Cherokee Center for Nursing and Healing LLC

Certification

Medicare-certified.

Ratings

Inspection history (31)

Records from January 2023 to March 2025.

• March 14, 2025

  Tag F0689

  Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

  Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected April 24, 2025.

• March 14, 2025

  Tag F0645

  PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities.

  Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected April 24, 2025.

• March 14, 2025

  Tag F0695

  Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

  Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected April 24, 2025.

• March 14, 2025

  Tag F0880

  Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

  Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected April 24, 2025.

• March 14, 2025

  Tag F0656

  Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

  Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected April 24, 2025.

• December 29, 2023

  Tag F0689

  Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

  Severity G: isolated, actual harm. Corrected January 10, 2024.

• December 5, 2023

  Tag F0690

  Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.

  Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected January 10, 2024.

• December 5, 2023

  Tag F0610

  Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.

  Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected January 10, 2024.

• December 5, 2023

  Tag F0656

  Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

  Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected January 10, 2024.

• December 5, 2023

  Tag F0761

  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.

  Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected January 10, 2024.

• December 5, 2023

  Tag F0695

  Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.

  Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected January 10, 2024.

• December 5, 2023

  Tag F0835

  Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.

  Severity K: pattern, immediate jeopardy. Corrected January 10, 2024.

• December 5, 2023

  Tag F0609

  Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.

  Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected January 10, 2024.

• December 5, 2023

  Tag F0686

  Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

  Severity K: pattern, immediate jeopardy. Corrected January 10, 2024.

• December 5, 2023

  Tag F0698

  Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.

  Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected January 10, 2024.

• December 5, 2023

  Tag F0865

  Have a plan that describes the process for conducting QAPI and QAA activities.

  Severity F: widespread, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected January 10, 2024.

• December 5, 2023

  Tag F0689

  Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

  Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected January 10, 2024.

• December 5, 2023

  Tag F0921

  Make sure that the nursing home area is safe, easy to use, clean and comfortable for residents, staff and the public.

  Severity E: pattern, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected January 10, 2024.

• December 5, 2023

  Tag F0759

  Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater.

  Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected January 10, 2024.

• December 5, 2023

  Tag F0655

  Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted.

  Severity D: isolated, no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Corrected January 10, 2024.

Penalties (2)

Total fines: $185,650

• December 5, 2023 · Fine

  CMS recorded a civil money penalty of $185,650 against this nursing home on December 5, 2023.

• December 5, 2023 · Payment Denial

  CMS recorded a Medicare/Medicaid payment denial for new admissions starting December 9, 2023, lasting 46 days (triggered by inspection on December 5, 2023).

Staffing

2.93 nurse hours per resident per day in Q2 2026, down from 3.13 in Q4 2025.

From the payroll records nursing homes file with CMS.

Ownership

For profit