Forest Hills Center: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
Forest Hills Center is a 75-bed for-profit nursing home in Columbus, Ohio, part of Embassy Healthcare. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.87 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 10% below the Ohio average of 2.09, and 25.0% nursing staff turnover (Ohio average 48.7%).
Forest Hills Center
2841 East Dublin-Granville RoadColumbus, OH 43231
Franklin County
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release
How many staff hours residents get
CMS reports staffing as hours per resident per day, from the payroll records each home submits. At Forest Hills Center, nurse aides logged 1.87 hours per resident per day, 10% below the Ohio average. With about 68 residents a day, that works out to roughly 127 aide hours a day, or about 16 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 5% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | Ohio avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.87 | 2.09 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.89 | 0.95 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.33 | 0.64 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.09 | 3.69 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.93 | 3.28 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
25.0% of nursing staff at Forest Hills Center left over the year CMS measured, against a Ohio average of 48.7% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 42.9%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on May 1, 2025. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 39 health deficiencies (Ohio average 10.7). CMS lists no fines or payment denials for this home in the last three years.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every nursing home from one to five stars overall and on health inspections, staffing, and quality measures. Forest Hills Center holds 2 of 5 overall; the Ohio average is 3.2.
About Forest Hills Center
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: Embassy Healthcare, 33 homes
- Legal name: Embassy Forest Hills
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: Nov 10, 1994
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near Forest Hills Center
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Westerwood Rehabilitation Columbus | 0.5 | 75 | 2.57 | 4.32 | 30.8% | 5 | None |
| The Laurels of Walden Park Columbus | 1.8 | 225 | 2.10 | 3.92 | 29.6% | 1 | $114,649 |
| Westerville Post Acute Westerville | 1.8 | 130 | 1.87 | 3.27 | 28.4% | 1 | $315,699 |
| Inniswood Health and Rehabilitation Westerville | 2.8 | 99 | 1.92 | 3.17 | 59.3% | 1 | $169,562 |
| Buckeye Terrace Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Westerville | 3.3 | 70 | 1.88 | 3.18 | 64.5% | 2 | $140,849 |
| Landings of Westerville Health and Rehab the Westerville | 3.7 | 120 | 2.36 | 4.26 | 39.0% | 5 | None |
| The Laurels of Worthington Worthington | 4.1 | 95 | 2.14 | 3.41 | 25.7% | 3 | None |
| Laurels of Norworth the Worthington | 4.2 | 126 | 2.09 | 3.35 | 24.7% | 1 | $51,871 |
Aide hrs and all nurse hrs are staff hours per resident per day. Fines are the CMS total for the last three years. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. All figures from CMS Care Compare.
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Source: CMS Care Compare Provider Information, State and US Averages, and Penalties files, August 2026 release. Figures are as CMS publishes them; check Medicare Care Compare for the latest. Methodology.