CCN 495131 · Bristol City County, Virginia
Nhc Healthcare, Bristol
245 North Street, Bristol, VA 24201
Nhc Healthcare, Bristol is a 120-bed for-profit nursing home in Bristol, Virginia, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1982. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 106.9 residents a day, about 89% 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
- 120
- Average residents per day
- 106.9 (89.1% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Nhc Healthcare-Bristol LLC
- Certified since
- Sep 29, 1982
- Chain or affiliated group
- National Healthcare Corporation (71 facilities, chain average 4.0 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 | Virginia median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 5 of 5 | State spread: 60 at 1, 60 at 2, 54 at 3, 55 at 4, 57 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 5 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 5 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 3 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.74 | 3.45 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.55 | 0.53 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.30 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 53.4% | 48.3% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 89.1% | 91.8% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 1 totaling $8,278 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 0 (Dec 6, 2023) | ||
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). Nhc Healthcare, Bristol meets that part today: 5 stars overall, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Healthcare CorporationOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2001 |
| Nhc-Op LPOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2001 |
| Bowling, AlexandraIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/01/2021 |
| Dodson, VickiIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 06/01/2019 |
| Foran, MichelleIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/15/1992 |
| Kidd, BrianIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/31/2023 |
| Nason Jr., HowardIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/18/2016 |
| Ussery, RobertIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/01/2000 |
| Whorley, MajorIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 11/28/2022 |
In its Medicare enrollment record, the facility reported a real estate investment trust owner: National Health Investors, Inc.. Those flags are self-reported to CMS and many PE and REIT ties go unflagged.
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.
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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