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Barnes-Kasson County Hospital

A nursing home in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania 18847

2872 Turnpike Street, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania 18847. (570) 853-3135.

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The short answer

Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.

The last 24 months 17 citations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: actual harm (G). Every month

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean7
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.
Scope and severity (A to L)
CMS grades each nursing home deficiency with a letter. A to C: no actual harm, with potential for minimal harm. D to F: no actual harm, but potential for more. G to I: actual harm. J to L: immediate jeopardy. Within each band, the letter rises as more residents were affected or could be: one or a few, a pattern, or widespread. Source: CMS, nursing home scope and severity grid (State Operations Manual, chapter 7).
Nurse staffing hours
The hours registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nurse aides worked, per resident per day, from the payroll records each home sends CMS. Source: CMS, Payroll-Based Journal.
Fines and payment denials
A fine (civil money penalty) is money CMS makes a nursing home pay when it falls short of federal rules. A payment denial means Medicare and Medicaid stop paying for new admissions until the home meets the rules again. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.430 and 488.417.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

4 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The Pennsylvania average is 10.0.

Last standard inspection Aug 6, 2026.

Most serious in three years: actual harm (G), at a standard inspection on Aug 6, 2026

Source:

CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

When those citations happened

17 citations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: actual harm (G). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

All 17 citations in the last three years

Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries , from A, the least serious, to L, the most.

Source:

CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Aug 6, 2026: standard inspection4 citations

  • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

    Rule F0686. G: actual harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 21, 2026.

  • Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.

    Rule F0641. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 21, 2026.

  • Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.

    Rule F0656. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 21, 2026.

  • Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

    Rule F0755. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Sep 21, 2026.

Jan 16, 2025: standard inspection3 citations

  • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

    Rule F0686. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 5, 2025.

  • Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.

    Rule F0757. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 5, 2025.

  • Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

    Rule F0881. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Mar 5, 2025.

Mar 7, 2024: standard inspection10 citations

  • Honor the resident’s right to and the facility must promote and facilitate resident self-determination through support of resident choice.

    Rule F0561. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 25, 2024.

  • Immediately tell the resident, the resident’s doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.

    Rule F0580. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 25, 2024.

  • Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.

    Rule F0686. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 25, 2024.

  • Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.

    Rule F0690. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 25, 2024.

  • Ensure each resident must receive and the facility must provide necessary behavioral health care and services.

    Rule F0740. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 25, 2024.

  • Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.

    Rule F0756. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 25, 2024.

  • Ensure each resident’s drug regimen must be free from unnecessary drugs.

    Rule F0757. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 25, 2024.

  • Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited.

    Rule F0758. D: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 25, 2024.

  • Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

    Rule F0880. E: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 25, 2024.

  • Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.

    Rule F0881. F: no actual harm, potential for more than minimal harm. Correction date, as CMS recorded it: Apr 25, 2024.

Is it certified, and in good standing?

  • Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Oct 2, 1970.
  • Not on CMS’s special focus list.
  • No abuse icon from CMS.
  • No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
  • CMS lists its ownership as non profit, corporation.
  • 58 certified beds.
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Has it been fined or penalized?

  • No fines in the last three years.
  • No Medicare payment denials in the last three years.
  • 0 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
Source:

CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Who does the caring?

4.10 nurse hours per resident per day

The Pennsylvania average is 3.90.

CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.

Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Staffing measures
MeasureThis homePennsylvania average
Nurse hours per resident per day4.103.90
Of which registered nurses0.670.78
At weekends3.653.52
Nursing staff turnover40.9%44.6%
Registered nurse turnover42.9%39.4%
Administrators who left0Not given

Who owns it?

  • Wayne Memorial Health System Inc. owns 100% directly since Jul 1, 2024.
  • Wayne Memorial Health System Inc. runs it.
  • 24 owners or officers are people: Donald Button (corporate director); Donald Button (trustee); Sara Adornato (corporate officer); Sara Adornato (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Bhupendra Patel (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Bhupendra Patel (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Robert Page (corporate director); Robert Page (trustee); Charles Aliano (corporate director); Charles Aliano (trustee); Daniel L Coster (corporate director); Daniel L Coster (trustee); George Stover (corporate officer); George Stover (trustee); Kelli Kane (corporate officer); Kelli Kane (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Patrick Ahearn (corporate director); Patrick Ahearn (trustee); Kylie Slocum (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Kylie Slocum (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Joseph White (corporate director); Joseph White (trustee); Rosaria Armetta (corporate director); Rosaria Armetta (trustee).
  • No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
  • No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
Source:

CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

Organisations CMS lists
OrganisationRoleShareSince
Wayne Memorial Health System Inc.Owns a share directly100%Jul 1, 2024
Wayne Memorial Health System Inc.Runs it (operational or managerial control)Jul 1, 2024
Wayne Memorial Health System Inc.Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)Jul 1, 2024

How do residents fare?

  • CMS rates its quality measures 1 of 5 (Pennsylvania average 3.8).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

CMS’s star ratings, from 1 to 5
MeasureRating
Overall rating3 of 5
Health inspections4 of 5
Staffing4 of 5
Quality measures1 of 5

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among the 12 nearest homes, within 26.0 miles, this one had the 8th most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (4; the middle value was 6).
Source:

CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

The 12 nearest, by straight-line distance
PlaceMiles awayCitations, latest cycle
Barnes-Kasson County Hospital This nursing home4
Meadow View Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center17.04
Bridgewater Center for Rehab & Nursing L L C17.917
Good Shepherd-Fairview Home Inc.18.48
Elizabeth Church Manor Nursing Home19.98
Forest City Nursing and Rehab Center21.211
Susquehanna Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, L L C21.66
Willow Point Rehabilitation and Nursing Center22.06
Vestal Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center23.74
Carbondale Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center25.63
Aventura at Creekside26.012
Good Shepherd Village at Endwell26.01

What the record doesn’t say

  • Complaints that didn’t lead to a citation aren’t published.
  • Inspections reach CMS’s data about six weeks after they happen, and staffing about four months after.
  • CMS publishes the inspectors’ full written findings in a separate monthly file, which isn’t loaded yet.
  • Fines and Medicare payment denials are the only enforcement CMS publishes; state licence actions aren’t included.

Sources

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Provider Information (4pq5-n9py).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Deficiencies (r5ix-sfxw).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Penalties (g6vv-u9sr).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).

    Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, State and US Averages (xcdc-v8bm).

    Released Oct 28, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).

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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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