CCN 515110 · Kanawha County, West Virginia
Thomas Hospitals Skilled Nursing Unit
333 Laidley Street, Charleston, WV 25322
Thomas Hospitals Skilled Nursing Unit is a 29-bed nonprofit nursing home in Charleston, West Virginia, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1991. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 16.6 residents a day, about 57% of its certified beds. We found no FHA-insured Section 232 loan for it in HUD's healthcare endorsement database (fiscal 2001 onward).
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 29
- Average residents per day
- 16.6 (57.2% of beds)
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare
- Legal business name
- Herbert J Thomas Memorial Hospital Association
- Certified since
- Apr 15, 1991
- Chain or affiliated group
- Wvu Medicine (7 facilities, chain average 4.3 stars)
- Location
- Urban, inside a hospital
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | West Virginia median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 5 of 5 | State spread: 25 at 1, 18 at 2, 29 at 3, 29 at 4, 21 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 5 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 5 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 7.57 | 3.48 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 3.04 | 0.67 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 6.51 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 24.1% | 43.2% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 57.2% | 94.5% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 4 (Jul 31, 2025) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Thomas Hospitals Skilled Nursing Unit meets that part today: 5 stars overall, 5 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia United Health System, IncOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 05/01/2024 |
| West Virginia United Health System, IncOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2024 |
| Barker, GeorgeIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2024 |
| Challa, KishoreIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2024 |
| Ellis, TerrellIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2024 |
| Epperly, JohnIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/01/2025 |
| Fairless, LyleIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2024 |
| Francisco, PaigeIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 08/05/2024 |
| Gizzi, JasonIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2024 |
| Higgs, DonaldIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2024 |
| Kawash, StephenIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2024 |
| Mayfield, AngelaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2024 |
| Pack, AshleyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2024 |
| Robinson, MarkIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/01/2024 |
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2024 | Herbert J Thomas Memorial Hospital Association | Charleston Hospital, Inc. |
HUD Section 232 loans
No FHA-insured loan matching this facility appears in HUD's database of healthcare endorsements, which covers fiscal 2001 onward (HUD data run of July 8, 2026). A loan could still exist under a different project name or from before 2001.
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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