CCN 425308 · Aiken County, South Carolina
Aiken Rehabilitation and Care Center
3525 Augustus Road, Aiken, SC 29801
Aiken Rehabilitation and Care Center is a 125-bed for-profit nursing home in Aiken, South Carolina, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1991. CMS rates it 3 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 112.1 residents a day, about 90% of its certified beds. HUD's healthcare database shows an FHA-insured Section 232 loan for a project matching this facility, most recently $4.5 million in November 2002 (223(a)(7) refinance of a 223(f) loan), and none of them appears in HUD's active-loan file.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 125
- Average residents per day
- 112.1 (89.7% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Pepper Hill SNF Operations LLC
- Certified since
- May 23, 1991
- Chain or affiliated group
- Venza Care Management (26 facilities, chain average 2.4 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.
| Measure | This facility | South Carolina median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 3 of 5 | State spread: 39 at 1, 33 at 2, 38 at 3, 37 at 4, 39 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 3 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 3 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.93 | 3.56 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.40 | 0.52 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.51 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 62.2% | 45.3% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 89.7% | 91.9% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 8 (Apr 23, 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). Aiken Rehabilitation and Care Center meets that part today: 3 stars overall, 3 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pepper Hill SNF Operations Holdings LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 09/01/2021 |
| Capital Funding LLCOrganization | Mortgage Interest | n/a | 09/01/2021 |
| Capital Funding Group, LLCOrganization | Security Interest | n/a | 09/01/2021 |
| Venza Care Clinical Consulting LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2025 |
| Vertex Financial Services LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2025 |
| Fowler, Wanda MIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/09/2024 |
| Goodman, MenuchaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 12/01/2025 |
| Wheeler, KerryIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/17/2025 |
Holders of a 5% or greater mortgage interest reported in the enrollment record: Capital Funding LLC.
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2021 | Pepper Hill SNF Operations LLC | The Place at Pepper Hill LLC |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2002 | 223(a)(7) refinance of a 223(f) loanHUD project name: Pepper Hill Nursing Center, 132 beds. Lender at endorsement: 0 | $4,500,000 | Ended Oct 16, 2018Prepayment | 05422021 |
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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