Pruitthealth - Washington
112 Hospital Drive, Washington, GA 30673 · Wilkes County · (706) 678-7804
47 certified beds, about 45 residents a day · For profit - Corporation · Medicare and Medicaid since 1984
CMS Care Compare ratings, data as of September 1, 2026 · CCN 115325 · See it on Medicare.gov · Compare with other homes
The record in brief
At its most recent standard inspection, on March 1, 2026, inspectors cited 1 health deficiency (the Georgia average is 5, the national average 9.2).
None of its 5 health citations since June 2023 was rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
CMS lists no fines against this home in the last three years.
Nurses and nurse aides worked 2.87 hours per resident per day, against 3.56 across Georgia and 3.86 nationally. Registered nurses accounted for 0.40 of those hours.
44.4% of nursing staff left within the year CMS measured (Georgia average 46.0%).
CMS links it to Pruitthealth, an affiliated group of 96 nursing homes.
Health inspections
Federal rules call for a standard inspection at least every 15 months, plus a visit whenever a complaint is filed. Each mark below is one citation, colored by how serious inspectors rated it. How to read a citation.
Under each citation, the quoted text is the inspector's own summary from the federal statement of deficiencies (CMS form 2567), word for word apart from a privacy scrub; CMS removes residents' and staff names before it publishes the text. The full notes are on Medicare.gov.
Where its citations fall on CMS's grid
CMS rates every citation by how much harm it caused (rows) and how many residents it touched (columns). The count in each box is this home's, across all 5 health citations on file.
March 1, 2026Standard inspection, Complaint inspection · 1 citation
- F Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, staff interviews, and review of the facility's policy titled, Labeling, Dating, and Storage, the facility failed to ensure opened food items in the walk-in refrigerator, stand-alone freezer, and dry storage area were labeled, dated, and discarded by expiration date. In addition, the facility failed to ensure sanitary condition in the kitchen. The deficient practices had the potential to affect 44 out of the 45 residents who were on an oral diet. Findings Include:Review of facility's policy titled Labeling, Dating, and Storage revised date 11/11/2022 revealed in Procedures section, 1. Food and beverage items will have an identifying label as well as received date and opened date, as applicable; for items prepared onsite, a use by date will also be indicated. [...]
November 20, 2024Standard inspection · 4 citations
- F Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.
Inspectors wroteBased on observation, staff interview, record review, and review of the facility's policy titled Cleaning Schedule Policy, the facility failed to maintain the ice machine in a clean, sanitary manner. The deficient practice had the potential to cause illness to 43 out of 45 residents who consumed an oral diet.
- E Honor 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.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations and staff interview, the facility failed to ensure the Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners (PTAC) were maintained to provide a clean and comfortable environment for 11 of 31 resident rooms (Rooms 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21).
- D Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, staff interviews, record review, and review of facility's policy titled Care Plans, the facility failed to follow a care plan for one of two residents (R) R42 reviewed for oxygen.
- D Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Inspectors wroteBased on observations, staff interviews, record review, and review of the facility's policy titled Oxygen Administration, the facility failed to ensure oxygen was administered, provide documentation of monitoring for respiratory status, and to record oxygen saturation and nebulization treatments as ordered for one of two residents (R) R42 reviewed for oxygen. The deficient practice had the potential to affect R42's quality of life.
June 25, 2023Standard inspection · 0 citations
Fire safety inspections
4 fire safety citations on file: 1 on March 1, 2026, 3 on November 20, 2024.
Every fire safety citation4 citations
- D Ensure smoke barriers are constructed to a 1 hour fire resistance rating.
- E Develop and maintain an Emergency Preparedness Program (EP).
- E Have approved installation, maintenance and testing program for fire alarm systems.
- D Install emergency lighting that can last at least 1 1/2 hours.
Fines and payment denials
CMS lists no fines or payment denials against this home in the last three years. The national average is 0.9 fines per home.
Staffing
Hours of care per resident per day, from the payroll records every home sends CMS. Higher means more staff time with each resident.
| Measure | This home | Georgia | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| All nursing staff (RN, LPN and aides) | 2.87 | 3.56 | 3.86 |
| Registered nurses | 0.40 | 0.50 | 0.69 |
| All nursing staff on weekends | 2.44 | 3.10 | 3.42 |
| Nurse aides | 1.68 | ||
| Licensed practical nurses | 0.79 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover (share who left in a year) | 44.4% | 46.0% | 45.8% |
| Registered nurse turnover | 80.0% | 44.5% | 42.9% |
| Administrators who left | 1 |
CMS expects 3.89 hours a day for residents as sick as this home's (its case-mix figure). The staffing star compares the two.
Staffing by quarter, from daily payroll records
Every nursing home sends CMS its staff hours for each day (the Payroll Based Journal). Here they are added up by quarter. The latest quarter is the one behind the figures above. In January to March 2026, nursing staff hours per resident were 3.04 on weekdays and 2.44 on weekends, 20% lower on weekends (nationally, weekends ran 15% lower). Contract or agency staff worked 0.0% of nursing hours, against 5.3% nationally. Total nursing hours per resident went from 2.89 in April to June 2025 to 2.87 in January to March 2026.
| Quarter | All nursing staff | Registered nurses | Weekdays | Weekends | Contract staff share | Days with no RN hours | Residents a day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan to Mar 2026 | 2.87 | 0.40 | 3.04 | 2.44 | 0.0% | 0 of 90 | 45 |
| Oct to Dec 2025 | 2.88 | 0.38 | 3.06 | 2.44 | 0.0% | 0 of 92 | 43 |
| Jul to Sep 2025 | 2.74 | 0.31 | 2.90 | 2.33 | 0.0% | 7 of 92 | 45 |
| Apr to Jun 2025 | 2.89 | 0.35 | 3.12 | 2.30 | 0.0% | 5 of 91 | 45 |
| United States, Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.75 | 0.62 | 3.92 | 3.33 | 5.3% | 0.5% of days | |
| Georgia, Jan to Mar 2026 | 3.50 | 0.46 | 3.68 | 3.03 | 3.3% | 0.6% of days |
Hours per resident per day: staff hours in the quarter divided by resident days (the daily census CMS derives from resident assessments). Registered nurses include the director of nursing and RNs with administrative duties; aides include nurse aides in training and medication aides, as in CMS's own staffing measure. How these are calculated.
Staff pay reports
Staff pay at this home
No staff pay figure for this home has passed review yet. A figure appears only after at least 5 reports from at least 3 different people, sent over at least 60 days, have passed review. If you work here, your report helps start one.
Official wage estimates for Georgia
| Job | Median | Middle half | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia, all employers | |||
| CNAs (nursing assistants) | $18.12 | $17.06 to $20.66 | 43,440 |
| LPNs and LVNs | $29.82 | $25.43 to $33.99 | 21,060 |
| Registered nurses | $44.98 | $38.02 to $51.12 | 100,950 |
| United States, nursing care facilities | |||
| CNAs (nursing assistants) | $20.67 | $17.91 to $22.55 | 534,270 |
| LPNs and LVNs | $33.86 | $30.05 to $37.40 | 188,210 |
| Registered nurses | $41.11 | $37.85 to $47.68 | 142,270 |
Hourly wages; the middle half runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. BLS has no separate estimate for medication aides. These are survey estimates for whole occupations, not figures for any one home.
Quality measures
The measures CMS uses for the quality star. Lower is better for every one of them.
| Measure | This home | Georgia | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose need for help with daily activities has increased Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 17.6 | 15.3 | 13.9 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a catheter inserted and left in their bladder Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with a urinary tract infection Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 1.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents experiencing one or more falls with major injury Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents whose ability to walk independently worsened Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 13.3 | 15.2 | 14.1 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents with pressure ulcers Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 7.4 | 5.6 | 4.6 |
| Percentage of long-stay residents who received an antipsychotic medication Long Stay residents, 2025Q2-2026Q1 | 14.9 | 19.9 | 15.4 |
Short-term rehab results
For a stay to recover after a hospital visit, these are the results CMS publishes for Pruitthealth - Washington's Medicare short-stay residents. How to read these, and what Medicare pays for.
CMS reports none of these results for this home: The number of residents or resident stays is too small to report. Call the facility to discuss this quality measure.
Source: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program - Provider Data, released 2026-09-30. Better, no different and worse are CMS's own comparisons with the national rate, after adjusting for how sick residents were. Medians of homes and the state counts are worked out by us from the same file.
Owners and operators
Legal business name: PRUITTHEALTH - WASHINGTON, LLC. CMS links this home to Pruitthealth, a group of 96 nursing homes averaging 3 stars overall.
| Name | Role | Type | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arwood, Candy | W-2 managing employee | Individual | 04/08/2011 | |
| Kittles, Michele | W-2 managing employee | Individual | 12/10/2014 | |
| Pruitt, Neil | Corporate director | Individual | 03/16/2010 | |
| Pruitt, Neil | Corporate officer | Individual | 03/16/2010 | |
| Pruitt, Neil | Operational/managerial control | Individual | 01/12/2007 |
As listed in the CMS ownership file, which names owners with a 5% or greater stake and the people and companies with operational or managerial control.
Questions to ask on a visit
Chosen from this home's own inspection record.
- Can we see a week of menus and the kitchen, and how are special diets handled?Inspectors cited 2 problems in this area, most recently on March 1, 2026: "Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards."
- How do residents and families raise a complaint or grievance, and how fast is it answered?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on November 20, 2024: "Honor 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."
- When is the care plan meeting, and can family attend it?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on November 20, 2024: "Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured."
- How do you prevent falls and pressure injuries, and how are families told when one happens?Inspectors cited 1 problem in this area, most recently on November 20, 2024: "Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed."
- Who is on the floor on Saturday and Sunday, and how many residents does each aide care for?Weekend nurse staffing here was 2.44 hours per resident per day, below the Georgia average of 3.10.
- How long has the current administrator been here?CMS counts 1 administrator who left in the period it measured.
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Georgia contacts for a concern about a nursing home
These are the official offices in Georgia. NursingHomeClear cannot take or act on complaints.
- Inspections and complaints: Georgia Department of Community Health, Healthcare Facility Regulation Division, the state agency that inspects nursing homes for CMS and takes complaints about care.
- Resident advocate: Georgia Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program, 1-866-552-4464. The long-term care ombudsman is a free, confidential advocate for residents and families, set up under the federal Older Americans Act.
- State inspection reports: GaMap2Care, Find a Facility, where Georgia publishes its own records on licensed homes.
Common questions
- What is Pruitthealth - Washington's Medicare star rating?
- CMS rates Pruitthealth - Washington 3 out of 5 stars overall, with 4 for health inspections, 1 for staffing and 3 for quality measures (CMS data as of September 1, 2026).
- How many deficiencies did Pruitthealth - Washington get at its last inspection?
- 1 health deficiency at the standard inspection on March 1, 2026. The Georgia average is 5.
- Has Pruitthealth - Washington been fined?
- CMS lists no fines in the last three years.
- Does Pruitthealth - Washington accept Medicaid?
- It is certified to take Medicaid (CMS lists it as "Medicare and Medicaid"). Certification does not mean a Medicaid bed is open: ask the admissions office.
- Who owns Pruitthealth - Washington?
- CMS lists 5 owners and managers, and links the home to Pruitthealth. Legal business name: PRUITTHEALTH - WASHINGTON, LLC.
Sources
- Ratings, staffing and fines: CMS Provider Information, released September 30, 2026, data as of September 1, 2026.
- Citations: CMS Health Deficiencies and Fire Safety Deficiencies.
- Owners: CMS Ownership. Penalties: CMS Penalties.
- Staffing by quarter: CMS Payroll Based Journal Daily Nurse Staffing, April 2025 to March 2026, summed by NursingHomeClear.
- Inspector summaries: CMS Full Statement of Deficiencies (CMS-2567 text), data as of September 1, 2026. Each quote is the part of the statement before the detailed findings.
- Inspection reports with the inspectors' full notes are on this home's Medicare.gov page.
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