# Forrest General Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit

Forrest General Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified nursing home (Skilled nursing facility · Medicare only) in Hattiesburg, MS, CMS Certification Number 255335, with 30 certified beds and about 28 residents per day. CMS rates it 5/5 overall (health inspections 5/5, staffing 5/5, quality measures 5/5).

## Key facts
- Status: Active CMS certification
- Address: 6051 US Highway 49 South, Hattiesburg, MS 39401 (Forrest County)
- Ownership type: Government - County

- Operator (legal business name): [Forrest County General Hospital](https://carefield.site/operator/op-forrest-county-general-hospital)
- CMS chain: not part of a CMS-reported chain

- Phone: 6012884233
- Medicare Care Compare: https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/details/nursing-home/255335

## Inspection record
6 inspections in the CMS window (latest 2026-05-13); 2 citations (2 health, 0 fire safety); 0 at actual harm and 0 at immediate jeopardy; 0 without a verified correction at last report. CMS publishes about the three most recent standard surveys plus complaint and infection-control inspections from the prior three years; no citation in that window is not proof of a clean history.
- 2025-05-07 — [F-0880](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0880) Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. — scope/severity D (No actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm); Corrected
- 2023-11-21 — [F-0640](https://carefield.site/deficiency/cms-f0640) Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment. — scope/severity B (No actual harm, potential for minimal harm); Corrected

## Penalties
No fines or payment denials in the CMS penalties file (about the last three years).

## Staffing (PBJ, hours per resident per day)
- Total nurse: 8.60583 (state avg 4.1965, US 3.90085)
- RN: 4.03305
- Nursing staff turnover: 47.2%

## Owners and managers of record (CMS disclosures)
- [Forrest County Board of Superviors](https://carefield.site/owner/org-forrest-county-board-of-superviors) — Direct owner, since 1966-01-01
- Ben Hester — Operational / managerial control, since 2017-10-01

## Nearby nursing homes
- [Bedford Care Ctr-Monroe Hall](https://carefield.site/facility/cms-255297) — 2.1 km, CMS overall 4/5
- [Bedford Alzheimer's Care Center](https://carefield.site/facility/cms-25a416) — 2.1 km, CMS overall 4/5
- [Merit Health Wesley](https://carefield.site/facility/cms-255168) — 3.9 km, CMS overall 5/5
- [Bedford Care Center of Hattiesburg](https://carefield.site/facility/cms-255158) — 4.1 km, CMS overall 3/5
- [Windham House of Hattiesburg](https://carefield.site/facility/cms-255265) — 4.7 km, CMS overall 5/5
- [Hattiesburg Health & Rehab Center](https://carefield.site/facility/cms-255321) — 6.5 km, CMS overall 3/5
- [Bedford Care Center of Petal](https://carefield.site/facility/cms-255149) — 7.6 km, CMS overall 4/5

## Sources
- cms_provider_info: https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/api/1/datastore/query/4pq5-n9py/0?conditions%5B0%5D%5Bproperty%5D=cms_certification_number_ccn&conditions%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D=255335&conditions%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=%3D
- cms_ownership: https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/api/1/datastore/query/y2hd-n93e/0?conditions%5B0%5D%5Bproperty%5D=cms_certification_number_ccn&conditions%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D=255335&conditions%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=%3D
- cms_health_deficiencies: https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/api/1/datastore/query/r5ix-sfxw/0?conditions%5B0%5D%5Bproperty%5D=cms_certification_number_ccn&conditions%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D=255335&conditions%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=%3D
- cms_fire_safety_deficiencies: https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/api/1/datastore/query/ifjz-ge4w/0?conditions%5B0%5D%5Bproperty%5D=cms_certification_number_ccn&conditions%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D=255335&conditions%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=%3D
- cms_penalties: https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/api/1/datastore/query/g6vv-u9sr/0?conditions%5B0%5D%5Bproperty%5D=cms_certification_number_ccn&conditions%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D=255335&conditions%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=%3D
- cms_inspection_dates: https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/api/1/datastore/query/svdt-c123/0?conditions%5B0%5D%5Bproperty%5D=cms_certification_number_ccn&conditions%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D=255335&conditions%5B0%5D%5Boperator%5D=%3D

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Source page: https://carefield.site/facility/cms-255335 · Carefield — Senior Care Intelligence. Facts come from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (Medicare/Medicaid-certified nursing homes). Missing data never means no issue exists.