Nursing Homes in West Virginia: Staffing, Turnover, and Penalties
West Virginia has 123 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes in 82 cities. On CMS's August 2026 figures, nurse aides there log 2.04 hours per resident per day, 12% below the US average of 2.32, and 44.1% of nursing staff leave in a year (US 45.8%).
West Virginia averages
Aide hours per resident per day is the nurse aide time a home logged for each resident across a whole day, from the payroll records every home submits to CMS. More hours per resident means more hands on the floor for the same number of residents. Turnover is the share of nursing staff who left over a year. Fines and payment denials are CMS penalties from the last three years.
CMS Care Compare State and US Averages, August 2026 release
Nursing homes by city
The most nursing homes are in Charleston (5), Fairmont (5), Parkersburg (5). Each city page compares every home on staffing, turnover, CMS stars, and fines.
- Ansted (1)
- Baker (1)
- Beckley (3)
- Belington (1)
- Belmont (1)
- Berkeley Springs (2)
- Bluefield (2)
- Bridgeport (3)
- Buckhannon (2)
- Cameron (1)
- Charleston (5)
- Charles Town (2)
- Chester (1)
- Clarksburg (2)
- Cowen (1)
- Culloden (1)
- Daniels (1)
- Danville (1)
- Dunbar (1)
- Elizabeth (1)
- Elkins (3)
- Fairmont (5)
- Fayetteville (1)
- Follansbee (1)
- Fort Ashby (1)
- Franklin (1)
- Gary (1)
- Glasgow (1)
- Glenville (1)
- Grafton (2)
- Grantsville (1)
- Hamlin (1)
- Harrisville (1)
- Hilltop (1)
- Hinton (2)
- Huntington (4)
- Hurricane (2)
- Ivydale (1)
- Jane Lew (1)
- Keyser (1)
- Kingwood (1)
- Lewisburg (1)
- Lindside (1)
- Logan (2)
- Marlinton (1)
- Marmet (1)
- Martinsburg (2)
- Monongah (1)
- Montgomery (2)
- Morgantown (4)
- Moundsville (1)
- New Martinsville (1)
- New Richmond (1)
- Oak Hill (1)
- Parkersburg (5)
- Petersburg (1)
- Philippi (1)
- Point Pleasant (1)
- Princeton (2)
- Rainelle (1)
- Ravenswood (1)
- Ripley (1)
- Romney (2)
- Ronceverte (1)
- Saint Albans (1)
- Salem (1)
- Shepherdstown (1)
- Sissonville (1)
- Sistersville (1)
- South Charleston (1)
- Spencer (2)
- Summersville (1)
- Sutton (1)
- Terra Alta (1)
- Thomas (1)
- Wayne (1)
- Weirton (2)
- Wellsburg (1)
- West Columbia (1)
- Wheeling (3)
- White Sulphur Spring (1)
- Williamson (1)
Largest nursing home chains in West Virginia
CMS links 94 of West Virginia's homes to these 9 chains. A chain is a group of homes under common ownership or management, as CMS records it.
| Chain | Homes in WV | Homes nationwide |
|---|---|---|
| Communicare Health | 41 | 110 |
| Genesis Healthcare | 31 | 184 |
| Hill Valley Healthcare | 7 | 43 |
| Wvu Medicine | 6 | 7 |
| Journey Healthcare | 3 | 32 |
| Autumn Lake Healthcare | 2 | 59 |
| Complete Care | 2 | 85 |
| Nursing Care Management of America | 1 | 4 |
| The Orchards | 1 | 2 |
Chain as recorded in the CMS Provider Information file, August 2026 release