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Select Specialty Hospital - Johnstown

A long-term care hospital in Johnstown, Pennsylvania 15901

320 Main Street, Johnstown, Pennsylvania 15901. (814) 534-7300.

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The short answer

Record last released by CMS on Oct 20, 2026.

The last 24 months 1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2024. Most serious: Standard-level. Every month

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What these words mean2
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 9, 2024: a complaint inspection.

1 deficiency cited in the last three years.

Source:

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 Jul 2024. Most serious: Standard-level. 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.

Each deficiency, as cited

Rule titles as CMS’s inspectors cite them, set in sentence case.

Source:

CMS, QCOR Hospital 2567 statements of deficiencies. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated monthly.

Jul 9, 2024: complaint inspection1 deficiency

  • Patient Rights: Care In Safe Setting

    The inspectors’ words, 515 words

    “PATIENT RIGHTS: CARE IN SAFE SETTING CFR(s): 482.13(c)(2) The patient has the right to receive care in a safe setting. This Standard is not met as evidenced by: 29411 Based on review of facility documents and interview with staff (EMP) it was determined that the facility failed to ensure that care was provided in a safe setting (A-0144) by failing to follow adopted policy to notify the registered nurse that a patient’s telemetry monitor alarmed in one of one patient (PT1). Findings include: Review of “Administration Policy and Procedure Number: P01-A Subject: Patient Rights Issue Date: 10/01/2023 ... Purpose: ... 1. A patient has the right respectful care given by competent personnel. ... 6. The patient has the right to expect emergency procedures to be implemented without unnecessary delay. 7. The patient has the right good quality care and high professional standards that are continually maintained and reviewed. ... 16. The patient has the right to expect good management techniques to be implemented within the hospital considering effective use of the time of the time of the patient and to avoid the personal discomfort of the patient. ... .” Review of “Clinical Services Policy and Procedure Number: T05-N Subject: Telemetry, Alarms, Prioritization ... Revised Date: ... 04/01/24 ... Purpose: ... Monitor Techs/Telemetry Techs (MT/TT) ... Any new dysrhythmia or change in rhythm will be captured on a strip, interpreted, and the house Supervisor/Nursing Supervisor notified. ... 2. Telemetry alarms will be set appropriately and be ‘On’ at all times. NO One May Suspend An Alarm For Any Reason ... .” “Select Medical-LTACH Division Job Description Title: Telemetry Technician Department: Clinical Services ... Revised: 9/9/2021 Job Summary The Telemetry Technician assumes responsibility for continuously watching and ensuring appropriate and timely responses to alarms. The Telemetry Technician identifies basic rhythms lethal rhythms, and artifact, maintains EKG monitor alarms, and responds to all alarms as needed. ... 11. Continuously observes all monitors assigned and responds to alarms promptly and appropriately, up to and including calling a Rapid Response Team. 12. Immediately notifies Charge Nurse or appropriate RN of significant changes in rhythm. ... .” Review of the ’”Unit Based Competencies: Telemetry Tech” revealed a “General Overview of hospital functions, ‘Key Functions’ to include: ... observes monitors assigned and responds to alarms promptly, immediately notifies the Charge Nurse or appropriate RN of significant changes, ... etc.” 1) Review of facility investigation revealed the Registered Nurse (RN) assessed the patient at 8:00 PM when the patient answered basic questions with head nod, was repositioned twice within the next hour and then subsequently, upon entering the patient’s room at 9:55 PM with requested medication, the RN and nurse aide found the the patient not breathing and without a pulse. Continued review of facility investigation revealed the telemetry technician did not notify the RN that the patient had been off telemetry monitor for approximately forty minutes prior to the code. Interview with EMP1 on July 8, 2024, at approximately 1:45 PM confirmed that the telemetry technician failed to notify the RN that the patient was off the monitor and silenced the alarm.”

    Rule A0144. Standard-level. From a complaint.

The one inspection in the last three years
Inspections on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 9, 2024Complaint inspection1 deficiency cited

How do patients fare?

  • 11.98% of its patients returned home or to the community: worse than the national rate, as CMS compares it (Oct 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2025).
  • Compared by CMS: potentially preventable readmissions within 30 days after discharge, no different than the national rate (23.16%); catheter urinary tract infections (CAUTI), no different than the national benchmark (standardized infection ratio 1.121); central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI), no different than the national benchmark (standardized infection ratio 0.934); C. diff infections, better than the national benchmark (standardized infection ratio 0.112).
  • As CMS gives them: patients with one or more falls with major injury, 0%; patients with new or worsened pressure ulcers or injuries, 0.33%; patients successfully weaned from a ventilator, 79.16%; patients at or above an expected ability to care for themselves and move around at discharge, 47.9%; Medicare spending per patient (1 is the national median), 0.94.
Source:

CMS, Long-Term Care Hospital - Provider Data. Released Sep 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.

Is it certified?

  • Medicare-certified long-term care hospital since May 1, 1999.
  • Ownership: for profit.
  • It is accredited by The Joint Commission, whose surveys stand in for the state’s routine inspections.
  • No deficiency on record in the last three years.
  • For profit.
Source:

CMS, Long-Term Care Hospital - General Information. Released Sep 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.

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.

Has it been penalized?

  • CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for these facilities.
  • 1 deficiency cited in the last three years came from an inspection that included a complaint investigation.
Source:

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.

Who does the caring?

  • CMS doesn’t publish staffing levels for these facilities.
  • 77.99% of its health care workers got a flu shot (Oct 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025).
Source:

CMS, Long-Term Care Hospital - Provider Data. Released Sep 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.

Who owns it?

  • Intensiva Healthcare Corporation owns 100% directly since Dec 16, 1998.
  • Select Medical Corporation runs it.
  • 10 owners or officers are people: Kerri Tononi (corporate officer); Kerri Tononi (managing employee (on the payroll)); Kerri Tononi (runs it (operational or managerial control)); Thomas Mullin (corporate officer); John Saich (corporate officer); Robert Breighner (managing employee (on the payroll)); Michael Malatesta (corporate officer); Robert Kido (corporate officer); John Duggan (corporate officer, 0%); John Duggan (corporate director).
  • 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.
Source:

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.

Organisations CMS lists
OrganisationRoleShareSince
Select Medical CorporationOwns 5% or more through other companies100%Dec 10, 1996
Select Medical CorporationRuns it (operational or managerial control)100%Dec 10, 1996
Intensiva Healthcare CorporationOwns 5% or more directly100%Dec 16, 1998

How does it compare nearby?

  • No other long-term care hospital CMS lists is in Cambria County.
Source:

CMS, Long-Term Care Hospital - Provider Data. Released Sep 23, 2026. Updated quarterly.

What the record doesn’t say

  • CMS doesn’t publish fines or other penalties for inpatient rehabilitation facilities or long-term care hospitals, so none are shown.
  • Only complaints that led to a citation appear; complaints that didn’t aren’t published.
  • Many of these facilities 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 these facilities.

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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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