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Garrett County Subacute Unit

251 NORTH FOURTH STREET, OAKLAND, MD, 21550
(301) 533-4220
10 licensed beds
★★★★★5/5CMS Five-Star overall5/5 health inspections5/5 staffing5/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Address

251 North Fourth Street
Oakland, MD 21550
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Public record summary

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Bed capacity
10
State license
2411005
CMS facility ID
215310
Care type
Nursing home
Facility name
Garrett County Subacute Unit
Street address
251 NORTH FOURTH STREET
City / state / ZIP
Oakland, MD 21550
Phone
(301) 533-4220
State license #
2411005

About this facility — Garrett County Subacute Unit

Garrett County Subacute Unit is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Oakland, Maryland. It is licensed for 10 beds — well below the median for skilled nursing facilities in Maryland (120 beds).

It is one of 5 senior care facilities in Oakland and 221 skilled nursing facilities across Maryland. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited Garrett County Subacute Unit 8 times across 6 inspections in the last three years, including 2 food-safety citations; 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

What the public record shows.

Ownership & operator

Parent company
Wvu Medicine
Ownership type
For profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

West Virginia United Health System, Inc
Direct owner · Indirect owner · Operational control — 100% stake — since 2022
Bemiller, Tracy
Director — since 2022
Boothe, Amy
Officer — since 2025
Boucot, Mark
Officer — since 2022
Dixon, Lori
Officer — since 2022
Fike, Laura
Director — since 2025
Fike, Linda
Director — since 2025
Grady, Michael
Director — since 2022
Jamison, Margaret
Director — since 2025
Lambert, Herbert
Director — since 2025
Lease, Henrietta
Director — since 2025
Mash, Patricia
Director — since 2022
Sanders, Keith
Director — since 2025
Simpson, Mary
Director — since 2026
Venturella, James
Director — since 2025
Wright, Albert
Operational control — since 2022

Regulatory standing

Federal court records
4 naming its parent company — view the cases (a listed case is not a finding of wrongdoing)
Licensed / certified since
1997-08-06
CMS overall rating
5 of 5 stars
Health deficiencies
2 at the last standard inspection
Federal fines
None on record
Last standard inspection
2025-08-05
Nurse staffing
9.4 hours per resident per day

Services & coverage

Licensed beds
10
Licensed as
Long Term Care
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

Federal surveyors inspect the kitchen at every standard visit. This facility has 2 food-safety citations on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.
2025-08-05Health inspection2 citations
F-0812
F · No harm foundFood safety
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Corrected 2025-08-11
F-0887
D · No harm found
Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status.
Corrected 2025-08-11
2023-03-16Health inspection1 citation
F-0842
D · No harm found
Safeguard resident-identifiable information and/or maintain medical records on each resident that are in accordance with accepted professional standards.
Corrected 2023-04-03
1 earlier / fire-safety inspection (5 citations)
2018-12-13Health inspection5 citations
F-0641
D · No harm found
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
Corrected 2019-01-04
F-0656
D · No harm found
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Corrected 2019-01-04
F-0660
D · No harm found
Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs.
Corrected 2019-01-04
F-0812
D · No harm foundFood safety
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Corrected 2019-01-04
F-0908
E · No harm found
Keep all essential equipment working safely.
Corrected 2019-01-04
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 215310.

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Ownership & corporate history

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Prior operators & transfers
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Inspection citations — last 5 years

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Original records

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Source
CMS Nursing Home Compare
data.cms.gov Provider Data Catalog
Last verified 2026-08-31
Source
Secretary of State filings
Entity & officer search
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Source
PACER federal dockets
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