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Forrest General Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit

6051 US HIGHWAY 49 SOUTH, HATTIESBURG, MS, 39401
(601) 288-4233
30 licensed beds
★★★★★5/5CMS Five-Star overall5/5 health inspections5/5 staffing5/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Address

6051 Us Highway 49 South
Hattiesburg, MS 39401
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Public record summary

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Bed capacity
30
CMS facility ID
255335
Care type
Nursing home
County
Forrest
Facility name
Forrest General Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit
Street address
6051 US HIGHWAY 49 SOUTH
City / state / ZIP
Hattiesburg, MS 39401
Phone
(601) 288-4233

About this facility — Forrest General Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit

Forrest General Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It is licensed for 30 beds — well below the median for skilled nursing facilities in Mississippi (80 beds).

It is one of 21 senior care facilities in Hattiesburg and 202 skilled nursing facilities across Mississippi. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Forrest General Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit 2 times across 6 inspections in the last three years; no federal fines are on record. Every citation is listed, dated, and graded in the inspection record below.

This listing draws on federal CMS Nursing Home Compare records, and was last updated on August 31, 2026. Background reports are compiled from primary sources — state inspection files, federal CMS data, corporate registrations, and court records — at the time of order.

Facility background

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Ownership & operator

Ownership type
Government - County

Registered owners & officers

Answorth, Peggy
Director · Officer — since 2023
Causey, Jana
Director · Officer — since 2023
Forrest County Board of Superviors
Direct owner — since 1966
Griffith, Charles
Director · Additional disclosable party — since 2025
Hester, Ben
Officer · Operational control — since 2017
Mcarthur, Harry
Director · Officer — since 2024
Mclaurin, Jennifer
Director · Additional disclosable party — since 2025
Mcnease, Shea
Director · Officer — since 2024
Mercier, Andrew
Director · Officer — since 2024
Steele, Erik
Director · Officer — since 2017

Regulatory standing

Licensed / certified since
2012-05-10
CMS overall rating
5 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
0 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
None on record
Last standard inspection
2026-05-13
Nurse staffing
8.2 hours per resident per day

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
30
Medicare
Accepted
Medicaid
Accepted
Compiled from CMS Nursing Home Compare; owners/officers from the CMS Ownership dataset · last verified 2026-08-31. Facilities can submit a correction.

Inspection record

Every citation, dated and graded.

Kitchen & food safety

CleanNo food-safety or dietary citations in the last three years of federal inspections.
2025-05-07Health inspection1 citation
F-0880
D · No harm found
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Corrected 2025-05-27
2023-11-21Health inspection1 citation
F-0640
B · No harm found
Encode each resident’s assessment data and transmit these data to the State within 7 days of assessment.
Corrected 2023-12-19
Citations and penalties from the CMS Provider Data Catalog (three-year survey window, refreshed monthly). Severity codes follow the federal scope/severity grid; “Immediate jeopardy” is the most serious grade CMS issues. CCN 255335.

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Inspection citations — last 5 years

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Original records

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Source
CMS Nursing Home Compare
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Last verified 2026-08-31
Source
Secretary of State filings
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Source
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pacer.uscourts.gov
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