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Sapphire Rehabilitation and Care Center

⌖ Columbus, OH · Franklin County · Medicare data as of September 2026
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Medicare overall rating 1 of 5 stars
Certified beds113
Medicare / MedicaidMedicare & Medicaid
OwnershipFor-profit (corporation)

About Sapphire Rehabilitation and Care Center

Sapphire Rehabilitation and Care Center is a 113-bed for-profit nursing home in Columbus, OH. Medicare rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall (much below average); the average in Ohio is 3.2.

Special Focus candidate. Medicare lists this home as a candidate for its Special Focus program because of a history of serious problems.

  • Inspections: 50 problems at its last full inspection (Sep 2025), more than the Ohio average of 10.5. 4 recent citations were for residents being harmed or put in immediate danger.
  • Staffing: nurses and aides spend about 3 hr 39 min a day with each resident, about the same as the Ohio average of 3 hr 41 min. About 79% of nursing staff left in the past year.
  • Fines: $241,745 in federal fines in the last three years.

Written from Medicare’s published figures; nothing here is paid for or written by the home. Our methodology

Key details

Facility nameSapphire Rehabilitation And Care Center
LocationFranklin County, Ohio
Address1605 Northwest Professional Plaza, Columbus, OH 43220 · Franklin County
Medicare provider number365950
Ownership typeFor-profit (corporation)
Official inspection reportsRead them on Medicare.gov ↗
Medicare enrolled sinceFebruary 3, 1994 (32 years)
✓ Medicare✓ Medicaid

Certified for Medicaid; ask whether a Medicaid bed is available.

Quality & inspections

Explore this facility's official Medicare inspection history, staffing levels and quality measures below — sourced directly from Medicare's public records.

Overall rating1 of 5Much below average
Health inspections1 of 5Much below average
Quality measures4 of 5Above average
Staffing1 of 5Much below average

Ratings and inspection data on this page come directly from Medicare's public records and are never altered for any paid listing. Medicare data as of September 2026.

What Medicare found

6 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.

About average

  • Nurse staffing per resident3 hr 39 min a dayOhio average: 3 hr 41 min
    About average

Things to ask about

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  • Special Focus Facility candidateYesMedicare lists this home as a candidate for its Special Focus program, which follows homes with a history of quality problems more closely.
    Ask about this
  • Serious health citations2 for immediate jeopardy and 2 for actual harmCitations where inspectors found residents were harmed or put in immediate danger, most recently in Nov 2025 (within the past year). All 4 were later corrected.
    Ask about this
  • Fines and penalties2 fines totaling $241,745; 2 Medicare payment denialsFederal 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 inspection50 (Sep 2025)Ohio average: 10.5.
    Worse than state average
  • Registered nurse time per resident28 min a dayOhio average: 38 min
    Worse than state average
  • Nursing staff turnover79% a yearOhio average: 49%
    Worse than state average

Source: Medicare (CMS) inspection, penalty and staffing records, compared with the Ohio 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.

Short-term rehab

For a stay of a few weeks after a hospital visit, such as after surgery or a stroke.

Medicare quality rating: 3 of 5 (average)

  • Sent back to the hospital26.5%State average: 24.9%
    About average
  • Needed an emergency room visit15.1%State average: 12.9%
    About average
  • Newly given antipsychotic drugs0.0%State average: 1.2%
    Better than average

Physical therapist time: about 0 minutes a day per resident, averaged across all residents, including long-term residents who get little or no therapy. That is less than the state average of 3 minutes. It is not one person’s therapy schedule; if rehab is the goal, ask how many therapy sessions a week to expect.

Long-term care

For residents who live at the home for months or years.

Medicare quality rating: 5 of 5 (much above average)

  • Falls with a major injury2.4%State average: 3.2%
    Better than average
  • Pressure sores (bedsores)7.0%State average: 3.4%
    Worse than average
  • Given antipsychotic drugs7.9%State average: 8.8%
    About average

Source: Medicare (CMS) quality measures, compared with the Ohio 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 Ohio, Medicaid pays for 48% of resident days at a typical home.

  • 76% Medicaid
  • 4% Medicare
  • 20% Private pay, insurance and other
Beds in use, on average83%Ohio typical: 85%
Facility operating cost per resident day$347Ohio typical: $331

Shares of resident days, from the home’s Medicare cost report for the year ending December 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.

What a stay may cost

  • Short-term rehab with Medicare: after a qualifying hospital stay, Medicare pays in full for days 1–20. From day 21 to day 100 you pay $217 a day (2026), unless other coverage pays it. Medicare stops after day 100. Estimate a rehab stay →
  • Paying privately: ask the home for its daily rate and what it includes. As a guide, Ohio’s Medicaid program uses about $7,787 a month as the average cost of nursing home care (September 2024); see the state’s figure.
  • Medicaid: this home is certified for Medicaid, which pays for most long-term care once savings run low. Ask whether a Medicaid bed is available. Medicaid rules in Ohio →

Medicare amounts from Medicare.gov. Prices vary with room type and care needs, so always confirm with the home.

Ratings over time

Its overall Medicare rating is 1 star now, down from 4 stars in January 2019. It has ranged from 1 to 4 stars and changed 15 times.

Overall rating1★
Health inspections1★
Staffing1★
Quality of care4★
Nurse hours per resident per day3.6
20192020202120222023202420252026
Show the values by year
MonthOverallInspectionsStaffingQualityNurse hours
Jan 201943353.6
Jan 202011243.8
Jan 202111233.5
Jan 202222243.5
Jan 202323143.8
Jan 202412143.6
Feb 202521253.8
Feb 202621153.7
Sep 202611143.6

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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