Pruitthealth - Blue Ridge
Nursing home in Blue Ridge, Georgia, CMS certification number 115468
99 Ouida Street, Blue Ridge, GA 30513 · Fannin County
- CMS overall rating
- 5 of 5 stars
- Certified beds
- 101
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Last standard inspection
- July 31, 2025
- Deficiencies at that inspection
- 1
- Fines in 3 years
- No fines
Does Pruitthealth - Blue Ridge take Medicare and Medicaid?
Yes to both. Pruitthealth - Blue Ridge is certified for Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare can pay for a short skilled stay after a qualifying hospital stay; Medicaid can pay for long-term care once you qualify.
Certification isn't a promise of an open bed. Ask how many Medicaid beds it has free and whether it keeps residents who move from Medicare to Medicaid. Our guide explains what Medicare pays for.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every certified nursing home from 1 to 5 stars. The overall rating starts from health inspections, then moves up or down for staffing and quality. These come from the CMS Provider Information, October 2026 release.
| Measure | CMS stars |
|---|---|
| Overall | 5 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 |
| Staffing | 2 of 5 |
| Quality of resident care | 5 of 5 |
| Long-stay quality | 5 of 5 |
| Short-stay quality | 5 of 5 |
Nurse staffing hours and turnover
These are the hours Pruitthealth - Blue Ridge reported to CMS, split across residents and days. More hours per resident usually means more hands at the bedside.
- Total nurse hours per resident per day
- 3.56
- Registered nurse hours
- 0.71
- Licensed practical nurse hours
- 0.80
- Nurse aide hours
- 2.05
- Weekend total hours
- 2.90
- Nursing staff turnover
- 42%
- Registered nurse turnover
- 16.7%
- Administrators who left
- 2
Health inspections and complaints
Inspectors last made a standard visit on July 31, 2025 and cited 1 deficiency, plus 0 from complaint visits.
The visit before, on March 7, 2024, found 11.
Read every citation on the CMS Care Compare page.
Fines and payment denials
CMS lists no fines for Pruitthealth - Blue Ridge in the past 3 years.
Beds and residents
On an average day 85.4 residents live here, about 85% of its 101 certified beds.
- Certified beds
- 101
- Average residents per day
- 85.4
- Certified since
- July 5, 1989
- Resident or family council
- Resident
Who owns Pruitthealth - Blue Ridge
- Legal business name
- Pruitthealth - Blue Ridge, LLC
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- 97 homes nationally under Pruitthealth, 3.1-star chain average
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Who inspects nursing homes in Georgia
Georgia's state survey agency licenses nursing homes and carries out the federal inspections for CMS. A home must keep its state licence and meet the federal rules to take Medicare or Medicaid.
Compare all nursing homes in Georgia, or see how assisted living and nursing homes differ.
Is this your facility?
If you run Pruitthealth - Blue Ridge, email contact@assistedlivingaccess.com from your work address. We can add your own rates, photos and contact details next to the state record, or take the listing down.
Questions about Pruitthealth - Blue Ridge
What is the CMS star rating of Pruitthealth - Blue Ridge?
5 out of 5 stars overall.
Does Pruitthealth - Blue Ridge accept Medicaid?
Yes, it is Medicaid certified.
What did inspectors find at Pruitthealth - Blue Ridge?
1 cited at the last standard visit.
Who owns Pruitthealth - Blue Ridge?
Pruitthealth - Blue Ridge, LLC, for profit - corporation.
From the federal record: CMS Care Compare and the CMS Provider Information dataset, October 2026 release.