St. Joseph’S Hospital is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1974-10-08. 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 (304) 473-2000 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

St. Joseph’S Hospital holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 5 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (5★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 80.7/100, placing it #3378 of 14703 facilities nationally and #13 of 123 in West 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 St. Joseph’S Hospital receives a reported average of 5 hours 58 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 12 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 39 minutes; Nurse Aide — 3 hours 7 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 37 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 16.7%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 6 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $16,950. 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 38.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, St. Joseph’S Hospital ranks 3378th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 80.7/100), placing it in the top 25% nationwide. Within WV, it ranks 13th out of 123 nursing homes. In Buckhannon, 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 #393 nationally and RN hours rank #1,124 nationally (#7 in WV). Our composite quality score of 80.7/100 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 Buckhannon, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/west_virginia/buckhannon/