Nursing home
St Andrews Operator
3514 Sidney Road, Columbia, SC 29210 · Map
For profit - Individual · Part of Yad Healthcare (13 facilities) · 108 certified beds
St Andrews Operator is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Columbia, South Carolina. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (3/5 for staffing, 1/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 3.68 hours per resident per day, below the South Carolina average of 3.86. Its most recent inspection on Jul 17, 2025 cited 14 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 $41,015In 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 St Andrews Operator 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) | 3.68 | 3.86 | 3.89 | below avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.57 | 0.63 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 2.21 | 2.22 | 2.34 | below avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 78.8% | 47.0% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 14.0 | 3.7 | 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 July 17, 2025 inspection was corrected by September 19, 2025
Penalties in CMS records: 1 fine totaling $41,015, 1 total penalty.
What inspectors found at St Andrews Operator
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 · Jul 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
Administration Deficiencies · Jul 17, 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 · Jul 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Jul 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
Show all 12 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Jul 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jul 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Jul 17, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - 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 · Apr 29, 2025 · 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 · Apr 29, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for 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 · Apr 29, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Apr 29, 2025 · Full report (PDF)
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
- 3514 Sidney Road
Columbia, SC 29210 - CMS certification #
- 425129
- Ownership
- For profit - Individual
- Certified beds
- 108
- Avg residents/day
- 84.5
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1979-05-23
- Chain
- Yad Healthcare (13 facilities)
- Setting
- Urban
Part of Yad Healthcare
Yad Healthcare operates 13 nursing facilities across the United States. View all Yad Healthcare facilities →
Not SLA enrolled. This facility hasn’t enrolled in resident survey verification. Learn about enrollment →
Location and nearby
Explore the area around St Andrews Operator using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Website says Respite stays, nurse 24 hours a day, works with hospice
- Staff pay 2 federal wage cases with violations found, since 2017
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
From the community’s website
What St Andrews Operator says about itself, quoted from its own site. We have not checked these claims against licensing records. Ask about each one on a tour.
- Offers respite or short-term stays.
RESPITE CARE
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Nurse on site: 24 hours a day.
Our skilled nursing staff is available 24/7 to provide the highest level of personalized care for each resident.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026) - Offers hospice care on site or works with hospice providers.
, our Hospice & Palliative Care team provides compassionate and specialized care for individuals facing serious or life-limiting illnesses.
(page, checked Oct 12, 2026)
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
Federal wage and hour cases
The Department of Labor checks that staff are paid minimum wage and overtime as the law requires.
- Findings for Apr 25, 2019 to Dec 4, 2019. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $14,568 owed to 51 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: Brain Center/St. Andrews, LLC. Case 1910103.
- Findings for May 3, 2017 to Apr 24, 2019. Violations found: Overtime. Back wages: $18,682 owed to 305 employees. Employer as DOL recorded it: The Brian Center (The Brian Center/St. Andrews, LLC). Case 1874306.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division enforcement data, loaded Oct 15, 2026. Concluded cases only. The dates are the period in which DOL found violations, not when the case opened or closed. Back wages are what the employer agreed to pay; penalties are what DOL assessed. DOL does not publish a page for each case, so search the dataset by case number.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Lexington Medical Center, West Columbia. 4.2 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 3 of 5 stars. Location approximate.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- Presbyterian Home Of South Carolina-Columbia, Lexington. 2.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Centerwell Home Health, Columbia. 1.4 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- CVS Pharmacy. 1.4 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 29210 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Fresenius Medical Care West Columbia, West Columbia, 3.2 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Fresenius Medical Care Irmo, Irmo, 3.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Lexington Kidney Center, LLC, West Columbia, 5.1 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 1 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 25 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 29210.
Three Oaks Hospice, office in Columbia, 0.6 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 2 of 5 stars)
Hands Of Hope, office in Columbia, 0.7 miles away, straight line
Caris Healthcare Columbia, office in Columbia, 1.4 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 3 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Victor Hirth, West Columbia. 4.2 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.
- 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: very low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding very low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively moderate, heat wave relatively low, 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 | See above |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | Not in a mapped zone | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very 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 St Andrews Operator a good nursing home?
CMS gives St Andrews Operator an overall rating of 1 out of 5 stars, including 3/5 for staffing and 1/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is St Andrews Operator staffed?
St Andrews Operator reports 3.68 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the South Carolina average of 3.86.
Has St Andrews Operator had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 14 deficiencies. This facility is on CMS's Special Focus list for enhanced oversight.
How many beds does St Andrews Operator have?
St Andrews Operator is certified for 108 beds.