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St. Joseph's Hospital

AMALIA DRIVE #1, BUCKHANNON, WV, 26201

(304) 473-2000

16 licensed beds

★★★★★5/5CMS Five-Star overall5/5 health inspections5/5 staffing3/5 quality measuresSource: CMS Care Compare

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Amalia Drive #1

Buckhannon, WV 26201

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Bed capacity

CMS facility ID

515051

Care type

Nursing home

County

Upshur

Facility name

St. Joseph's Hospital

Street address

AMALIA DRIVE #1

City / state / ZIP

Buckhannon, WV 26201

Phone

(304) 473-2000

About this facility — St. Joseph's Hospital

St. Joseph's Hospital is a Medicare/Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facility in Buckhannon, West Virginia. It is licensed for 16 beds — well below the median for skilled nursing facilities in West Virginia (80 beds).

It is one of 3 senior care facilities in Buckhannon and 123 skilled nursing facilities across West Virginia. Families comparing options should weigh inspection history, ownership record, and litigation — not just the tour — before deciding.

Federal inspectors have cited St. Joseph's Hospital 25 times across 6 inspections in the last three years, including 3 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

Non profit - Corporation

Registered owners & officers

Abel, Burton

Director — since 2026

Bohman, John

Director — since 2025

Brown, Bartley

Director · Additional disclosable party — since 2016

Buchanan, Keith

Director — since 2025

Forester, John

Officer · Operational control — since 2026

Hanifan, Donovan

Director — since 2017

Hannah, Forest

Officer · Operational control — since 2026

Hess, David

Director — since 2026

Leichliter, Nia

Officer · Operational control · Additional disclosable party — since 2025

Nestor, Donald

Director — since 2017

Pryzbylek, Danuta

Director — since 2025

Tenney, Brandon

Director — since 2025

Tierney, Kelley

Director — since 2025

Ware, Danielle

Director — since 2026

West Virginia United Health System, Inc

Direct owner — 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

1974-10-08

CMS overall rating

5 of 5 stars

Health deficiencies

7 at the last standard inspection

Federal fines

None on record

Last standard inspection

2025-03-20

Nurse staffing

5.7 hours per resident per day

Services & coverage

Licensed beds

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 3 food-safety citations on its three-year record — flagged below among the inspections.

2025-03-20Health inspection7 citations

F-0585

E · No harm found

Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.

Corrected 2025-04-24

F-0656

E · 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 2025-04-24

F-0679

E · No harm found

Provide activities to meet all resident's needs.

Corrected 2025-04-24

F-0689

D · No harm found

Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.

Corrected 2025-04-24

F-0692

D · No harm found

Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health.

Corrected 2025-04-24

F-0812

E · 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 2025-04-24

F-0880

D · No harm found

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Corrected 2025-04-24

2024-04-23Health inspection5 citations

F-0550

D · No harm found

Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights.

Corrected 2024-04-24

F-0645

D · No harm found

PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities

Corrected 2024-04-24

F-0684

D · No harm found

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

Corrected 2024-04-24

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 2024-04-24

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 2024-04-24

3 earlier / fire-safety inspections (13 citations)

2022-08-17Health inspection3 citations

F-0656

E · 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 2022-09-01

F-0684

D · No harm found

Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.

Corrected 2022-09-01

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 2022-09-01

2025-03-20Fire-safety inspection7 citations

E-0004

F · No harm found

Develop and maintain an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP).

Corrected 2025-05-14

K-0346

F · No harm found

Follow proper procedures when the fire alarm was out of service for more than 4 hours.

Corrected 2025-05-14

K-0353

F · No harm found

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2025-05-14

K-0354

F · No harm found

Follow proper procedures when the automatic sprinkler systems was out of service for more than 10 hours.

Corrected 2025-05-14

K-0372

F · No harm found

Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.

Corrected 2025-05-14

K-0712

F · No harm found

Have simulated fire drills held at unexpected times.

Corrected 2025-05-14

K-0781

D · No harm found

Have restrictions on the use of portable space heaters.

Corrected 2025-05-14

2024-04-23Fire-safety inspection3 citations

K-0331

C · No harm found

Construct fire resistant interior walls.

Corrected 2024-06-03

K-0353

C · No harm found

Inspect, test, and maintain automatic sprinkler systems.

Corrected 2024-06-03

K-0918

C · No harm found

Have generator or other power source capable of supplying service within 10 seconds.

Corrected 2024-06-03

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 515051.

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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

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