BURGH CARE CENTER

Special Focus Facility candidate · Allegheny · PA · For profit - Corporation · WECARE CENTERS chain · 126 certified beds · CCN 395883 · PENNWOOD OPERATING LLC


BURGH CARE CENTER operates 126 certified beds in PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania. Its Medicare and Medicaid certification dates to 1992-11-01. It averages 70.0 residents a day.

What harm was found in the violations cited at BURGH CARE CENTER?

CMS lists 120 health-inspection deficiencies for BURGH CARE CENTER, all of them in the three years to 2026-08-01: the highest scope-and-severity letter on record is K; the most recent health inspection was 2026-04-10.

Survey dateTagDeficiencySeverity
2026-04-10F0801, F0812Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.F
2026-04-10F0605, F0628, F0684, F0695, F0730, F0756, F0803, F0880, F0881, F0941, F0942, F0943, F0944, F0945, F0946, F0947, F0949Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function. / Provide the required documentation or notification related to the resident's needs, appeal rights, or bed-hold policies. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. / Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. / Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. / Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. / Develop, implement, and/or maintain an effective training program that includes effective communications for direct care staff members. / Ensure that staff members are educated on resident rights and facility responsibilities to properly care for its residents. / Give their staff education on dementia care, and what abuse, neglect, and exploitation are; and how to report abuse, neglect, and exploitation. / Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program. / Include as part of its infection prevention and control program, mandatory training that includes written standards, policies, and procedures for the program. / Provide training in compliance and ethics. / Ensure nurse aides have the skills they need to care for residents, and give nurse aides education in dementia care and abuse prevention. / Provide behavior health training consistent with the requirements and as determined by a facility assessment.E
2026-04-10F0607, F0610, F0620, F0657, F0686, F0690, F0691, F0698, F0761, F0847, F0883, F0887, F0908Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. / Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. / Not require residents to give up Medicare or Medicaid benefits, or pay privately as a condition of admission; and must tell residents what care they do not provide. / Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. / Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. / Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. / Provide appropriate colostomy, urostomy, or ileostomy care/services for a resident who requires such services. / Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. / Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. / Inform resident or representatives choice to enter into binding arbitration agreement and right to refuse. / Develop and implement policies and procedures for flu and pneumonia vaccinations. / Educate residents and staff on COVID-19 vaccination, offer the COVID-19 vaccine to eligible residents and staff after education, and properly document each resident and staff member's vaccination status. / Keep all essential equipment working safely.D
2026-04-10F0575, F0577, F0579Post a list of names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all pertinent State agencies and advocacy groups and a statement that the resident may file a complaint with the State Survey Agency. / Allow residents to easily view the nursing home's survey results and communicate with advocate agencies. / Provide information about how to apply for and use Medicare and Medicaid benefits.C
2026-01-29F0584Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely.D
2025-12-04F0698, F0840, F0844Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. / Employ or obtain outside professional resources to provide services in the nursing home when the facility does not employ a qualified professional to furnish a required service. / Follow rules about disclosure of ownership requirements and tell the state agency about changes in ownership and/or administrative personnel.D
2025-05-22F0917Make sure each resident has 1) at least one window to the outside in a room; 2) a room at or above ground level; 3) adequate bedding; 4) furniture that meets the resident's needs; or 5) adequate closet space.D
2025-04-28F0658Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.G
2025-04-05F0695Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.J
2025-04-05F0600Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody.G
2025-04-05F0803, F0812, F0880, F0881, F0882, F0944Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident. / Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. / Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. / Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home. / Conduct mandatory training, for all staff, on the facility’s Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement Program.F
2025-04-05F0679, F0680, F0698, F0725, F0726, F0730, F0755Provide activities to meet all resident's needs. / Ensure the activities program is directed by a qualified professional. / Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. / Provide enough nursing staff every day to meet the needs of every resident; and have a licensed nurse in charge on each shift. / Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being. / Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. / Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.E
2025-04-05F0584, F0607, F0609, F0620, F0637, F0656, F0684, F0685, F0686, F0690, F0692, F0693, F0694, F0699, F0756, F0758, F0760, F0761, F0806, F0809, F0840, F0867Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. / Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. / Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. / Not require residents to give up Medicare or Medicaid benefits, or pay privately as a condition of admission; and must tell residents what care they do not provide. / Assess the resident when there is a significant change in condition / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Assist a resident in gaining access to vision and hearing services. / Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. / Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. / Provide enough food/fluids to maintain a resident's health. / Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube. / Provide for the safe, appropriate administration of IV fluids for a resident when needed. / Provide care or services that was trauma informed and/or culturally competent. / Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. / Implement gradual dose reductions(GDR) and non-pharmacological interventions, unless contraindicated, prior to initiating or instead of continuing psychotropic medication; and PRN orders for psychotropic medications are only used when the medication is necessary and PRN use is limited. / Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. / Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. / Ensure each resident receives and the facility provides food that accommodates resident allergies, intolerances, and preferences, as well as appealing options. / Ensure meals and snacks are served at times in accordance with resident’s needs, preferences, and requests. Suitable and nourishing alternative meals and snacks must be provided for residents who want to eat at non-traditional times or outside of scheduled meal times. / Employ or obtain outside professional resources to provide services in the nursing home when the facility does not employ a qualified professional to furnish a required service. / Set up an ongoing quality assessment and assurance group to review quality deficiencies and develop corrective plans of action.D
2025-03-13F0689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.J
2025-03-13F0835, F0841Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently. / Designate a physician to serve as medical director responsible for implementation of resident care policies and coordination of medical care in the facility.F
2025-03-13F0610, F0660, F0712Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. / Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs. / Ensure that the resident and his/her doctor meet face-to-face at all required visits.D
2024-10-01F0572, F0580, F0658, F0684, F0760, F0880Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges. / Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. / Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.D
2024-08-14F0600, F0607, F0610Protect each resident from all types of abuse such as physical, mental, sexual abuse, physical punishment, and neglect by anybody. / Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. / Respond appropriately to all alleged violations.D
2024-06-21F0689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.K
2024-06-21F0835Administer the facility in a manner that enables it to use its resources effectively and efficiently.F
2024-06-21F0660Plan the resident's discharge to meet the resident's goals and needs.D
2024-05-24F0812Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.F
2024-05-24F0641, F0684, F0695, F0698, F0726, F0730, F0880, F0881, F0882Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. / Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. / Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed. / Provide safe, appropriate dialysis care/services for a resident who requires such services. / Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being. / Observe each nurse aide's job performance and give regular training. / Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program. / Implement a program that monitors antibiotic use. / Designate a qualified infection preventionist to be responsible for the infection prevent and control program in the nursing home.E
2024-05-24F0584, F0607, F0610, F0686, F0688, F0690, F0756, F0761, F0803Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. / Develop and implement policies and procedures to prevent abuse, neglect, and theft. / Respond appropriately to all alleged violations. / Provide appropriate pressure ulcer care and prevent new ulcers from developing. / Provide appropriate care for a resident to maintain and/or improve range of motion (ROM), limited ROM and/or mobility, unless a decline is for a medical reason. / Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections. / Ensure a licensed pharmacist perform a monthly drug regimen review, including the medical chart, following irregularity reporting guidelines in developed policies and procedures. / Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs. / Ensure menus must meet the nutritional needs of residents, be prepared in advance, be followed, be updated, be reviewed by dietician, and meet the needs of the resident.D
2024-03-19F0689Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.D
2024-01-10F0622Not transfer or discharge a resident without an adequate reason; and must provide documentation and convey specific information when a resident is transferred or discharged.D
2023-11-22F0684Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals.D
2023-08-02F0609, F0656Timely report suspected abuse, neglect, or theft and report the results of the investigation to proper authorities. / Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.D

Why was BURGH CARE CENTER fined 3 times?

DateTypeAmount
2025-03-13Fine$175,400
2024-05-24Fine$168,384
2024-02-06Fine$3,418

Has BURGH CARE CENTER had payment denied by Medicare?

Payment denial startLength in days
2025-05-1420

How is BURGH CARE CENTER staffed relative to the PA average?

MeasureThis facilityPA average
Total nurse staffing hours per resident per day3.390473.88823
Total nursing staff turnover (%)51.444.5
Average number of residents per day70.0104.6

Who owns BURGH CARE CENTER, and what chain is it in?

BURGH CARE CENTER is registered with CMS as For profit - Corporation, operates under the legal business name PENNWOOD OPERATING LLC and belongs to the WECARE CENTERS chain.

RoleOwnerAssociation date
5% OR GREATER DIRECT OWNERSHIP INTERESTPENNWOOD HOLDINGS LLCsince 11/01/2023
5% OR GREATER INDIRECT OWNERSHIP INTERESTGRINSPAN, ARYEH, KORN, ELI, WIELGUS, GEDALIAHsince 11/01/2023
MANAGING CONTROL - GOVERNING BODYGRINSPAN, ARYEH, WIELGUS, GEDALIAH, WILLIAMS, CRISTINEsince 10/21/2024
CORPORATE OFFICERGRINSPAN, ARYEH, WIELGUS, GEDALIAHsince 11/01/2023
OPERATIONAL/MANAGERIAL CONTROLWECARE HCC LLC, ANGROOLA, AMARDEEP, GRINSPAN, ARYEH, WIELGUS, GEDALIAH, WILLIAMS, CRISTINEsince 07/08/2025
ADP OF THE SNF909 W STREET HOLDINGS LLC, 909 WEST STREET REALTY LLC, A&C EINHORN FAMILY TRUST, WECARE HCC LLC, ANGROOLA, AMARDEEP, GRINSPAN, ARYEH, MCNELLIE, LORI, WIELGUS, GEDALIAH, WILLIAMS, CRISTINEsince 07/08/2025

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