West Virginia Nursing Home Compliance Guide
This compliance guide summarizes CMS survey performance for the 123 skilled nursing facilities in West Virginia. Facilities average 43.2 deficiency citations each, with 5,317 total citations recorded and 0 facilities reporting zero deficiencies, including 100 at Immediate Jeopardy severity. Understanding West Virginia's most-cited F-Tags and deficiency categories helps administrators focus survey-preparation and Plan of Correction efforts where citations are most likely.
Most-Cited Deficiency Categories in West Virginia
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 1,256 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 989 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 960 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 578 citations
- Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies — 375 citations
- Infection Control Deficiencies — 357 citations
Most-Cited F-Tags in West Virginia
- F-Tag F0684: Quality of Care — 320 citations
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 260 citations
- F-Tag F0880: Infection Prevention & Control — 256 citations
- F-Tag F0842: Resident Records-Identifiable Information — 232 citations
- F-Tag F0656: Develop/Implement Comprehensive Care Plan — 227 citations
- F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 207 citations
- F-Tag F0657: Care Plan Timing and Revision — 166 citations
- F-Tag F0584: Safe/Clean/Comfortable/Homelike Environment — 158 citations
- F-Tag F0609: Reporting of Alleged Violations — 140 citations
- F-Tag F0550: Resident Rights/Exercise of Rights — 134 citations
More West Virginia Compliance Data
- West Virginia Nursing Home Scorecard
- West Virginia Compliance Benchmark
- West Virginia Survey Tracker
- Best Nursing Homes in West Virginia
Explore POCDesk — Free Nursing Home Compliance Tools
- SNF Scorecard — look up any facility's inspection record
- Nursing Home Compare Tool — side-by-side comparisons
- Skilled Nursing Near Me — find facilities by city & state
- Best Nursing Homes by State — ranked by inspection results
- Survey Tracker — recent CMS survey activity
- F-Tag Reference Guide — every CMS deficiency tag
- Plan of Correction (POC) Complete Guide
- Free AI POC Generator
- Plan of Correction Examples
- CMS Survey Preparation Guide
- SNF Compliance Guides
- What Is Skilled Nursing Care?
Official Sources
POCDesk analyzes official government data. Verify any facility's record or read the underlying regulations at these primary sources:
- Medicare.gov Care Compare — CMS's official nursing home comparison tool
- CMS Provider Data Catalog — the raw nursing home inspection & deficiency datasets
- CMS Nursing Home Certification & Compliance — enforcement policy and the Special Focus Facility program
- 42 CFR Part 483 (eCFR) — the federal requirements of participation behind every F-Tag
- National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center — free advocacy help for residents and families