CCN 366481 · Franklin County, Ohio

Laurels of West Columbus, the

441 Norton Road, Columbus, OH 43228

Laurels of West Columbus, the is a 97-bed for-profit nursing home in Columbus, Ohio, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 2021. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 90.3 residents a day, about 93% 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
97
Average residents per day
90.3 (93.1% of beds)
Ownership type
For profit - Individual
Certification
Medicare and Medicaid
Legal business name
The Laurels of West Columbus, LLC
Certified since
Jan 25, 2021
Chain or affiliated group
Ciena Healthcare/Laurel Health Care (81 facilities, chain average 2.8 stars)
Location
Urban

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.

MeasureThis facilityOhio medianUS median
Overall rating1 of 5State spread: 118 at 1, 216 at 2, 180 at 3, 190 at 4, 209 at 5
Health inspections1 of 5
Quality measures4 of 5
Staffing1 of 5
Total nurse hours per resident per day3.663.573.68
RN hours per resident per day0.470.590.58
Weekend nurse hours per resident per day3.26
Nursing staff turnover60.7%48.5%44.9%
Occupancy (residents / beds)93.1%87.2%85.7%
Fines reported by CMS1 totaling $17,345
Health deficiencies, latest standard survey30 (Jun 9, 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). Laurels of West Columbus, the does not meet it today: overall rating 1, health inspection rating 1, the abuse icon. 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.

NameRoleShareSince
Laurel Health Care CompanyOrganizationOperational / Managerial Controln/a01/25/2021
Johnston, JamesIndividualOperational / Managerial Controln/a01/01/2025
Khan, AnisIndividualOperational / Managerial Controln/a01/25/2021
Qazi, MohammadIndividualOperational / Managerial Controln/a01/25/2021
Williams, ElijahIndividualOperational / Managerial Controln/a11/17/2025

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

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.

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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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