Based on record review, professional board interview, and staff interview the facility failed to ensure Social Service Director (SSD) was licensed with the [NAME] Virginia Board of Social Work in accordance with applicable state laws. This was a random opportunity for discovery and has a potential to affect more than an isolated number of residents. Facility Census: 116. Findings Included: a) Social Service Director On 06/12/23 the facility was asked to provide a professional license or all professional staff including the Social Service Director (SSD) #40. A review of the documentation provided by the facility for SSD #40 found the following: An application for Social Work License (LSW/LGSW/LCSW) this application was completed by SSD #40 on 05/26/23. …
F839 citations in West Virginia
Administration Deficiencies
Employ staff that are licensed, certified, or registered in accordance with state laws.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2023
West Virginia cites F839 more often than its own record predicts
2.13 times the share F839 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in West Virginia in 2023, this is the portion that was F839.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What West Virginia surveyors wrote
F839 findings written in West Virginia, one from each severity band recorded here, most serious first.
Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.
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