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Sapphire Rehabilitation and Care Center

1605 Northwest Professional Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43220

Medicare lists this as a Special Focus Facility, a home with a history of serious quality issues that receives more frequent inspections.

Overview

Sapphire Rehabilitation and Care Center has a Medicare overall rating of 1 out of 5, below the Ohio average of 3.2. It ranks 31st of 31 nursing homes in Columbus. Its strongest area is quality of care (4 of 5), and its weakest is health inspections (1 of 5).

Residents receive about 4.1 hours of nursing care per day, more than at 80% of nursing homes in Ohio (the state average is 3.7 hours). Of that, 0.6 hours come from registered nurses.

Its most recent standard inspection, on September 22, 2025, found 51 health deficiencies, more than the Ohio average of 10.4. 21 of them came from complaint investigations. Medicare records 2 fines totaling $241,745 in the past three years.

Sapphire Rehabilitation and Care Center is a for-profit facility with 113 certified beds, caring for about 94 residents on an average day. It accepts both Medicare and Medicaid and has participated since 1994.

Medicare ratings

Overall
Health inspections
Quality of care
Staffing

Source: Medicare Care Compare, data as of October 1, 2026.

How it compares nearby

Ranked by Medicare overall rating, then quality, inspection and staffing ratings.

In Columbus31st of 31 facilities

Top 100%

Within 100 miles515th of 546 facilities

Top 95%

In Ohio853rd of 913 facilities

Top 94%

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Inspections and penalties

Most recent standard inspection
September 22, 2025
Health deficiencies cited
51
Complaint-related deficiencies
21
Fines in the last 3 years
2 totaling $241,745
Payment denials
2
Total penalties
4

Staffing

Average hours of care each resident receives per day.

  • All nursing staff4.08 hrs
  • Registered nurses (RN)0.60 hrs
  • Licensed practical nurses (LPN)1.32 hrs
  • Nurse aides2.16 hrs
  • Physical therapists0.00 hrs

Facility details

Ownership
For profit - Corporation
Certified beds
113
Average residents per day
94
Participates in
Medicare and Medicaid
Medicare/Medicaid since
February 3, 1994
Inside a hospital
No
Continuing care retirement community
No
Changed ownership in last 12 months
No
Resident or family council
Resident
Sprinklers in all required areas
Yes