Burgh Care Center
A nursing home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15221
909 West Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15221. (412) 723-3662.
- A candidate for CMS’s special focus list
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The short answer
Record last released by CMS on Oct 28, 2026.
- 1of 5 CMS’s overall rating
- 49 health citations at the latest inspection cycle Pennsylvania average: 10.0
- 3.58 nurse hours per resident per day Pennsylvania average: 3.90
- 4 fines in the last three years (needs attention)
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean8
- 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.
- Immediate jeopardy
- CMS’s most serious finding: the place’s failure to meet a rule caused, or was likely to cause, serious injury, harm, impairment or death to someone in its care. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 489.3.
- 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?
49 health citations at the latest inspection cycle
The Pennsylvania average is 10.0.
Last standard inspection Apr 10, 2026.
Most serious in three years: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (J), at a complaint inspection on Jul 9, 2026
CMS, Provider Information, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
When those citations happened
127 citations in 14 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: immediate jeopardy to health or safety (K). The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
Hover or focus a month to read it.
Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
All 128 citations in the last three years
Grouped by inspection, newest first. Each carries 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)., from A, the least serious, to L, the most. 39 came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Aug 24, 2026: complaint inspection6 citations
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Honor the resident’s right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
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Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
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Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
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Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
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Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
Jul 9, 2026: complaint inspection4 citations
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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Honor the resident’s right to organize and participate in resident/family groups in the facility.
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Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
Apr 10, 2026: standard inspection34 citations
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Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident’s ability to function.
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Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
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Not require residents to give up Medicare or Medicaid benefits, or pay privately as a condition of admission; and must tell residents what care they do not provide.
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Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident’s needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies.
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Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
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Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
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Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
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Provide appropriate colostomy, urostomy, or ileostomy care/services for a resident who requires such services.
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Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
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Observe each nurse aide’s job performance and give regular training.
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Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
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Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
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Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
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Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
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Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
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Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
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Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations.
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Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member’s vaccination status.
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Keep all essential equipment working safely.
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Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program that includes effective communications for direct care staff members.
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Ensure that staff members are educated on resident rights and facility responsibilities to properly care for its residents.
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Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
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Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program.
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Include as part of its infection prevention and control program, mandatory training that includes written standards, policies, and procedures for the program.
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Provide training in compliance and ethics.
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Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention.
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Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment.
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Post a list of names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all pertinent State agencies and advocacy groups and a statement that the resident may file a complaint with the State Survey Agency.
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Allow residents to easily view the nursing home’s survey results and communicate with advocate agencies.
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Provide information about how to apply for and use Medicare and Medicaid benefits.
Apr 10, 2026: standard and complaint inspection1 citation
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Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Jan 29, 2026: complaint inspection1 citation
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Honor the resident’s right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
Dec 4, 2025: complaint inspection3 citations
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Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
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Employ or obtain outside professional resources to provide services in the nursing home when the facility does not employ a qualified professional to furnish a required service.
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Follow rules about disclosure of ownership requirements and tell the state agency about changes in ownership and/or administrative personnel.
May 22, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
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Make sure each resident has 1) at least one window to the outside in a room; 2) a room at or above ground level; 3) adequate bedding; 4) furniture that meets the resident’s needs; or 5) adequate closet space.
Apr 28, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
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Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
Apr 5, 2025: standard inspection36 citations
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Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
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Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
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Honor the resident’s right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
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Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
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Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities.
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Not require residents to give up Medicare or Medicaid benefits, or pay privately as a condition of admission; and must tell residents what care they do not provide.
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Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition
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Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident’s needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
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Provide activities to meet all resident’s needs.
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Ensure the activities program is directed by a qualified professional.
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Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services.
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Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
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Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
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Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident’s health.
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Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
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Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed.
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Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
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Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent.
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Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift.
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Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident’s well being.
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Observe each nurse aide’s job performance and give regular training.
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Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.
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Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
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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.
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Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
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Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
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Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
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Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options.
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Ensure meals and snacks are served at times in accordance with resident’s needs, preferences, and requests. Suitable and nourishing alternative meals and snacks must be provided for residents who want to eat at non-traditional times or outside of scheduled meal times.
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Employ or obtain outside professional resources to provide services in the nursing home when the facility does not employ a qualified professional to furnish a required service.
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Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
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Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.
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Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program.
Apr 5, 2025: complaint inspection1 citation
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Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Mar 13, 2025: complaint inspection6 citations
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
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Plan the resident’s discharge to meet the resident’s goals and needs.
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Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.
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Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
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Designate a physician to serve as medical director responsible for implementation of resident care policies and coordination of medical care in the facility.
Oct 1, 2024: complaint inspection6 citations
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Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges.
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Immediately tell the resident, the resident’s doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident.
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Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
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Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.
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Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
Aug 14, 2024: complaint inspection3 citations
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Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.
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Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
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Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
Jun 21, 2024: complaint inspection3 citations
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
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Plan the resident’s discharge to meet the resident’s goals and needs.
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Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.
May 24, 2024: standard inspection19 citations
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Honor the resident’s right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.
-
Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft.
-
Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.
-
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment.
-
Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
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Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing.
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Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason.
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Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
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Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
-
Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services.
-
Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident’s well being.
-
Observe each nurse aide’s job performance and give regular training.
-
Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures.
-
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
-
Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.
-
Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
-
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
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Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use.
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Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.
Mar 19, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Jan 10, 2024: complaint inspection1 citation
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Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.
Nov 22, 2023: complaint inspection1 citation
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Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.
Is it certified, and in good standing?
- Certified for Medicare and Medicaid since Nov 1, 1992.
- A candidate for CMS’s special focus list, which CMS keeps for homes with a history of serious problems.
- No abuse icon from CMS.
- No change of ownership in the last 12 months.
- CMS lists its ownership as for profit, corporation.
- 126 certified beds.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
Has it been fined or penalized?
- 4 fines in the last three years, $382,948 in all.
- 1 Medicare payment denial in the last three years.
- 39 citations in the last three years came from complaint inspections.
CMS, Penalties and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Date | Kind | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2026 | Fine | $27,378 |
| Mar 13, 2025 | Medicare payment denial | Not given |
| Mar 13, 2025 | Fine | $183,768 |
| May 24, 2024 | Fine | $168,384 |
| Feb 6, 2024 | Fine | $3,418 |
Who does the caring?
3.58 nurse hours per resident per day
The Pennsylvania average is 3.90.
CMS publishes staffing about four months after the fact.
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | This home | Pennsylvania average |
|---|---|---|
| Nurse hours per resident per day | 3.58 | 3.90 |
| Of which registered nurses | 0.85 | 0.78 |
| At weekends | 3.18 | 3.52 |
| Nursing staff turnover | 49.3% | 44.6% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 38.5% | 39.4% |
| Administrators who left | 1 | Not given |
Who owns it?
- Pennwood Holdings LLC owns 100% directly since Nov 1, 2023.
- Wecare HCC LLC runs it.
- 17 owners or officers are people: Gedaliah Wielgus (owns 5% or more through other companies, 40%); Aryeh Grinspan (owns 5% or more through other companies, 40%); Eli Korn (owns 5% or more through other companies, 20%); Cristine Williams (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Cristine Williams (on the governing body (managing control)); Cristine Williams (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Gedaliah Wielgus (corporate officer); Gedaliah Wielgus (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Gedaliah Wielgus (on the governing body (managing control)); Gedaliah Wielgus (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Amardeep Angroola (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Amardeep Angroola (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Aryeh Grinspan (corporate officer); Aryeh Grinspan (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Aryeh Grinspan (on the governing body (managing control)); Aryeh Grinspan (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)); Lori Mae Mcnellie (additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home)).
- Part of Wecare Centers (13 homes in CMS’s data).
- No private-equity firm among the owners CMS lists.
- No real-estate investment trust among the owners CMS lists.
CMS, All Owners. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly.
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Organisation | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennwood Holdings LLC | Owns 5% or more directly | 100% | Nov 1, 2023 |
| 909 W Street Holdings LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Nov 1, 2023 | |
| A&c Einhorn Family Trust | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Nov 1, 2023 | |
| 909 West Street Realty LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Nov 1, 2023 | |
| Wecare HCC LLC | Runs it (operational or managerial control) | Nov 1, 2023 | |
| Wecare HCC LLC | Additional disclosable party (controls, leases property to, or provides services to the home) | Nov 1, 2023 |
How do residents fare?
- CMS rates its quality measures 4 of 5 (Pennsylvania average 3.8).
CMS, Provider Information and State and US Averages. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Measure | Rating |
|---|---|
| Overall rating | 1 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 |
| Staffing | 3 of 5 |
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 |
How does it compare nearby?
- Among the 12 nearest homes, within 3.9 miles, this one had the 2nd most health citations at the latest inspection cycle (49; the middle value was 23).
CMS, Provider Information. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Place | Miles away | Citations, latest cycle |
|---|---|---|
| Burgh Care Center This nursing home | 49 | |
| Champion City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center | 1.4 | 52 |
| Heritage Care Center | 2.0 | 40 |
| Squirrel Hill Wellness and Rehabilitation Center | 2.1 | 48 |
| Ivy Park Post Acute | 2.2 | 31 |
| Southwestern Veterans Center | 2.3 | 8 |
| East End Health & Rehab Center | 2.3 | 14 |
| John J Kane Regional Center-Gl | 3.3 | 15 |
| Seneca Place | 3.7 | 14 |
| UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Tcu | 3.7 | 5 |
| Eldercrest Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center | 3.9 | 10 |
| Canterbury Place | 3.9 | 34 |
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
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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).
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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).
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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).
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, All Owners (afe44b85-cc6d-40d7-b5df-00ae8910d1d2).
Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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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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