Brightwood Center
Nursing home in Follansbee, West Virginia, CMS certification number 515128
840 Lee Road, Follansbee, WV 26037 · Brooke County
- CMS overall rating
- 1 of 5 stars
- Certified beds
- 115
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Last standard inspection
- August 20, 2026
- Deficiencies at that inspection
- 7
- Fines in 3 years
- $65,274 (1)
Does Brightwood Center take Medicare and Medicaid?
Yes to both. Brightwood Center is certified for Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare can pay for a short skilled stay after a qualifying hospital stay; Medicaid can pay for long-term care once you qualify.
Certification isn't a promise of an open bed. Ask how many Medicaid beds it has free and whether it keeps residents who move from Medicare to Medicaid. Our guide explains what Medicare pays for.
CMS star ratings
CMS rates every certified nursing home from 1 to 5 stars. The overall rating starts from health inspections, then moves up or down for staffing and quality. These come from the CMS Provider Information, October 2026 release.
| Measure | CMS stars |
|---|---|
| Overall | 1 of 5 |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 |
| Staffing | 1 of 5 |
| Quality of resident care | 4 of 5 |
| Long-stay quality | 5 of 5 |
| Short-stay quality | 4 of 5 |
Nurse staffing hours and turnover
These are the hours Brightwood Center reported to CMS, split across residents and days. More hours per resident usually means more hands at the bedside.
- Total nurse hours per resident per day
- 3.24
- Registered nurse hours
- 0.75
- Licensed practical nurse hours
- 0.68
- Nurse aide hours
- 1.81
- Weekend total hours
- 2.78
- Nursing staff turnover
- 56.9%
- Registered nurse turnover
- 45%
- Administrators who left
- 2
Health inspections and complaints
Inspectors last made a standard visit on August 20, 2026 and cited 7 deficiencies, plus 1 from complaint visits.
The visit before, on May 27, 2025, found 23.
Read every citation on the CMS Care Compare page.
Fines and payment denials
CMS fined Brightwood Center 1 time in the past 3 years, for $65,274 in total.
It also had 1 payment denial, when Medicare stopped paying for new admissions for a time.
Beds and residents
On an average day 110.9 residents live here, about 96% of its 115 certified beds.
- Certified beds
- 115
- Average residents per day
- 110.9
- Certified since
- April 19, 1994
- Resident or family council
- Resident
Who owns Brightwood Center
- Legal business name
- 840 Lee Road Operations LLC
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- 183 homes nationally under Genesis Healthcare, 2.4-star chain average
Other nursing homes near Brightwood Center
- Wellsburg Healthcare Center70 Valley Haven Dr, Wellsburg 26070
- Weirton Medical Center601 Colliers Way, Weirton 26062
- Weirton Geriatric Center2525 Pennsylvania Avenue, Weirton 26062
- Good Shepherd Nursing Home159 Edgington Lane, Wheeling 26003
- Peterson Rehabilitation and Healthcare20 Homestead Avenue, Wheeling 26003
Who inspects nursing homes in West Virginia
West Virginia's state survey agency licenses nursing homes and carries out the federal inspections for CMS. A home must keep its state licence and meet the federal rules to take Medicare or Medicaid.
Compare all nursing homes in West Virginia, or see how assisted living and nursing homes differ.
Is this your facility?
If you run Brightwood Center, email contact@assistedlivingaccess.com from your work address. We can add your own rates, photos and contact details next to the state record, or take the listing down.
Questions about Brightwood Center
What is the CMS star rating of Brightwood Center?
1 out of 5 stars overall.
Does Brightwood Center accept Medicaid?
Yes, it is Medicaid certified.
What did inspectors find at Brightwood Center?
7 cited at the last standard visit.
Who owns Brightwood Center?
840 Lee Road Operations LLC, for profit - corporation.
From the federal record: CMS Care Compare and the CMS Provider Information dataset, October 2026 release.