Nursing home
Oak Harbor Healthcare
921 Bowman Road, Mt Pleasant, SC 29464 · Map
For profit - Limited Liability company · Part of The Ensign Group (329 facilities) · 132 certified beds
Oak Harbor Healthcare is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Mt Pleasant, South Carolina. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall (2/5 for staffing, 3/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.36 hours per resident per day, below the South Carolina average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on May 15, 2025 cited 2 deficiencies.
- 1 fine totaling $7,901In CMS records: 1 total penalty.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Oak Harbor Healthcare compares
This facility vs. the South Carolina and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | South Carolina avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.36 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.37 | 0.63 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 1.95 | 2.22 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 51.4% | 47.0% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 2.0 | 3.7 | 9.5 | below 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 May 15, 2025 inspection was corrected by June 9, 2025
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $7,901, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at Oak Harbor Healthcare
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
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · May 15, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
The resident has the right to receive notices in a format and a language he or she understands.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · May 15, 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 · Mar 29, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Infection Control Deficiencies · Mar 29, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 29, 2024 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 29, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 29, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Actual harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 9, 2023 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies · May 4, 2023 - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 16, 2022 - Potential for harm
Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Mar 16, 2022 - Potential for harm
Coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program; and referring for services as needed.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Mar 16, 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
- 921 Bowman Road
Mt Pleasant, SC 29464 - CMS certification #
- 425110
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certified beds
- 132
- Avg residents/day
- 121.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1977-11-22
- Chain
- The Ensign Group (329 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of The Ensign Group
The Ensign Group operates 329 nursing facilities across the United States. View all The Ensign Group facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around Oak Harbor Healthcare using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Nurse 24 hours a day
- Workplace safety 1 OSHA workplace safety inspection since 2023, no violations cited
- Emergency In hurricane evacuation Zone B
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What Oak Harbor Healthcare says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
Our Nursing staff provides 24-hour round the clock care for our residents under the direction of our in-house physicians.
(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.
- Sep 19, 2023: complaint inspection, partial (health). Case closed Jan 11, 2024. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as 75858 - Starling Healthcare INC. Matched by street address; the name OSHA recorded differs from the community's.
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
- Novant Health East Cooper Medical Center, Mount Pleasant. 0.5 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 4 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Sandpiper Post Acute, Mount Pleasant. 0.6 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Phc Home Health, Charleston. 7.8 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 1.2 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 29464 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Dci East Cooper, Mount Pleasant, 0.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fmc Mt Pleasant Dialysis Center, Mount Pleasant, 0.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 2 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Medical Care Charleston County, Mount Pleasant, 0.4 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 18 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 29464.
Musc Health Hospice At Home By Bayada-Charleston, office in Charleston, 9.6 miles away, straight line
Agape Hospice Of The Lowcountry, office in North Charleston, 9.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars)
Interim Health Care Hospice Of Charleston, office in North Charleston, 9.8 miles away, straight line - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Palmetto Primary Care Physicians LLC, Mt Pleasant. 2.3 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 B on the South Carolina hurricane evacuation zones (2024). (South Carolina Emergency Management Division, map updated Aug 18, 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)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: relatively high. By hazard: hurricane very high, inland flooding relatively moderate, coastal flooding relatively high, wildfire relatively low, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake relatively high. 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 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here relatively low |
| 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 Oak Harbor Healthcare a good nursing home?
CMS gives Oak Harbor Healthcare an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars, including 2/5 for staffing and 3/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Oak Harbor Healthcare staffed?
Oak Harbor Healthcare reports 3.36 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the South Carolina average of 3.86.
Has Oak Harbor Healthcare had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 2 deficiencies.
How many beds does Oak Harbor Healthcare have?
Oak Harbor Healthcare is certified for 132 beds.