Registered nurses include the director of nursing and RNs with administrative duties; aides include nurse aides in training and medication aides, as in CMS's own staffing measure. How these are calculated.

Staff pay reports

Staff pay at this home

No staff pay figure for this home has passed review yet. A figure appears only after at least 5 reports from at least 3 different people, sent over at least 60 days, have passed review. If you work here, your report helps start one.

Official wage estimates for North Carolina

JobMedianMiddle halfEmployed
North Carolina, all employers
CNAs (nursing assistants)$18.49$17.28 to $21.0864,010
LPNs and LVNs$30.42$28.50 to $33.5118,010
Registered nurses$40.56$37.87 to $49.06111,120
United States, nursing care facilities
CNAs (nursing assistants)$20.67$17.91 to $22.55534,270
LPNs and LVNs$33.86$30.05 to $37.40188,210
Registered nurses$41.11$37.85 to $47.68142,270

Hourly wages; the middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS has no separate estimate for medication aides. These are survey estimates for whole occupations, not figures for any one home.

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Quality measures

The measures CMS uses for the quality star. Lower is better for every one of them.

MeasureThis homeNorth CarolinaUS
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
28.315.613.9
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
2.30.70.8
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
2.42.31.6
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
9.63.53.2
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication
Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.01.41.6
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
37.618.314.1
Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
4.35.54.6
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
19.614.015.4
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
24.922.923.8
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
9.712.912.0
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
2.81.81.9
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
1.11.81.8

Short-term rehab results

For a stay to recover after a hospital visit, these are the results CMS publishes for Givens Health Center's Medicare short-stay residents. On returning residents home or to the community, CMS rates it better than the national rate (59.6% of residents, after adjusting for how sick they were). How to read these, and what Medicare pays for.

Went home or back to the community

59.6% this home

Better than the national rate

US median of homes 51.5% · North Carolina: 93 better, 25 worse

Rate of successful return to home or community from a SNF (risk-standardized discharge to community rate). Higher is better. October 2022 to September 2024. 146 eligible stays.

Potentially preventable readmissions

9.7% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 10.7% · North Carolina: 1 better, 4 worse

Rate of potentially preventable hospital readmissions 30 days after discharge from a SNF (risk-standardized rate). Lower is better. October 2022 to September 2024. 168 eligible stays.

Infections that led to a hospital stay

6.5% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 7.1% · North Carolina: 1 better, 3 worse

Percentage of infections residents got during their SNF stay that resulted in hospitalization (risk-standardized rate). Lower is better. October 2023 to September 2024. 102 eligible stays.

Self-care and mobility at discharge

71.9% this home

Median of homes: North Carolina54.0% · US 56.6%

Percentage of residents who are at or above an expected ability to care for themselves and move around at discharge. Higher is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 114 residents counted.

Falls with major injury

0.0% this home

Median of homes: North Carolina0.6% · US 0.0%

Percentage of SNF residents who experience one or more falls with major injury during their SNF stay. Lower is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 127 residents counted.

New or worsened pressure ulcers

0.0% this home

Median of homes: North Carolina2.5% · US 1.7%

Percentage of residents with pressure ulcers or pressure injuries that are new or worsened (adjusted rate). Lower is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 127 residents counted.

Medication list given at discharge

98.8% this home

Median of homes: North Carolina97.5% · US 98.7%

Percentage of residents where the SNF provided a current medication list to the resident, family, and/or caregiver at final discharge. Higher is better. October 2024 to September 2025. 84 residents counted.

Source: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program - Provider Data, released 2026-09-30. Better, no different and worse are CMS's own comparisons with the national rate, after adjusting for how sick residents were. Medians of homes and the state counts are worked out by us from the same file.

Owners and operators

Legal business name: GIVENS ESTATES, INC..

NameRoleTypeShareSince
Partin, KennethW-2 managing employeeIndividual07/01/1983
Cowan, JohnCorporate directorIndividual07/01/2009
Shepherd, RobertCorporate directorIndividual07/01/2009
Sudderth, RobinCorporate directorIndividual10/26/2012
Partin, KennethCorporate officerIndividual07/01/1983
Smith, PatriciaCorporate officerIndividual10/26/2012
Squires, AllenCorporate officerIndividual08/01/1995

As listed in the CMS ownership file, which names owners with a 5% or greater stake and the people and companies with operational or managerial control.

Questions to ask on a visit

Chosen from this home's own inspection record.

  1. When is the care plan meeting, and can family attend it?Inspectors cited 10 problems in this area, most recently on March 18, 2026: "Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment."
  2. How do residents and families raise a complaint or grievance, and how fast is it answered?Inspectors cited 3 problems in this area, most recently on December 21, 2023: "Honor the resident's right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice."
  3. How do you prevent falls and pressure injuries, and how are families told when one happens?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on February 6, 2025: "Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed."
  4. What changed in infection control since the last inspection, and who on staff is the infection preventionist?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on February 6, 2025: "Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program."

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Common questions

What is Givens Health Center's Medicare star rating?
CMS rates Givens Health Center 5 out of 5 stars overall, with 4 for health inspections, 5 for staffing and 3 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
How many deficiencies did Givens Health Center get at its last inspection?
1 health deficiency at the standard inspection on March 18, 2026. The North Carolina average is 4.7.
Has Givens Health Center been fined?
CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
Does Givens Health Center accept Medicaid?
It is certified to take Medicaid (CMS lists it as "Medicare and Medicaid"). Certification does not mean a Medicaid bed is open: ask the admissions office.
Who owns Givens Health Center?
CMS lists 7 owners and managers. Legal business name: GIVENS ESTATES, INC..

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