The Chesapeake
955 Harpersville Rd, Newport News, VA, 23601
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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
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certified beds
- 52 · avg 47 residents/day
- Total nursing staff turnover
- 39.7% — lower than most Virginia nursing homesVirginia avg: 48.3% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
- RN turnover
- 41.7% — lower than most Virginia nursing homesVirginia avg: 48.9% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
- Administrators who left
- 0 departed — near the Virginia averageVirginia avg: 0.7 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare
Medicare certification
- CMS Certification Number
- 495397
- Certified beds
- 52 beds · avg 47 residents/day
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Corporation
- Continuing-care community
- Yes
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Ownership & operations
- Legal business name
- Newport News Baptist Retirement Community Inc.
CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026
Federal ownership record
Disclosed owners (25 on record)
- Gary Thomson
Corporate Director · since 2022
- Jim Poats
Corporate Director · since 2022
- Daniel Carlton
Corporate Officer · since 2021
- r Scott Cave
Corporate Director · since 2021
- Tracey Albritton
Corporate Officer · since 2021
- Lisa Hawthorne
Corporate Officer · since 2021
+ 19 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 8 of 28)
- D0880·Dec 4, 2025
Infection Control Deficiencies
Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.
- E0809·Dec 4, 2025
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Ensure meals and snacks are served at times in accordance with resident’s needs, preferences, and requests. Suitable and nourishing alternative meals and snacks must be provided for residents who want to eat at non-traditional times or outside of scheduled meal times.
- F0732·Dec 4, 2025
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Post nurse staffing information every day.
- E0695·Dec 4, 2025
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
- D0658·Dec 4, 2025
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.
- D0657·Dec 4, 2025
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
- D0655·Dec 4, 2025
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies
Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted
- E0585·Dec 4, 2025
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Honor the resident's right to voice grievances without discrimination or reprisal and the facility must establish a grievance policy and make prompt efforts to resolve grievances.
Fire-safety citations
5 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Dec 4, 2025. 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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