Bella Terrace Rehabilitation and Nursing Center
1520 HAWTHORNE AVENUE, Columbus, OH 43203
Columbus, Ohio · CMS verdict
Bella Terrace Rehabilitation and Nursing Center reflects below-average quality on the federal five-star scale, below the Ohio state average of 3.2.
The rating and the PlainElderCare Index below summarize federal inspection, staffing, and outcome data, they measure specific, documented dimensions of this facility, not a holistic verdict on the care your family member would receive. Visit in person, talk with staff and current residents' families, and weigh your family member's specific needs before choosing.
Bella Terrace Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Columbus, Ohio holds a CMS overall rating of 2 of 5 stars and a PlainElderCare Quality & Compliance Index of 27 of 100 (grade F). Its CMS inspection record lists multiple deficiencies. Figures are from CMS Nursing Home Compare.
Quality & Compliance Index (lower star tercile)
This facility's CMS overall rating sits in the lower U.S. star tercile (≤2/5). A transparent composite of this facility's CMS Care Compare sub-ratings and its federal inspection record. It complements, and does not replace, the official CMS overall star rating shown at the top of the page. How this is calculated.
How the 27 is built
Each segment is a dimension's weighted points toward the score, summing to 27.
Weights: health inspections 30%, staffing 25%, quality measures 25%, inspection record 20%; any dimension CMS has not published drops out and its weight redistributes (no silent deflation). Inspection record is benchmarked against all rated US nursing homes. Source: CMS Nursing Home Compare.
Bella Terrace Rehabilitation and Nursing Center's lower-tercile CMS stars
Quality ratings
The rating comes from CMS's most recent Care Compare release (data as of April 2026). CMS rolls three sub-ratings into the overall star: health inspection, staffing, and quality measures. The chart below sets each of them against the Ohio average.
What each sub-rating measures
The health inspection rating reflects on-site surveyor findings from the last three cycles. The staffing rating compares case-mix-adjusted nurse hours per resident day to national benchmarks, and quality measures aggregate 15 clinical indicators including pressure ulcers, falls with injury, and long-stay antipsychotic use.
Size and setting
Located in Columbus, Ohio. Bed capacity and average daily census, where CMS reports them, are in Facility details below. Its ownership type, listed in Facility details, can influence staffing patterns, reinvestment decisions, and admissions policy. With occupancy around 89%, bed usage here sits in the range typical of a stabilized facility.
Same-ownership peers
Within Ohio, Bella Terrace Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is one of 490 for profit - corporation nursing homes CMS rates. Its 2-star overall rating sits below the for profit - corporation-segment average of 3.2 stars, ahead of roughly 9% of same-ownership peers in the state. Same-segment comparisons like this one strip out the business-model factor, leaving a cleaner read on facility-level performance than a raw state average would give.
Inspection record
On the regulatory side, federal and state surveyors have documented multiple deficiencies at this facility; the counts are in Facility details below. CMS has levied enforcement penalties - civil money penalties or denials of payment, during the same window. This is a high deficiency count relative to most facilities; requesting the full survey report directly is the only way to see whether these are concentrated in one area or spread across the facility's operations.
Where these figures come from
Figures above come from CMS Nursing Home Compare (Care Compare, data as of April 2026) with state cost medians from the CareScout 2025 Cost of Care Survey. See our methodology for vintage.
How Bella Terrace Rehabilitation and Nursing Center's lower-tercile stars compare to Ohio
CMS five-star sub-ratings (0–5) for this facility against the Ohio facility-weighted average. Source: CMS Care Compare.
Bar = this facility's rating · vertical marker = Ohio state average. Higher is better on all four CMS measures.
Where Bella Terrace Rehabilitation and Nursing Center ranks in Ohio
Among the 911 CMS-rated nursing homes in Ohio, Bella Terrace Rehabilitation and Nursing Center’s 2-star overall rating is higher than 10% of them. The bars show how all Ohio homes spread across the CMS 1-to-5 scale; this facility’s band is highlighted.
244 Ohio homes share this 2-star rating. Source: CMS Nursing Home Compare.
Facility details
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Beds | 96 |
| Residents | 85 |
| Ownership | For profit - Corporation |
| County | Franklin |
| Penalties | 3 |
| Deficiencies | 62 |
Source: CMS Care Compare Nursing Homes (data as of April 2026)
What do families ask most?
What is the quality rating for Bella Terrace Rehabilitation and Nursing Center? ▾
CMS rates Bella Terrace Rehabilitation and Nursing Center at 2 out of 5 stars overall. How its three sub-ratings compare with the Ohio average is charted above.
How much does a nursing home cost per month in Ohio? ▾
In Ohio, a semi-private nursing home room runs a median $9,186/month ($110,230/year) per the CareScout 2025 survey; private rooms average $10,389/month.
What services does Bella Terrace Rehabilitation and Nursing Center offer? ▾
Bella Terrace Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is a skilled nursing facility. CMS Care Compare does not list individual services or therapies, so ask the facility directly which it provides. Its bed capacity, census, and ownership type are in the Facility details table on this page.
Does Bella Terrace Rehabilitation and Nursing Center have any deficiencies or penalties? ▾
Bella Terrace Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has multiple deficiencies and enforcement penalties recorded by CMS; the counts are in the Facility details table. A count this high is above what most facilities post; ask the facility directly for its plan of correction on the largest findings.
What are the alternatives to a nursing home in Ohio? ▾
In Ohio, alternatives include assisted living ($6,103/mo), home health aides ($6,483/mo), and adult day care ($1,798/mo).
Keep reading
Also see the Ohio elder-care overview and highest-rated states. Provider ID: 366207.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.