Wythe Cnty Community Hosp Ecu is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1987-05-13. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (276) 228-0200 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Wythe Cnty Community Hosp Ecu holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (5★), Staffing (1★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 82.0/100, placing it #2807 of 14703 facilities nationally and #57 of 289 in Virginia. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Wythe Cnty Community Hosp Ecu receives a reported average of 10 hours 2 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 7 hours 14 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 22 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 25 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 8 hours 40 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 1 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 8 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $8,179. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 6.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Wythe Cnty Community Hosp Ecu ranks 2807th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 82.0/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within VA, it ranks 57th out of 289 nursing homes. In Wytheville, it ranks 1st out of 2 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 1st of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #21 nationally and RN hours rank #2 nationally (#1 in VA). Our composite quality score of 82.0/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Wytheville, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/virginia/wytheville/