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Fleshers Fairview Health Care
⌖ Fairview, NC · Buncombe County
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Medicare overall rating 2 of 5 stars
Certified beds106
Medicare / MedicaidMedicare & Medicaid
OwnershipFor-profit (corporation)
About Fleshers Fairview Health Care
Fleshers Fairview Health Care is a 106-bed for-profit nursing home in Fairview, NC. Medicare rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall (below average); the average in North Carolina is 2.9. At its last full inspection (Sep 2025), inspectors found 23 problems, more than the North Carolina average of 4.7. 5 citations in its recent inspections were for residents being harmed or put in immediate danger. Nurses and aides spend about 3 hr 57 min a day with each resident, about the same as the North Carolina average of 3 hr 51 min. About 46% of its nursing staff left in the past year. Medicare fined it $61,321 in the last three years.
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Key details
Facility nameFleshers Fairview Health Care
LocationBuncombe County, North Carolina
Phone(828) 628-2800
Address3016 Cane Creek Road, Fairview, NC 28730 · Buncombe County
CMS provider number345413
Ownership typeFor-profit (corporation)
Official inspection reportsRead them on Medicare.gov ↗
Medicare enrolled sinceJanuary 30, 1992 (34 years)
✓ Medicare✓ Medicaid
Certified for Medicaid; ask whether a Medicaid bed is available.
Quality & inspections
Explore this facility's official CMS inspection history, staffing levels and quality measures below — sourced directly from Medicare's public records.
Ratings and inspection data on this page come directly from CMS's public records and are never altered for any paid listing. Medicare data as of September 2026.
What Medicare found
1 strength and 3 things to ask about in Medicare's inspection, fine and staffing records for this home. 1 care-quality measure is worse than the state average in the rehab and long-term care section below.
Strengths
- Registered nurse time per resident57 min a dayNorth Carolina average: 37 minStrength
About average
- Nurse staffing per resident3 hr 57 min a dayNorth Carolina average: 3 hr 51 minAbout average
- Nursing staff turnover46% a yearNorth Carolina average: 49%About average
Things to ask about
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- Serious health citations5 for actual harmCitations where inspectors found residents were harmed or put in immediate danger, most recently in Sep 2025 (about 1 year ago). All 5 were later corrected.Ask about this
- Fines and penalties2 fines totaling $61,321; 1 Medicare payment denialFederal penalties from the last three years, most recently in Sep 2025 (about 1 year ago). The national average is $30,972 per home.Ask about this
- Health citations at last inspection23 (Sep 2025)North Carolina average: 4.7. Most citations are minor and corrected within weeks.Worse than state average
Source: Medicare (CMS) inspection, penalty and staffing records, compared with the North Carolina average. Problems may have been corrected since; ask the home about anything listed here. How we choose these
Short-term rehab or long-term care?
Medicare rates these separately, and many homes are better at one than the other.
Long-term care
For residents who live at the home for months or years.
- Falls with a major injury10.3%State average: 3.5%Worse than average
- Pressure sores (bedsores)4.9%State average: 5.5%About average
- Given antipsychotic drugs12.9%State average: 14.0%About average
- Hospital stays per 1,000 resident days1.4State average: 1.8Better than average
Source: Medicare (CMS) quality measures, compared with the North Carolina average. Lower is better for every rate shown.
Who pays, and how full it is
Most residents here have their care paid by Medicaid. In North Carolina, Medicaid pays for 64% of resident days at a typical home.
- 63% Medicaid
- 3% Medicare
- 34% Private pay, insurance and other
Beds in use, on average48%North Carolina typical: 82%
Cost of care per resident day$338North Carolina typical: $346
Shares of resident days, from the home’s Medicare cost report for the year ending September 2024. The cost per day is what care costs the home to provide, not the price you would pay; ask the home for its private-pay rate. A busy home may have fewer open beds, so ask about availability.
Ratings over time
Its overall Medicare rating is 2 stars now, up from 1 star in January 2019. It has ranged from 1 to 4 stars and changed 15 times.
Overall rating2★
Health inspections1★
Staffing5★
Quality of care3★
Nurse hours per resident per day4.0
20192020202120222023202420252026
Show the values by year
| Month | Overall | Inspections | Staffing | Quality | Nurse hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3.2 |
| Jan 2020 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3.4 |
| Jan 2021 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3.4 |
| Jan 2022 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4.0 |
| Jan 2023 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3.5 |
| Jan 2024 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Feb 2025 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4.3 |
| Feb 2026 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3.3 |
| Sep 2026 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4.0 |
Source: Medicare (CMS) monthly Care Compare releases since 2019. Medicare has changed how some ratings are calculated over the years and paused most inspections in 2020, so some jumps reflect rule changes rather than changes at the home. Our methodology
See the full inspection reportEvery citation, fine, staffing figure and quality measure Medicare publishes for this home
From Medicare’s September 2026 data. Each inspection is dated below; staffing comes from payroll records for a recent quarter, and resident outcomes cover the latest period Medicare reports.
Inspection summary
How this facility compares to state and national averages on CMS-reported problems.
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Three-survey history
Citation counts across this facility's three most recent inspection cycles, so you can see whether problems are trending up, down, or holding steady.
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