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HARBORVIEW SATILLA provides skilled nursing and rehabilitation care in Waycross, Georgia, where experienced medical teams focus on recovery and healing. Our facility combines clinical expertise with compassionate support, helping patients regain independence through personalized treatment plans and therapeutic services.
Capacity
174 residents
Location
Waycross, GA
Status
Listed in a public registry
1600 RIVERSIDE AVE, Waycross, Georgia 31501
From CMS Care Compare, the federal record every Medicare-certified nursing home is held to. Data as of September 1, 2026. Check it on Medicare.gov
At its most recent standard inspection, on February 12, 2026, state inspectors cited 10 health deficiencies (the Georgia average is 5.0).
Nurses and nurse aides spend 3 hours 50 minutes with each resident a day, above the Georgia average of 3 hours 34 minutes.
Medicare fined Harborview Satilla 2 times in the last three years, $9,620 in total.
| Measure | This home |
|---|---|
| Nurse and aide time per resident, per day | 3 hours 50 minutesAbove the Georgia average |
| Registered nurse time per resident, per day | 24 minutesBelow the Georgia average |
| Nursing staff who left in the past year | 45% |
20 health citations in the last three years. Each one is a federal standard inspectors found the home was not meeting.
February 12, 2026 · Standard inspection · 10 citations
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.
Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.
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.
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
April 22, 2025 · Complaint investigation · 2 citations
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate.
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
2 fines totaling $9,620 and 1 Medicare payment denial in the last three years.
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State inspectors visited on February 12, 2026 and cited 10 health deficiencies, 4 of them from complaint investigations. The Georgia average is 5.0.
Nurses and aides spend 3 hours 50 minutes with each resident per day, including 24 minutes from registered nurses. 45% of nursing staff left over the past year.
Yes. Medicare fined Harborview Satilla 2 times in the last three years, totaling $9,620.
Medicare covers up to 100 days of skilled nursing per benefit period after a qualifying 3-day hospital stay — fully for the first 20 days, then with a daily copay. Long-term custodial stays are generally not covered.
A semi-private room averages about $7,900 per month nationally; private rooms cost more. Medicaid is the largest payer for long-term nursing home care.
Medicare rates nursing homes 1 to 5 stars on its Care Compare site. We don't repeat those stars here. Each nursing home page shows Medicare's underlying record instead: inspections, staffing and fines, with a link to check it on Medicare.gov.