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NHC Healthcare, Columbia

101 Walnut Lane, Columbia, TN 38401 · Maury County · (931) 381-3112

106 certified beds, about 93 residents a day · For profit - Corporation · Medicare and Medicaid since 1975

Last standard inspection more than 2 years ago Certified for Medicaid Certified for Medicare
Overall
4 of 5
Health inspections
3 of 5
Staffing
4 of 5
Quality measures
5 of 5

CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 445109 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes

The record in brief

At its most recent standard inspection, on November 3, 2021, inspectors cited 4 health deficiencies (the Tennessee average is 4.4, the national average 9.2).

None of its 6 health citations since February 2019 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 3.73 hours per resident per day, against 3.80 across Tennessee and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.56 of those hours.

43.2% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Tennessee average 48.9%).

CMS links it to National Healthcare Corporation, an affiliated group of 71 nursing homes.

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 6 health citations on file.

Severity
Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Immediate jeopardy
0J
0K
0L
Actual harm
0G
0H
0I
Potential for more than minimal harm
2D
3E
1F
Potential for minimal harm
0A
0B
0C
November 3, 2021Standard inspection · 4 citations
  1. F
    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
    F880 · Infection Control · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, widespread · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) December 14, 2021
    Inspectors wroteBased on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, policy review, Time and Attendance Reports, staff screening logs, and interview, the facility failed to properly prevent and/or contain COVID-19 when 47 of 117 staff members (Housekeeping Staff #1, #2, #3, and #4, Dietary Staff #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, and #6, Maintenance Staff #1, Staff Secretary #1 and #2, Registered Nurse (RN) #1, #2, and #3, Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, and #6, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, and Nurse Aide (NA) #1) failed to complete screenings prior to working on 7 of 7 days (10/21/2021, 10/22/2021, 10/23/2021, 10/24/2021, 10/25/2021, 10/26/2021, and 10/27/2021) reviewed. This could have potentially affected the 95 residents residing in the facility.
  2. E
    Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
    F690 · Quality of Life and Care · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) December 9, 2021
    Inspectors wroteBased on policy review, medical record review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to provide care and services to maintain an indwelling urinary catheter for 2 of 3 sampled residents (Resident #73 and #77) reviewed for an indwelling urinary catheter.
  3. E
    Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
    F761 · Pharmacy Service · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) December 9, 2021
    Inspectors wroteBased on policy review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to ensure medications were properly stored in 5 of 9 medication storage areas (A/B Hall Medication Room, B Hall Cart, C Hall Cart, A/B Hall Cart, and the Treatment Cart) when the facility had open and undated, and expired medications in the medication and treatment carts.
  4. D
    Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
    F655 · Resident Assessment and Care Planning · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) December 14, 2021
    Inspectors wroteBased on medical record review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to develop a Baseline Care Plan within 48 hours of admission that included the initial goals and needs for 3 of 18 sampled residents (Resident #36, #37, and #100) reviewed.
January 8, 2020Standard inspection · 2 citations
  1. E
    Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
    F880 · Infection Control · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, pattern · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) January 28, 2020
    Inspectors wroteBased on policy review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to ensure practices to prevent the potential spread of infection were followed when 3 of 5 nurses (Registered Nurse (RN) #1, Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) #1 and #2) failed to perform hand hygiene, failed to clean an oral inhaler, and failed to rinse a Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tube syringe after use for 3 of 5 sampled residents (Resident #142, #40, and #291) observed during medication administration.
  2. D
    Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
    F761 · Pharmacy Service · No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm, isolated · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) January 28, 2020
    Inspectors wroteBased on policy review, observation, and interview, the facility failed to ensure medications were properly stored and secured in 1 of 7 (C Hall Medication Cart) medication storage areas.
February 12, 2019Standard inspection · 0 citations

Fire safety inspections

6 fire safety citations on file: 5 on January 8, 2020, 1 on February 12, 2019.

Every fire safety citation6 citations
  1. F
    Ensure proper usage of power strips and extension cords.
    K 920 · January 8, 2020 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  2. 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 · January 8, 2020 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  3. D
    Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.
    K 353 · January 8, 2020 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  4. D
    Properly select, install, inspect, or maintain portable fire extinguishes.
    K 355 · January 8, 2020 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  5. D
    Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
    K 363 · January 8, 2020 · Corrected (the home has a date of correction)
  6. E
    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 12, 2019 · 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 homeTennesseeUnited States
All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides)3.733.803.86
Registered nurses0.560.600.69
All nursing staff on weekends3.233.313.42
Nurse aides2.00
Licensed practical nurses1.16
Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year)43.2%48.9%45.8%
Registered nurse turnover28.6%43.2%42.9%
Administrators who left1

CMS expects 3.51 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 3.93 on weekdays and 3.23 on weekends, 18% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 0.0% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 3.80 in April to June 2025 to 3.73 in January to March 2026.

QuarterAll nursing staffRegistered nursesWeekdaysWeekendsContract staff shareDays with no RN hoursResidents a day
Jan to Mar 20263.730.563.933.23 0.0%0 of 9093
Oct to Dec 20253.620.503.793.20 0.0%0 of 9295
Jul to Sep 20253.700.483.853.32 0.0%0 of 9291
Apr to Jun 20253.800.503.993.34 0.0%0 of 9191
United States, Jan to Mar 20263.750.623.923.335.3%0.5% of days
Tennessee, Jan to Mar 20263.750.563.953.274.0%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 Tennessee

JobMedianMiddle halfEmployed
Tennessee, all employers
CNAs (nursing assistants)$18.27$17.09 to $19.6627,040
LPNs and LVNs$28.31$23.64 to $30.1220,830
Registered nurses$39.18$36.28 to $45.7972,200
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 homeTennesseeUS
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
5.214.013.9
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.60.70.8
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
1.31.81.6
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
2.53.43.2
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication
Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
1.41.71.6
Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
8.617.214.1
Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
2.95.04.6
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication
Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
9.816.915.4
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
5.922.623.8
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
10.911.212.0
Number of hospitalizations per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
0.81.71.9
Number of outpatient emergency department visits per 1000 long-stay resident days
Long Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
0.61.61.8

Short-term rehab results

For a stay to recover after a hospital visit, these are the results CMS publishes for NHC Healthcare, Columbia's Medicare short-stay residents. On returning residents home or to the community, CMS rates it no different from the national rate (59.4% 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

59.4% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 51.5% · Tennessee: 62 better, 16 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. 61 eligible stays.

Potentially preventable readmissions

9.6% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 10.7% · Tennessee: 1 better, 7 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. 72 eligible stays.

Infections that led to a hospital stay

7.5% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 7.1% · Tennessee: 2 better, 1 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. 46 eligible stays.

Self-care and mobility at discharge

71.2% this home

Median of homes: Tennessee58.3% · 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. 52 residents counted.

Falls with major injury

1.7% this home

Median of homes: Tennessee0.8% · 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. 58 residents counted.

New or worsened pressure ulcers

0.0% this home

Median of homes: Tennessee1.6% · 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. 58 residents counted.

Medication list given at discharge

Not reported

CMS note: The number of residents or resident stays is too small to report. Call the facility to discuss this quality measure.

Median of homes: Tennessee98.7% · 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. 6 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: NHC HEALTHCARE-COLUMBIA LLC. CMS links this home to National Healthcare Corporation, a group of 71 nursing homes averaging 4 stars overall.

NameRoleTypeShareSince
Morgan Stanley Institutional Advisors LLCIndirect ownership interestOrganization11/08/2024
NHC/Delaware IncIndirect ownership interestOrganization07/01/2000
Bidwell, CharlesManaging control - governing bodyIndividual06/15/2021
Bidwell, CharlesCorporate officerIndividual06/15/2021
National Healthcare CorporationOperational/managerial controlOrganization07/01/2000
NHC-Op LPOperational/managerial controlOrganization07/01/2000
Ball, CharlesOperational/managerial controlIndividual01/01/1979
Bidwell, CharlesOperational/managerial controlIndividual06/15/2021
Dodson, VickiOperational/managerial controlIndividual06/01/2019
Kidd, BrianOperational/managerial controlIndividual01/01/2017
Oldham, AnnaOperational/managerial controlIndividual05/18/2017
Shelly, TimothyOperational/managerial controlIndividual07/12/2024
Stephens, JoanOperational/managerial controlIndividual07/14/2025
Ussery, RobertOperational/managerial controlIndividual01/01/2017
Blackrock IncAdp of the SNFOrganization03/20/2019
Dimensional Fund Advisors LPAdp of the SNFOrganization03/07/2023
Morgan StanleyAdp of the SNFOrganization11/08/2024
National Health CorporationAdp of the SNFOrganization07/01/2000
National Healthcare CorporationAdp of the SNFOrganization07/01/2000
NHC-Op LPAdp of the SNFOrganization07/01/2000
Vanguard Group IncAdp of the SNFOrganization03/27/2017
Ball, CharlesAdp of the SNFIndividual03/31/2025
Dodson, VickiAdp of the SNFIndividual06/01/2019
Kidd, BrianAdp of the SNFIndividual01/01/2017
Stephens, JoanAdp of the SNFIndividual09/18/2025

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. 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 November 3, 2021: "Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program."
  2. How are medications reviewed, and how often are antipsychotic or sedating drugs used?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on November 3, 2021: "Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs."
  3. How do you prevent falls and pressure injuries, and how are families told when one happens?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on November 3, 2021: "Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections."
  4. When is the care plan meeting, and can family attend it?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on November 3, 2021: "Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted"
  5. Who is on the floor on Saturday and Sunday, and how many residents does each aide care for?Weekend nurse staffing here was 3.23 hours per resident per day, below the Tennessee average of 3.31.
  6. How long has the current administrator been here?CMS counts 1 administrator who left in the period it measured.

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Common questions

What is NHC Healthcare, Columbia's Medicare star rating?
CMS rates NHC Healthcare, Columbia 4 out of 5 stars overall, with 3 for health inspections, 4 for staffing and 5 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
How many deficiencies did NHC Healthcare, Columbia get at its last inspection?
4 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on November 3, 2021. The Tennessee average is 4.4.
Has NHC Healthcare, Columbia been fined?
CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
Does NHC Healthcare, Columbia 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 NHC Healthcare, Columbia?
CMS lists 25 owners and managers, and links the home to National Healthcare Corporation. Legal business name: NHC HEALTHCARE-COLUMBIA LLC.

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