Federal inspection record · CMS data as of October 1, 2026
Forrest General Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit
6051 Us Highway 49 South, Hattiesburg, MS · (601) 288-4233
- CMS high-performer trophy
- Certified beds
- 30
- Residents per day
- 28
- Ownership
- Government
- Chain
- No chain reported
- Medicare / Medicaid
- Medicare
- Certified since
- May 10, 2012
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How this home got 5 stars
The overall rating isn't an average. CMS starts from the inspection rating and nudges it at most two steps. Here is the arithmetic for this home, using CMS's own rules.
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Health inspections
★★★★★starting point
Everything starts from what state inspectors found on site. This is a ranking against other homes in Mississippi.
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Staffing
★★★★★no change (already 5)
Only a 5-star staffing rating adds a star, and only a 1-star rating removes one. Ratings of 2 to 4 change nothing.
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Quality measures
★★★★★no change (already 5)
Same rule: 5 stars adds one, 1 star takes one away. These measures are mostly reported by the home itself.
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Overall
★★★★★5 of 5
Matches the rating CMS publishes on Care Compare.
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Where it sits among Mississippi homes
Forrest General Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit carries 1 inspection point. That is fewer than 99% of Mississippi's 199 rated homes.
Inspectors' citations earn points by how serious and how widespread they were (the grid below). CMS then ranks every home in Mississippi: the 10% with the fewest points get 5 stars, the 20% with the most get 1 star, and the middle 70% split evenly into 2, 3 and 4.
- 5★ 0–15 pts
- 4★ 15–30 pts
- 3★ 30–47 pts
- 2★ 47–78.5 pts
- 1★ over 78.5 pts
Bars show every rated home in Mississippi by its weighted inspection score. CMS recalibrates the cut points monthly but holds a home's rating until its own score changes, so a home can sit just outside today's band.
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What inspectors found
2 health citations on record since 2023. Each one gets a letter: the row says how badly residents were affected, the column how many.
Immediate jeopardyResidents at risk of serious injury or death
Actual harmA resident was hurt
Potential for harmNo one was hurt, but could have been
Minimal harmPaperwork-level problems
Read the rows, not the total. Most citations nationwide are a D: one problem, nobody hurt. Rows G–I mean a resident was harmed; J–L mean inspectors found residents in immediate danger of serious injury or death.
Small numbers in each cell are the inspection points CMS assigns per citation. Those points are what the state curve above ranks.
No citation on record at the harm or immediate-jeopardy level.
Everything else, by area of care
Infection Control1D
- D
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning1B
- B
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Inspection history
2026-05-13
0 health deficiencies · 0 fire-safety deficiencies
No concentrated health issue counts in this cycle.
2025-05-07
1 health deficiencies · 0 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Infection Control (1 deficiency)
2023-11-21
1 health deficiencies · 0 fire-safety deficiencies
Top issue: Resident Assessment and Care Planning (1 deficiency)
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Nursing time per resident, per day
Each resident here gets about 8 h 36 min of nursing staff time a day, 4 h 2 min of it from a registered nurse.
This home
8 h 36 min
Mississippi average
4 h 12 min
U.S. average
3 h 54 min
- Registered nurse
- Licensed practical nurse
- Nurse aide
Turnover: 47% of nursing staff and 42% of registered nurses left in the past year.
Reported hours from payroll data the home submits to CMS, divided by its daily resident count. Not adjusted for how sick residents are.
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Resident outcomes
Quality measures compared with state and national averages. Most come from assessments the home itself reports.
| Measure | This home | State | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of short-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine3.1 pts worse | 85.9% | 89.0% | 82.3% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who had an outpatient emergency department visit11.1 pts better | 4.2% | 15.3% | 11.8% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who newly received an antipsychotic medication1.8 pts better | 0.6% | 2.4% | 1.5% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were assessed and appropriately given the seasonal influenza vaccine3.1 pts worse | 81.9% | 85.0% | 80.1% |
| Percentage of short-stay residents who were rehospitalized after a nursing home admission6.6 pts better | 20.5% | 27.1% | 23.4% |
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Who owns and runs it
19 owners and managers reported to CMS. The last column counts how many nursing homes each one is tied to.
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| Name | Role | Share | Homes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Answorth, Peggy | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Answorth, Peggy | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Causey, Jana | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 3 facilities |
| Causey, Jana | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 3 facilities |
| Forrest County Board Of Superviors | 5% Or Greater Direct Ownership Interest · Organization | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Griffith, Charles | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Griffith, Charles | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 6 facilities |
| Hester, Ben | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 3 facilities |
| Hester, Ben | Operational/Managerial Control · Individual | 0% | 3 facilities |
| Mcarthur, Harry | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Mcarthur, Harry | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Mclaurin, Jennifer | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Mclaurin, Jennifer | Adp Of The SNF · Individual | 0% | 1 facilities |
| Mcnease, Shea | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Mcnease, Shea | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Mercier, Andrew | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Mercier, Andrew | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 2 facilities |
| Steele, Erik | Corporate Director · Individual | 0% | 3 facilities |
| Steele, Erik | Corporate Officer · Individual | 0% | 3 facilities |
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