Morgantown Heights of Journey: 14 Deficiencies - WV
One of those deficiencies centered on how the facility handled a process that exists specifically to protect some of the most vulnerable people who pass through its doors. Inspectors cited the home under a category covering resident assessment and care planning, finding that staff had failed to properly coordinate assessments with the pre-admission screening and resident review program, and had not made referrals for services when those referrals were needed.
The pre-admission screening and resident review process, known in federal oversight circles as PASRR, is designed to catch something specific: whether a person being admitted to or living in a nursing home has a serious mental illness, an intellectual disability, or a related condition that would require specialized services the facility may not be equipped to provide. The screening is supposed to happen before admission. The review is supposed to happen when a resident's condition changes. When a facility skips steps, or fails to make the referrals that follow, a resident who needs psychiatric care, behavioral support, or specialized programming can end up warehoused in a setting that cannot actually meet their needs.
Inspectors classified the violation as a scope and severity level D, meaning it was isolated in nature and did not cause documented harm. But that classification also carries a specific finding: there was potential for more than minimal harm. The inspection report does not identify which residents were affected, how many people the lapse touched, or what services went unreferred.
The facility reported correcting the deficiency by October 8, 2025, roughly four weeks after inspectors left.
What the inspection report does not say is worth noting. It does not describe what the coordination failure looked like in practice, whether a resident was admitted without a required screening, whether a condition change triggered a review that never happened, or whether anyone who needed a referral eventually got one through some other channel. The correction date is on file. What changed is not.
The 14 total deficiencies cited during this single complaint inspection place Morgantown Heights of Journey in a category that warrants attention. A complaint inspection is not a routine visit. It is initiated because someone, a resident, a family member, a staff member, or a visitor, contacted regulators with a concern serious enough to send inspectors to the door. The inspection that followed produced not one finding, not two, but 14 separate citations across the facility's operations.
The assessment and care planning deficiency was one piece of that. What the other 13 citations covered, how severe they were, and whether any of them involved actual harm to residents is not detailed in this report.
For a resident who enters a nursing home with a serious mental illness or an intellectual disability, the PASRR process can be the difference between getting appropriate support and getting nothing. A missed screening at admission means a person's needs may never be formally identified. A missed review when their condition worsens means the same. The system depends on the facility doing its part, coordinating with the state, flagging the right residents, making the calls.
At Morgantown Heights of Journey in the weeks before September 10, 2025, that coordination broke down somewhere. The inspection report does not say where, or for whom.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Morgantown Heights of Journey from 2025-09-10 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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Data source: This article is based on inspection data downloaded directly from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) via Medicare.gov. CMS releases inspection reports in bulk; we publish the findings as documented by state surveyors in the official Form CMS-2567 Statement of Deficiencies.
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MORGANTOWN HEIGHTS OF JOURNEY in MORGANTOWN, WV was cited for violations during a health inspection on September 10, 2025.
The screening is supposed to happen before admission.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.