Uniontown Hospital
An acute care hospital in Uniontown, Pennsylvania 15401
500 West Berkeley Street, Uniontown, Pennsylvania 15401. (724) 430-5000.
- Medicare payments cut under the HAC Reduction Program (fiscal year 2026)
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 20, 2026.
- 2of 5 CMS’s overall rating
- 3of 5 patient survey rating
- 1 deficiency cited in the last three years
- 190 beds
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean3
- Star ratings
- CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System.
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
The last inspection on record was on Nov 7, 2024: a complaint inspection.
1 deficiency cited in the last three years.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those deficiencies happened
1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Nov 2024. Most serious: Standard-level. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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Each deficiency, as cited
Rule titles as CMS’s inspectors cite them, set in sentence case.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Nov 7, 2024: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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Patient Rights: Restraint Or Seclusion
The inspectors’ words, 919 words
“PATIENT RIGHTS: RESTRAINT OR SECLUSION CFR(s): 482.13(e)(4)(ii) [The use of restraint or seclusion must be--] (ii) implemented in accordance with safe and appropriate restraint and seclusion techniques as determined by hospital policy in accordance with State law. This Standard is not met as evidenced by: 50900 Based on a review of facility documents, medical records (MR), employee interviews (EMP), it was determined that the facility failed to follow hospital policy in the implementation of least-restrictive restraints and renewal of the violent/self destructive restraint order, in one of eleven medical records reviewed (MR1). Findings include: On November 7, 2024, a review of facility policy titled “Violent/Self Destructive Restraints (Behavioral)”, last reviewed February 2022, revealed “... These may be imposed to ensure the immediate physical safety of the patient, a staff member, or others and must be discontinued at the earliest possible time. ... Violent, self-destructive restraint(s) will be implemented only after all other less restrictive, non-physical preventative strategies, interventions, or appropriate alternatives have failed. ... Restraints are never to be used for the purpose of coercion, discipline, retaliation by staff, or for the convenience of staff members, or in response to behaviors or circumstances that do not constitute danger of injury to self or others (i.e., verbally abusive behavior). ... The use of physical restraint(s) will be discontinued as soon as possible in all cases. ... The need for restraints will be assessed by the nurse and by the physician caring for the patient in consultation with the healthcare team. ... Restraint order is valid for a maximum of: 4 hours - adults age 18 and older ... Follow-up Evaluation (Re-evaluation): ... If the need for restraint(s) continues, the physician conducts a re-evaluation within 24 hours of the application of restraints and prior to order renewal. ...” On November 7, 2024, a review of facility policy “WVU Medicine Uniontown Hospital Police Policy and Procedures: 520 Taser Use Guidelines”, last revised June of 2023, revealed “POLICY: ... The TASER may be deployed when using reasonable force with the intent to temporarily incapacitate and permit the officer(s) to control the subject. At NO time should an Officer deploy the TASER device for patient compliance in a medical or non-criminal situation. ...” On November 7, 2024, a review of the medical record and facility documents provided the following chronological summary of the events that occurred regarding MR1 on October 8, 2024: · 02:20:00 Uniontown Hospital Police Department (EMP13, EMP14) notified of an incoming patient via EMS who was intoxicated. Police officers traveled to Emergency Department. · 02:22:00 MR1 arrived in the Uniontown Hospital Emergency Department · 02:27:10 EMP25 assigned as attending provider of MR1, initial patient evaluation performed · 02:28:42 EMP25 removed as attending provider of MR1 · 02:29:00 Heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and pulse oximetry measured via automated monitor · 02:31:36 EMP13 activated taser · 02:31:46 EMP13 applied taser to MR1 for approximately two seconds · 02:32:04 EMP13 de-activated taser · 02:34:00 Chief Complaint documented as “Alcohol intoxication” · 02:36:51 EMP10 assigned as attending provider of MR1 · 02:37:00 Nursing Note: “Pt arrived via [EMS], pt heavily intoxicated and lethargic” · 02:40:00 EMP10 ordered Violent/Self-destructive Restraints for MR1 · 02:40:00 Officer EMP13 left ED scene, notified EMP4 taser was used on MR1 · 02:50:00 One-to-one observer handoff completed (EMP15, EMP27) · 02:50:00 “Suicide Risk Screening deferred by social worker because ‘Patient lacks capacity’” · 02:50:00 Officer EMP14 left emergency department · 03:00:00 Ligature risks removed from MR1’s room · 03:42:00 MR1 to CT · 04:45:00 Psychological Status/Behavior documented as “restless; mumbling; and/or inappropriate laughing”, continued through 07:00:00. · 06:40:00 The 4-hour violent/self-destructive restraint order expires · 06:45:00 Restraints documented as “CONTINUED”. MR1 behavior noted as “restless, mumbling, and/or inappropriate laughing” · 06:45:00 Nursing Note: “Spoke to [EMP11] for violent restrain orders, pt restless and grinning” · 06:45:12 EMP11 placed order: “Restraints - Violent/Self-Destructive Restraints (Behavioral)” · 07:07:00 Change of shift completed (EMP15, EMP17) · 07:15:00 Right wrist restraint removed · 07:30:00 Left wrist restraint removed · 08:00:00 Bilateral ankle restraints removed · 09:13:00 MR1 assessed by Social Services · 09:17:00 Provider Note: Patient seen by previous attending please see [EMP10]’s note. ...” · 09:49:00 MR1 discharged to family On November 7, 2024, a review of facility document “Use of Force Report” dated October 8, 2024, regarding MR1 revealed “... Date/Time of Occurrence: 10/8/2024 0231 hours ... Subject Injury: Injured; Welts at Taser Contact Points ... Summary of Incident: Patient began flexing muscles, clenching fists, and growling. [MR1] then began ripping medical equipment off. [EMP14, EMP12] began to take control of patient’s actions. They were not able to control patient. I drew my taser and gave verbal commands to comply, patient refused. Patient was drive stunned to gain compliance. Patient was then put in medical restraints.” On November 7, 2024, at 10:30 AM, an interview was conducted with EMP13, in which they attested to tasing the patient prior to using mechanical restraints. When asked if police officers are required to follow hospital policy, as hospital employees, EMP13 replied, “Yes”. During an interview with EMP3 at 1:30 PM on November 7, 2024, it was confirmed that the facility failed to exhaust all other less restrictive, non-physical preventative strategies, interventions, and alternatives, before tasing the patient to gain compliance and initiating violent/self-destructive restraints. A ‘Behavioral Assist Alert’ was not utilized to attempt de-escalation techniques by specially trained staff. The facility was unable to provide evidence that a bedside re-evaluation was completed by the attending provider prior to the renewal order of violent restraints.”
All 3 inspections in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 7, 2024 | Complaint inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 11, 2024 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
| May 3, 2024 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
How do patients fare?
- CMS’s overall CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System. for it is 2 of 5.
- Of the measures behind its CMS rates some kinds of place from 1 to 5 stars, more stars meaning better on CMS’s own measures for that kind: for a nursing home, its health inspections, staffing and quality measures. A rating is CMS’s summary of those measures; it doesn’t promise good care. Source: CMS, Care Compare and the Five-Star Quality Rating System., CMS counts against the national value: mortality, 0 better and 0 worse of 6; safety of care, 0 better and 0 worse of 6; readmission, 0 better and 1 worse of 9.
- Patients rate it 3 of 5 in CMS’s patient survey (822 surveys completed, Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025): 62% rated it 9 or 10 out of 10, and 56% would definitely recommend it.
- Infections, compared by CMS with the national benchmark (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025): central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI), no different than national benchmark; catheter urinary tract infections (CAUTI), no different than national benchmark; surgical site infections after colon surgery, no different than national benchmark; MRSA bloodstream infections, no different than national benchmark; C. diff infections, no different than national benchmark.
- CMS’s patient safety composite for serious complications, PSI 90, Jul 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2024: no different than the national value.
- Deaths within 30 days, as CMS gives them (Jul 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2025): heart attack 13.1%, heart failure 11.3%, pneumonia 14.7%, COPD 9.5%, stroke 10.4%. CMS gives no comparison with the national rate for them in this release.
- Readmissions within 30 days, as CMS gives them (Jul 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2025): heart attack 15.3%, heart failure 21.3%, pneumonia 16%, COPD 19.8%. CMS gives no comparison with the national rate for them in this release.
- After outpatient care, compared by CMS: unplanned hospital visits after a colonoscopy, no different than the national rate; hospital admissions after outpatient chemotherapy, no different than the national rate; emergency visits after outpatient chemotherapy, no different than the national rate; unplanned hospital visits after outpatient surgery, no different than expected.
- Emergency department patients spent a median of 186 minutes there before leaving (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025), and 2% left before being seen.
- 61% of patients with severe sepsis or septic shock got the care CMS measures, SEP-1 (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025).
- Medicare’s spending per patient here is 0.93 times the national median (Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024).
CMS, Hospital General Information, Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital, Healthcare Associated Infections - Hospital, Timely and Effective Care - Hospital and Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary - Hospital. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, Complications and Deaths - Hospital and Unplanned Hospital Visits - Hospital. Released Sep 30, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Overall ratingCMS’s overall hospital quality star rating, 1 to 5 | 2 of 5 |
| Patient survey ratingCMS star rating from its survey of the hospital’s patients (HCAHPS), 1 to 5 | 3 of 5 |
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Medicare-certified acute care hospital since Jul 1, 1966.
- Ownership: voluntary non-profit - private.
- It is accredited by The Joint Commission, whose surveys stand in for the state’s routine inspections.
- No For hospices, home health agencies, hospitals and dialysis facilities, CMS writes deficiencies at two levels. Standard is the usual one; condition-level is the more serious, when a problem is serious enough that the provider doesn’t meet a whole condition of taking part in Medicare. Source: CMS, State Operations Manual. deficiency on record in the last three years.
- It has an inpatient rehabilitation unit of 11 beds, which CMS lists apart as a rehabilitation facility.
- Voluntary non-profit - Private.
CMS, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, Hospital General Information. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has it been penalized?
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for hospitals.
- CMS cut its Medicare payments by 1% for fiscal year 2026 under the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, which does so for the quarter of hospitals that fare worst on conditions patients get in hospital.
- 1 deficiency cited in the last three years came from an inspection that included a complaint investigation.
CMS, Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated yearly.
CMS, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated quarterly.
CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Medicare payment reduction (HAC Reduction Program) | Fiscal year 2026: 1% of Medicare payments |
What do patients say about their care?
- CMS doesn’t publish staffing levels for hospitals.
- In CMS’s patient survey, patients rate how well its nurses communicated 3 of 5.
- 90% of its health care workers got a flu shot (Oct 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025).
CMS, Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital and Timely and Effective Care - Hospital. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
Who owns it?
- West Virginia University Hospitals Inc. owns 100% directly since Jan 1, 2021.
- 15 owners or officers are people: Paula Congelio (corporate director, 9%); Paul Eugene Means (corporate director, 9%); Judie F Charlton (corporate director, 9%); Albert Wright (other role (CMS gives no detail)); Michael P George (corporate director); Suzanne J Mcmonagle (corporate director); Malcolm Stone (corporate director); Jason Cox (corporate director); John Malone (corporate director); Nancy Decker (corporate director); Lynn R Matusik (managing employee (on the payroll)); Brandon M Ball (corporate officer); William Smith (corporate director); Carrie E Willetts (managing employee (on the payroll)); Carrie E Willetts (runs it (operational or managerial control)).
- CMS’s Provider of Services file records 1 change of ownership.
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, Hospital All Owners and Hospital Enrollments. Released Sep 29, 2026. Updated monthly.
CMS, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia United Health System, Inc. | Owns 5% or more through other companies | 100% | Jan 1, 2021 |
| West Virginia University Hospitals Inc. | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Jan 1, 2021 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Of the 2 hospitals CMS lists in Fayette County, 1 has an overall star rating from CMS: 1 rated 2 of 5.
- CMS rates this one 2 of 5.
CMS, Hospital General Information. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
| Place | Overall star rating |
|---|---|
| Penn Highlands Connellsville | Not given |
What the record doesn’t say
- CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for hospitals, so none are shown. The one payment cut CMS publishes for each hospital, under its Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, is shown where it applies.
- Only complaints that led to a citation appear; complaints that didn’t aren’t published.
- Most hospitals are accredited by a private organisation (The Joint Commission, DNV and others) whose routine inspections stand in for the state’s; those reports aren’t public, and QCOR holds only the state’s surveys: no inspection on record here doesn’t mean none took place.
- QCOR says its hospital inspection data are complete only through September 17, 2026, while it moves to a new system.
- CMS doesn’t publish staffing levels for hospitals.
- In its September 2026 release CMS gives no comparison with the national rate for death and readmission rates, though it gives the rates.
Sources
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information (xubh-q36u).
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital.
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Healthcare Associated Infections - Hospital (77hc-ibv8).
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Complications and Deaths - Hospital (ynj2-r877).
Released Sep 30, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Unplanned Hospital Visits - Hospital (632h-zaca).
Released Sep 30, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Timely and Effective Care - Hospital (yv7e-xc69).
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary - Hospital (rrqw-56er).
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program (yq43-i98g).
Released Aug 13, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated yearly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider of Services File - Hospital & Non-Hospital Facilities (Hospital_and_other.DATA.Q3_2026.csv).
Released Oct 14, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated quarterly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies (Hospital_2567s_2010_to_2026YTD.xlsx).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital All Owners (Hospital_All_Owners_2026.09.29.csv).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital Enrollments (Hospital_Enrollments_2026.09.29.csv).
Released Sep 29, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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