Lakin Hospital in West Columbia, WV

Lakin Hospital is a medicaid certified nursing home in West Columbia, West Virginia. It is located in Mason county at 11522 Ohio River Road, West Columbia, West Virginia 25287. You can reach out to the office of Lakin Hospital via phone at (304) 675-0860. This skilled nursing facility has 136 federally certified beds with average occupancy rate of 39.78%. Its legal business name is Legal Business Name Not Available and has the following ownership type - Government - State.

Lakin Hospital (Medicare CCN 51E124) is certified by CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and participates in medicaid program. This means if you are part of medicaid program, you may consider this nursing facility for your medical needs. It was first certified by CMS in 1983 (41 years certified) and the last quality survey was conducted in September, 2019.

Name	Lakin Hospital
Location	11522 Ohio River Road, West Columbia, West Virginia
Certified By	Medicaid
No. of Certified Beds	136
Occupancy Rate	39.78%
Medicare ID (CCN)	51E124
Legal Business Name	Legal Business Name Not Available
Ownership Type	Government - State

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Number of Facility Reported Incidents	0
Number of Substantiated Complaints	0
Number of Fines	0
Total Amount of Fines in Dollars	$0
Number of Payment Denials	0
Total Number of Penalties	0

The resident survey data of Lakin Hospital is compared against the national average with the color code indicators: Better than National Average Worse than National Average

Experience Measure	Provider	National Avg.
Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased	29.27	14.46
Percentage of long-stay residents who lose too much weight	16.59	5.51
Percentage of low risk long-stay residents who lose control of their bowels or bladder	20.31	48.41
Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder	1.68	1.79
Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection	17.03	2.65
Percentage of long-stay residents who have depressive symptoms	1.57	5.05
Percentage of long-stay residents who were physically restrained	0	0.23
Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury	2.53	3.36
Percentage of long-stay residents assessed and appropriately given the pneumococcal vaccine	99.28	93.87
Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication	41.67	14.2