Washington County Nursing Home
14600 St Stephens Avenue, Chatom, AL, 36518
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Official records from CMS Care Compare — reported by the facility and audited by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. We present them unmodified. Refreshed June 2026.
CMS Star Ratings
Facility & Staffing
- Ownership
- Government - County
- Certified beds
- 88 · avg 78 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 27.2% — lower than most Alabama nursing homesAlabama avg: 48.0% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 0% — lower than most Alabama nursing homesAlabama avg: 41.5% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the Alabama averageAlabama avg: 0.4 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 015123
- Certified beds
- 88 beds · avg 78 residents/day
- Ownership type
- Government - County
- Continuing-care community
- No
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Washington County Healthcare Authority, Inc
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Disclosed owners (16 on record)
- James s Donald
Contracted Managing Employee · since 2024
- Bonnie Michelle Onderdonk
Corporate Director · since 2024
- Randy Grimes
Corporate Director · since 2024
- Billy Gant
Corporate Director · since 2022
- Joanne Barnes
Corporate Director · since 2021
- Sherry Dean
Corporate Director · since 2020
+ 10 additional owners on the federal record.
Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners, as of May 2026.
Federal inspection record
Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 1 of 1)
- D0609·Feb 15, 2018
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
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Fire-safety citations
3 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Feb 28, 2019. Fire-safety inspections cover building-level Life Safety Code compliance, separate from the resident-care health survey.
Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Health Deficiencies, Fire Safety Deficiencies, and Penalties datasets, snapshot Jun 1, 2026.
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- Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.
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