Barnes-Jewish Extended Care: Complaint Inspection - MO
The April 24 inspection record lists harm as "minimal" and residents affected as "few." Beyond that, the deficiency text is marked not available, a designation that appears on CMS Form 2567 when full findings have not been disclosed.
That gap matters. Complaint inspections are triggered by specific allegations, typically from residents, family members, or staff. Someone raised a concern serious enough to send inspectors to the facility. Inspectors arrived, found something worth citing, and documented it. The public record of what they found is a blank.
Barnes-Jewish Extended Care operates under the Barnes-Jewish name, one of the most recognized healthcare brands in Missouri, anchored by the academic medical center affiliated with Washington University School of Medicine. That reputation draws families who assume a higher standard of oversight. What inspectors found during this visit, and whether the facility corrected it, is not something those families can currently verify.
The inspection form notes that nursing homes must make findings and approved correction plans available to the public within 14 days of those documents being provided to the facility. Whether that timeline has been met here, and whether a correction plan was submitted and approved, is not reflected in the available record.
A citation at the minimal harm level does not mean no one was affected. It means the harm documented, or the risk of harm, did not rise to the higher thresholds inspectors use to classify more serious deficiencies. For the residents described only as "few," the specifics of what happened to them remain, for now, unreported.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Barnes-jewish Extended Care from 2026-04-24 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
Download the official CMS inspection PDF from Medicare.gov
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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.
Plan of correction: The CMS report we receive does not include the facility's plan of correction. Facilities submit plans of correction separately to state survey agencies and those responses may not be reflected in CMS data at the time of publication. The absence of a plan of correction in our data does not mean one was not filed. Readers who want information about corrective steps taken are encouraged to contact the facility directly or their state survey agency.
Corrections may have occurred: Inspection reports reflect conditions observed on the date of the survey. Facilities may have implemented corrections, staffing changes, additional training, or other remediation since the report was issued. We report what CMS provides and encourage readers to seek current information from the facility.
Editorial process: Inspection findings are extracted from CMS source documents and synthesized using AI, reviewed for factual accuracy against the original report by our editorial team.
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Last verified: September 19, 2026 · Our methodology
BARNES-JEWISH EXTENDED CARE in SAINT LOUIS, MO was cited for violations during a health inspection on April 24, 2026.
Complaint inspections are triggered by specific allegations, typically from residents, family members, or staff.
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.