Thomas Hospitals Skilled Nursing Unit is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1991-04-15. 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) 347-6500 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Thomas Hospitals Skilled Nursing Unit 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 (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 86.7/100, placing it #1182 of 14703 facilities nationally and #7 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 Thomas Hospitals Skilled Nursing Unit receives a reported average of 7 hours 56 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 3 hours 32 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 32 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 52 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 7 hours 11 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 22.2%. 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 $8,125. 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 34.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Thomas Hospitals Skilled Nursing Unit ranks 1182nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 86.7/100), placing it in the top 10% nationwide. Within WV, it ranks 7th out of 123 nursing homes. In Charleston, it ranks 1st out of 5 facilities. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #97 nationally and RN hours rank #66 nationally (#1 in WV). Our composite quality score of 86.7/100 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 Charleston, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/west_virginia/charleston/