CCN 345437 · Macon County, North Carolina
Eckerd Living Center
250 Hospital Drive, Highlands, NC 28741
Eckerd Living Center is a 80-bed for-profit nursing home in Highlands, North Carolina, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1993. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 44.8 residents a day, about 56% of its certified beds. We found no FHA-insured Section 232 loan for it in HUD's healthcare endorsement database (fiscal 2001 onward).
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 80
- Average residents per day
- 44.8 (56.0% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Partnership
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Legal Business Name Not Available
- Certified since
- Apr 28, 1993
- Chain or affiliated group
- Hca Healthcare (3 facilities, chain average 5.0 stars)
- Location
- Rural, inside a hospital
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 | North Carolina median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 5 of 5 | State spread: 91 at 1, 83 at 2, 85 at 3, 75 at 4, 81 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 5 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.35 | 3.53 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 1.16 | 0.51 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.46 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 36.7% | 48.6% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 56.0% | 87.4% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 4 (Apr 10, 2026) | ||
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). Eckerd Living Center meets that part today: 5 stars overall, 4 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
CMS lists no 5% owners or managing organizations for this facility in its current ownership file.
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2019 | Mh Eckerd Living Center Lllp | Eckerd Living Center LLC |
HUD Section 232 loans
No FHA-insured loan matching this facility appears in HUD's database of healthcare endorsements, which covers fiscal 2001 onward (HUD data run of July 8, 2026). A loan could still exist under a different project name or from before 2001.
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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