CCN 255299 · Lowndes County, Mississippi
Vineyard Court Nursing Center
2002 5th Street North, Columbus, MS 39705
Vineyard Court Nursing Center is a 55-bed for-profit nursing home in Columbus, Mississippi, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 2003. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 51.2 residents a day, about 93% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $1.9 million originally, at 5.65%, with $0.6 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in June 2031.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 55
- Average residents per day
- 51.2 (93.1% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Vcncl, LLC
- Certified since
- Aug 1, 2003
- Chain or affiliated group
- Briar Hill Management (6 facilities, chain average 3.2 stars)
- Location
- Rural
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | Mississippi median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 2 of 5 | State spread: 51 at 1, 48 at 2, 37 at 3, 30 at 4, 33 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 2 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 5 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.96 | 3.99 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.91 | 0.57 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.47 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 51.7% | 44.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 93.1% | 87.6% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 3 totaling $78,952 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 4 (Feb 20, 2025) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Vineyard Court Nursing Center does not meet it today: health inspection rating 1. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briar Hill Management, LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/03/2003 |
| Brown, ScottieIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/10/2021 |
| Burlison, SandyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/25/2019 |
| Burns, SharonIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/28/2008 |
| Green, DonnaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/04/2010 |
| King, CurtisIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2016 |
| Muha, AshleyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/04/2010 |
| Rotolo, DavidIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/28/2008 |
| Rotolo, RobertIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/28/2008 |
| White, DeborahIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/12/2014 |
| Whitlow, CarrieIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/05/2022 |
| Witten, MiaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 06/08/2023 |
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs lists these FHA-insured loans for a project we matched to this facility by name, city and bed count. Status, rate and balance come from HUD's insured-mortgage files as of September 30, 2026. Check the FHA number against the loan documents before relying on the match.
| Endorsed | Program | Original amount | Status | FHA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2009 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Vineyard Court Nursing Center, 60 beds. Lender at endorsement: Love Funding Corp | $1,923,400 | Active: 5.65%, $635,767 balanceMatures Jun 1, 2031. Servicer: Dwight Capital LLC | 06522026 |
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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