Wheeling Hospital, Inc.
An acute care hospital in Wheeling, West Virginia 26003
1 Medical Park, Wheeling, West Virginia 26003. (304) 243-3000.
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 20, 2026.
- 2of 5 CMS’s overall rating
- 2of 5 patient survey rating
- 1 deficiency cited in the last three years
- 277 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 Jul 15, 2026: 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 Dec 2025. 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.
Dec 3, 2025: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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Patient Rights: Informed Consent
The inspectors’ words, 674 words
“PATIENT RIGHTS: INFORMED CONSENT CFR(s): 482.13(b)(2) The patient or his or her representative (as allowed under State law) has the right to make informed decisions regarding his or her care. The patient’s rights include being informed of his or her health status, being involved in care planning and treatment, and being able to request or refuse treatment. This right must not be construed as a mechanism to demand the provision of treatment or services deemed medically unnecessary or inappropriate. This Standard is not met as evidenced by: 50550 Based on policy review, document review, observations and staff interview, it was determined the facility failed to follow its own written policy regarding obtaining informed consent for medical procedures for two (2) of ten (10) sampled patients, Patient #6, Patient #9. This failure has the potential to negatively impact the patient’s rights of all patients at the facility. Findings include: A policy was reviewed titled “Informed Consent or Refusal of treatment” last revised 04/24/2024. The policy states in part, “POLICY: Consent to Treatment: Procedures performed ... require informed consent ... Informed Consent should be signed, dated and timed by a physician, patient/surrogate and a witness. PROCEDURE: 1 For invasive procedures and surgery, the Licensed Practitioner should document the informed consent process in the patient’s medical record. The practitioner may fill out a consent form and it should be signed, dated, and time entered by a physician, patient/surrogate, and witness.. .2. Adult patients who are alert and oriented with decision making capacity should be asked to sign their own consents ...If a situation is considered an emergency, that is where harm to the patient from the failure to provide treatment is imminent, and it is not possible to obtain consent from the patient or surrogate, the practitioner may provide the necessary treatment. The practitioner should record the assessment of the emergency in the medical record and all attempts made to notify the patient’s family or surrogate ...” A documentation review was performed on 12/1/25 that revealed Patient #6 did not have documentation of informed consent to “Operation and Admission for Maternity Patients,” however that documentation was scanned in the chart, timed, dated and witnessed by staff without being signed by the patient or surrogate, as required by their hospital policy. There was also a document titled “Patient and Visitor Information Booklet Signature of Receipt” and the patient’s medical record that was signed, dated and timed by a witness of staff but was not signed by a patient or surrogate. A interview was conducted on 12/1/25 at 5:45 p.m. with Employee #15. Employee #15 identified (his/her) role. Employee #15 verbalized that (he/she) understands that signing as a witness on a consent means that they are witnessing the patient’s signature. (He/she) also stated that (he/she) will “sometimes” scribble down (his/her) signature and date it before having the patient sign it. Employee #15 also stated that employees can write verbal consent, and it can be signed and witnessed by two (2) employees after informed consent has been given in a time of an emergency. Employee #15 explained that the normal process is to sign as a witness and put a signature, time, and date after the patient signs the form. A documentation review was performed on 12/1/25 that revealed Patient #9 had a “Consent to Surgery or Special Procedure” signed by the physician, witness, and patient, timed and dated for 9/25/25 at 14:25, which was then altered with the time of the patient’s signature and the time of the physician’s signature crossed out and corrected to 11/18/25 at 7:15 a.m. A second witness signature was placed at the bottom of the consent form and timed also at 11/18/25 at 7:15 a.m. One signature cannot be witnessed on two different dates and a new consent form could have been filled out if deemed necessary. However, according to the facilities policy, there is no limitation without change of procedure or condition that additional consent needed to be obtained. The witness’s name that performed the alterations was were illegible on Patient #9’s consent.”
All 10 inspections in the last three years
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2026 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
| Apr 8, 2026 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
| Dec 17, 2025 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
| Dec 3, 2025 | Complaint inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 4, 2025 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
| Aug 14, 2025 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
| Aug 13, 2025 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
| Oct 30, 2024 | Complaint inspection | No deficiencies cited |
| Apr 17, 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 1 worse of 8; safety of care, 2 better and 0 worse of 7; readmission, 0 better and 2 worse of 11.
- Patients rate it 2 of 5 in CMS’s patient survey (1,657 surveys completed, Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025): 60% 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), better than the national benchmark; catheter urinary tract infections (CAUTI), better than the national benchmark; surgical site infections after colon surgery, no different than national benchmark; MRSA bloodstream infections, no different than national benchmark; C. diff infections, better than the 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 11.7%, heart failure 10.8%, pneumonia 16.3%, COPD 11.1%, stroke 10.4%, heart bypass surgery 1.9%. 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 13.1%, heart failure 24.3%, pneumonia 20%, COPD 22.1%, heart bypass surgery 9.1%, hip or knee replacement 4.9%. 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 203 minutes there before leaving (Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025), and 1% left before being seen.
- 85% 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 0.99 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 | 2 of 5 |
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Medicare-certified acute care hospital since Jul 1, 1966.
- Ownership: voluntary non-profit - church.
- 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.
- Voluntary non-profit - Church.
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.
- Not among the hospitals whose Medicare payments CMS cut under the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program for fiscal year 2026.
- 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.
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.
- 93% 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?
- 16 owners or officers are people: Mark E Brennan (corporate director); Albert Wright (corporate director); Thomas G Wack (corporate director); Don Rigby (corporate director); Douglass Harrison (corporate officer); Douglass Harrison (managing employee (on the payroll)); Joshua Jefferson (corporate director); Kimberly Miller (corporate director); Jeffery Jackson (corporate director); Staci Stephen (corporate director); William Bane (corporate director); William Bane (managing employee (on the payroll)); Charles Clark Milton (corporate director); Donald A Nickerson (corporate director); Timothy Borchers (corporate director); Benjamin Gerber (corporate director).
- CMS’s Provider of Services file records 4 changes 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% | Apr 1, 2021 |
How does it compare nearby?
- No other hospital CMS lists is in Ohio County.
CMS, Hospital General Information. Released Aug 13, 2026. Updated quarterly.
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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