Charleston Senior AdvisorRiverside Health and Rehab holds a CMS overall rating of 1 of 5 stars in Care Compare data dated October 1, 2026. The home, at 2375 Baker Hospital Blvd in North Charleston (Charleston County), is certified for Medicare and Medicaid with 160 beds and licensed by the S.C. Department of Public Health under license NCF-0870.
How does CMS rate Riverside Health and Rehab in North Charleston, South Carolina?
Riverside Health and Rehab holds a CMS overall rating of 1 of 5 stars. Its component ratings are 2 for health inspections, 1 for staffing and 4 for quality measures, each on a five-star scale.
| CMS or DPH measure | Value |
|---|---|
| CMS overall | 1 of 5 |
| CMS health inspections | 2 of 5 |
| CMS staffing | 1 of 5 |
| CMS quality measures | 4 of 5 |
| Certified beds and average daily census | 160 beds, 149.0 residents |
| Provider name used by CMS | Riverside Health and Rehab |
| Ownership (CMS) | For profit - Limited Liability company |
| Chain affiliation (CMS) | Fundamental Healthcare, 66 homes nationwide |
| Medicare/Medicaid participation since | September 1, 1979 |
| DPH nursing home license | NCF-0870, 160 licensed beds, Licensed through 08/31/2026 |
| DPH Alzheimer's flags | No |
About 149 residents live here on a typical day, filling roughly 93% of certified beds, higher than the 90% typical of certified homes in Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties.
What did Riverside Health and Rehab's latest health survey find?
For Riverside Health and Rehab, CMS lists April 21, 2026 as the latest standard inspection, with 4 deficiencies recorded in the cycle (2 on the standard survey, 2 from complaints).
Go back one cycle to the April 15, 2025 survey and the count is 9 deficiencies, with 0 more citations from infection-control checks. Compared with the 2-deficiency midpoint across Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester homes, the newest count is higher than usual.
Over CMS's three-year penalty window it lists 3 fines totaling $27,788 and 0 payment denials.
Is Riverside Health and Rehab well staffed?
CMS payroll data shows 2.86 nursing hours per resident each day at Riverside Health and Rehab, below the tri-county middle value of 3.61; registered nurses account for 0.28 of those hours, below the tri-county middle value of 0.48.
On weekends the figure is 2.53 nursing hours per resident per day. Nursing staff turnover runs 55.2%, above the tri-county middle value of 45.6%; registered-nurse turnover is 60.0%. CMS counts 1 administrator departure in its measurement period.
How does Riverside Health and Rehab stack up against nearby homes?
Its 160 certified beds make it bigger than the typical Charleston County nursing home (132 licensed beds). Ashley River Healthcare in Charleston is the nearest other certified home, roughly 1.7 miles off as the crow flies, with a CMS rating of 3 of 5.
| Facility | Miles away | Licensed beds | CMS overall rating | Last CMS health inspection | Deficiencies cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley River Healthcare 1137 Sam Rittenburg Blvd, 29407 | 1.7 | 125 | 3 of 5 | March 18, 2026 | 2 |
| Kempton of Charleston 194 Spring St, 29403 | 3.7 | 23 | 5 of 5 | July 23, 2026 | 3 |
| Retreat at Wellmore of Daniel Island 580 Robert Daniel Dr, 29492 | 4.2 | 60 | 3 of 5 | April 17, 2026 | 6 |
| NHC Healthcare Charleston 2230 Ashley Crossing Dr, 29414 | 4.3 | 132 | 4 of 5 | April 3, 2026 | 5 |
| Cooper River Post Acute 1049 Anna Knapp Blvd, 29464 | 6.4 | 176 | 1 of 5 | June 30, 2026 | 3 |
What surrounds Riverside Health and Rehab in North Charleston?
Riverside Health and Rehab is in North Charleston in Charleston County; the closest general hospital on DPH's roster is MUSC Medical Center, roughly 4.0 miles off as the crow flies.
Roper Hospital is next, around 4.1 miles away. Map distances understate Lowcountry drives that cross the Ashley, Cooper or Stono rivers.
As a certified nursing home it must also meet the federal emergency preparedness rule (42 CFR 483.73), which requires a risk-based emergency plan, a communication plan, staff training and drills, and emergency power; ask how its plan treats hurricanes.
What should a family ask Riverside Health and Rehab before choosing it?
Let its CMS record set the questions: ask for the plan of correction covering the 4 deficiencies from April 21, 2026 and what has changed since.
- Turnover of 55.2% is higher than the local middle; ask what share of each shift is agency staff.
- Ask what led to the $27,788 in CMS fines and how it was resolved.
- With occupancy near 93%, ask about the waiting list and whether rehab beds are kept separate.
- CMS notes a resident council; ask when it meets and whether family members may attend.
- If Medicaid will eventually pay, confirm that Riverside Health and Rehab takes South Carolina Healthy Connections Medicaid for long stays and how it assigns Medicaid beds.
- Ask where residents went during the most recent hurricane evacuation order and how families were kept informed.
