Nursing home
Riverview Health & Rehab Center
6711 Laroche Avenue, Savannah, GA 31406 · Map
Non profit - Corporation · 284 certified beds
Riverview Health & Rehab Center is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Savannah, Georgia. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (1/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.02 hours per resident per day, below the Georgia average of 3.57. Its most recent inspection on Feb 12, 2025 cited 9 deficiencies. Note: it is a CMS Special Focus Facility under enhanced oversight and it carries a CMS abuse icon.
- CMS abuse iconThis facility has an active abuse icon on its CMS record.
- Special Focus Facility candidateCMS lists this facility as a candidate for enhanced oversight.
- 1 fine totaling $92,794In CMS records: 2 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Riverview Health & Rehab Center compares
This facility vs. the Georgia and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | Georgia avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.02 | 3.57 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.21 | 0.49 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.77 | 2.15 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 53.2% | 46.5% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 9.0 | 6.1 | 9.5 | above avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the March 18, 2026 inspection was corrected by May 14, 2026
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $92,794, 2 total penalties, 1 Medicare payment denial.
What inspectors found at Riverview Health & Rehab Center
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Mar 18, 2026 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Feb 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
Administration Deficiencies · Feb 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Immediate jeopardy
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Feb 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Immediate jeopardy
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · Feb 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Feb 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Have a registered nurse on duty 8 hours a day; and select a registered nurse to be the director of nurses on a full time basis.
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies · Feb 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Feb 12, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies · Sep 8, 2022 - Potential for harm
Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Sep 8, 2022
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 6711 Laroche Avenue
Savannah, GA 31406 - CMS certification #
- 115641
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 284
- Avg residents/day
- 161.5
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1989-12-01
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Riverview Health & Rehab Center using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2022, 1 violation cited
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation Zone A
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Riverview Health & Rehab Center says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Apartment types named: private room, semi-private room.
Amenities include private and semi-private rooms with beautiful floor plans and several dining and living rooms for visits with family and friends.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Mar 23, 2022: monitoring inspection, partial (health). Case closed Dec 19, 2023. 1 violation cited (1 other). Penalties: $1,585 proposed, $1,585 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Riverview Health and Rehabilitation Center, INC.
Details
- Other than serious: Electronic submission of injury and illness records (1904.41(a)(2)). Penalty $1,585 proposed, $1,585 now. To be fixed by Aug 10, 2022.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Savannah Health Services LLC Dba Memorial Health University Medical Center, Savannah. 2.6 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 1 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Azalealand Nursing Home, Savannah. 1.3 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- St Joseph'S/Candler Home Healthcare, Inc, Savannah. 2.3 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 2.6 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 31406 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fmc - Bma Of Coastal Dialysis, Savannah, 3.1 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Derenne Dialysis, Savannah, 3.6 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Davita Savannah Riverside At Home, Savannah, 5.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 14 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 31406.
Hospice Savannah, office in Savannah, 1.7 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars)
Spanish Oaks Hospice, Inc, office in Savannah, 2.5 miles away, straight line
Georgia Hospice Care, office in Savannah, 2.7 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Sjc Medical Group Inc, Pooler. 13.1 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Hurricane evacuation zone
- Zone A on the Georgia hurricane evacuation zones. (Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency, map updated Aug 21, 2023)
- Flood zone
- Outside the high and moderate risk flood areas on FEMA's flood map (Zone X, minimal flood hazard, or not studied). (FEMA flood map)
- Wildfire risk to homes
- In Chatham County, GA, risk to homes is greater than 99% of communities in Georgia and 83% of communities nationwide. USDA rates the whole county, not this address. (USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Risk to Communities, April 2026)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively moderate. By hazard: hurricane relatively high, inland flooding relatively low, coastal flooding relatively moderate, wildfire relatively moderate, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively moderate, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | See above | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | See above |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| The community’s own website | See above |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Riverview Health & Rehab Center a good nursing home?
CMS gives Riverview Health & Rehab Center an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 1/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Riverview Health & Rehab Center staffed?
Riverview Health & Rehab Center reports 3.02 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the Georgia average of 3.57.
Has Riverview Health & Rehab Center had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 9 deficiencies. This facility is on CMS's Special Focus list for enhanced oversight.
How many beds does Riverview Health & Rehab Center have?
Riverview Health & Rehab Center is certified for 284 beds.