NHC Healthcare - Bluffton: Staffing, Turnover, and Inspection Record
NHC Healthcare - Bluffton is a 120-bed for-profit nursing home in Okatie, South Carolina, part of National Healthcare Corporation. In the CMS August 2026 release it reported 1.74 nurse aide hours per resident per day, 21% below the South Carolina average of 2.19, and 44.1% nursing staff turnover (South Carolina average 45.9%).
NHC Healthcare - Bluffton
3039 Okatie HighwayOkatie, SC 29909
Jasper 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 NHC Healthcare - Bluffton, nurse aides logged 1.74 hours per resident per day, 21% below the South Carolina average. With about 116 residents a day, that works out to roughly 202 aide hours a day, or about 25 eight-hour aide shifts across day, evening, and night. On weekends, total nursing hours per resident ran 14% below the all-days figure.
| Hours per resident per day | This home | South Carolina avg | US avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse aides (CNAs) | 1.74 | 2.19 | 2.32 |
| Licensed practical nurses | 1.13 | 1.02 | 0.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.57 | 0.63 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff | 3.44 | 3.83 | 3.86 |
| All nursing staff, weekends | 2.97 | 3.33 | 3.42 |
CMS Care Compare, August 2026 release: reported staffing hours from Payroll-Based Journal data, and CMS state and US averages.
Staff turnover
44.1% of nursing staff at NHC Healthcare - Bluffton left over the year CMS measured, against a South Carolina average of 45.9% and a US average of 45.8%. Registered nurse turnover was 26.7%. No administrators left over the same period.
Inspections and penalties
State inspectors last completed a standard health inspection on Jan 30, 2026. The most recent inspection cycle, which also counts complaint and infection-control inspections from the past 12 months, found 1 health deficiency (South Carolina average 3.7). 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. NHC Healthcare - Bluffton holds 4 of 5 overall; the South Carolina average is 3.0.
About NHC Healthcare - Bluffton
- Ownership: For profit - Corporation
- Chain: National Healthcare Corporation, 69 homes
- Legal name: NHC Healthcare-Bluffton LLC
- Medicare and Medicaid certified since: May 25, 2010
- Councils: resident council
- Area: urban
Nursing homes near NHC Healthcare - Bluffton
The closest homes by distance, with the same CMS figures. Select a column to sort.
| Sprenger Healthcare of Bluffton Bluffton | 1.5 | 60 | 1.98 | 3.58 | 62.5% | 5 | None |
| Broad Creek Care Center Hilton Head Island | 12.3 | 25 | 2.64 | 5.51 | 47.4% | 5 | $15,945 |
| The Preston Health Center Hilton Head Island | 12.7 | 62 | 3.55 | 6.41 | 20.5% | 5 | $8,018 |
| Fraser Health Center Hilton Head Island | 13.9 | 33 | 3.06 | 5.38 | 28.6% | 4 | None |
| Life Care Center of Hilton Head Hilton Head Island · abuse citation | 14.0 | 88 | 1.88 | 3.69 | 56.3% | 1 | $8,281 |
| Pruitthealth - Seaside Port Wentworth | 15.4 | 101 | 1.94 | 3.42 | 33.9% | 3 | None |
| Ridgeland Nursing Center Inc Ridgeland | 16.2 | 88 | 1.76 | 2.76 | 71.1% | 1 | None |
| Sprenger Health Care of Port Royal Port Royal | 16.9 | 65 | 1.88 | 3.44 | 45.3% | 1 | $14,069 |
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.