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Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina-Summerv

201 W 9th North Street, Summerville, SC 29483 · Dorchester County · (843) 873-2550

48 certified beds, about 39 residents a day · Non profit - Corporation · Medicare since 2009

Overall
4 of 5
Health inspections
4 of 5
Staffing
4 of 5
Quality measures
4 of 5

CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 425389 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes

The record in brief

At its most recent standard inspection, on August 26, 2025, inspectors cited 2 health deficiencies (the South Carolina average is 3.7, the national average 9.2).

None of its 2 health citations since April 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 5.62 hours per resident per day, against 3.84 across South Carolina and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 1.15 of those hours.

52.4% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (South Carolina average 45.9%).

CMS links it to Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina, an affiliated group of 5 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 2 health citations on file.

Severity
Isolated
Pattern
Widespread
Immediate jeopardy
0J
0K
0L
Actual harm
0G
0H
0I
Potential for more than minimal harm
1D
0E
1F
Potential for minimal harm
0A
0B
0C
August 26, 2025Standard inspection · 2 citations
  1. F
    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, widespread · Corrected (the home has a date of correction) September 26, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on review of the facility policy, observations, and interviews, the facility failed to ensure foods were stored, prepared and served under sanitary conditions in 1 of 1 Main Kitchen and 1of 1 Satellite Kitchen. Additionally, 3 out of 5 dietary staff were observed without the use of proper hair restraints, while in the kitchen.
  2. 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) September 26, 2025
    Inspectors wroteBased on review of the facility policy, observations and interviews, the facility failed to ensure proper infection control practices were followed. Specifically, Enhanced-Barrier Precautions (EBP) were not followed for Resident (R)2, who was observed receiving care while on EBP. The facility further failed to ensure oral medications were not touched using bare hands during a random observation while on the unit for 1 of 1 residents receiving oral medications during the random observation.
September 6, 2024Standard inspection · 0 citations
April 19, 2023Standard inspection · 0 citations

Fire safety inspections

1 fire safety citation on file: 1 on September 6, 2024.

Every fire safety citation1 citation
  1. D
    Install corridor and hallway doors that block smoke.
    K 363 · September 6, 2024 · 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 homeSouth CarolinaUnited States
All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides)5.623.843.86
Registered nurses1.150.630.69
All nursing staff on weekends4.753.333.42
Nurse aides2.47
Licensed practical nurses2.00
Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year)52.4%45.9%45.8%
Registered nurse turnover64.3%42.1%42.9%
Administrators who left0

CMS expects 5.07 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 5.97 on weekdays and 4.75 on weekends, 20% 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 5.41 in April to June 2025 to 5.62 in January to March 2026.

QuarterAll nursing staffRegistered nursesWeekdaysWeekendsContract staff shareDays with no RN hoursResidents a day
Jan to Mar 20265.621.155.974.75 0.0%0 of 9039
Oct to Dec 20255.581.096.014.46 0.7%0 of 9240
Jul to Sep 20255.010.845.314.24 0.6%0 of 9244
Apr to Jun 20255.411.025.804.40 0.0%0 of 9138
United States, Jan to Mar 20263.750.623.923.335.3%0.5% of days
South Carolina, Jan to Mar 20263.620.533.813.137.2%0.3% 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.

Official wage estimates for South Carolina

JobMedianMiddle halfEmployed
South Carolina, all employers
CNAs (nursing assistants)$17.90$16.81 to $19.0821,760
LPNs and LVNs$29.72$27.59 to $34.249,400
Registered nurses$39.60$37.17 to $46.7549,750
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.

How staff pay reports work · CNA pay by state

Quality measures

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

MeasureThis homeSouth CarolinaUS
Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication
Short Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1
0.41.51.6
Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
24.324.323.8
Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit
Short Stay residents, 20250101-20251231
16.513.912.0

Short-term rehab results

For a stay to recover after a hospital visit, these are the results CMS publishes for Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina-Summerv's Medicare short-stay residents. On returning residents home or to the community, CMS rates it better than the national rate (73.4% 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

73.4% this home

Better than the national rate

US median of homes 51.5% · South Carolina: 53 better, 21 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. 649 eligible stays.

Potentially preventable readmissions

9.7% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 10.7% · South Carolina: 0 better, 5 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. 655 eligible stays.

Infections that led to a hospital stay

6.0% this home

No different from the national rate

US median of homes 7.1% · South 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. 389 eligible stays.

Self-care and mobility at discharge

83.0% this home

Median of homes: South Carolina57.6% · 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. 282 residents counted.

Falls with major injury

1.5% this home

Median of homes: South Carolina0.5% · 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. 401 residents counted.

New or worsened pressure ulcers

0.9% this home

Median of homes: South Carolina2.1% · 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. 401 residents counted.

Medication list given at discharge

100.0% this home

Median of homes: South Carolina98.3% · 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. 59 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: PRESBYTERIAN COMMUNITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA. CMS links this home to Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina, a group of 5 nursing homes averaging 3.8 stars overall.

NameRoleTypeShareSince
Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina5% or greater direct ownership interestOrganization100%06/20/2007
Fant, LutherCorporate officerIndividual06/01/2020
Johnson, KevinCorporate officerIndividual07/03/2023
Stamper, AmandaCorporate officerIndividual03/05/2021
Caddell, CaseyOperational/managerial controlIndividual06/10/2025
Fant, LutherOperational/managerial controlIndividual06/01/2020
Stamper, AmandaOperational/managerial controlIndividual03/05/2021
Caddell, CaseyAdp of the SNFIndividual06/10/2025
Fant, LutherAdp of the SNFIndividual06/01/2020
Johnson, KevinAdp of the SNFIndividual07/03/2025
Stamper, AmandaAdp of the SNFIndividual03/05/2021

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. Can we see a week of menus and the kitchen, and how are special diets handled?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on August 26, 2025: "Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards."
  2. What changed in infection control since the last inspection, and who on staff is the infection preventionist?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on August 26, 2025: "Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program."

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Common questions

What is Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina-Summerv's Medicare star rating?
CMS rates Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina-Summerv 4 out of 5 stars overall, with 4 for health inspections, 4 for staffing and 4 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
How many deficiencies did Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina-Summerv get at its last inspection?
2 health deficiencies at the standard inspection on August 26, 2025. The South Carolina average is 3.7.
Has Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina-Summerv been fined?
CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
Does Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina-Summerv accept Medicaid?
CMS lists it as "Medicare", so it is not certified for Medicaid.
Who owns Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina-Summerv?
CMS lists 11 owners and managers, and links the home to Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina. Legal business name: PRESBYTERIAN COMMUNITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

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