Nursing home · Top rated by CMS
Chemung County Health Center - Nursing Facility
103 Washington Street, Elmira, NY 14901 · Map
Government - County · 200 certified beds
Chemung County Health Center - Nursing Facility is a Medicare-certified nursing home in Elmira, New York. CMS rates it 5 out of 5 stars overall (4/5 for staffing, 5/5 for health inspections). Nurse staffing is 5.11 hours per resident per day, above the New York average of 3.65. Its most recent inspection on Sep 22, 2023 cited 2 deficiencies.
CMS quality ratings
Ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), updated monthly. 5 stars is the highest quality.
How Chemung County Health Center - Nursing Facility compares
This facility vs. the New York and national averages, from CMS data. For staffing, higher is generally better; for turnover and deficiencies, lower is better.
| Metric | This facility | New York avg | National avg | Compared with the state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total nurse staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 5.11 | 3.65 | 3.89 | above avg |
| RN staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 0.68 | 0.70 | 0.68 | below avg |
| Aide staffing (hrs/resident/day) | 3.07 | 2.18 | 2.34 | above avg |
| Nursing staff turnover | 53.0% | 40.5% | 46.4% | above avg |
| Deficiencies cited, last inspection | 2.0 | 7.6 | 9.5 | below avg |
Staffing
Hours per resident per day as reported to CMS. Higher numbers indicate more direct care time.
Staff turnover
Lower turnover typically indicates better working conditions and continuity of care. National average for nursing staff is 46.4%.
Recent health inspection
CMS inspects nursing facilities regularly. Deficiencies are categorized by severity.
- Every deficiency from the February 6, 2025 inspection was corrected by February 27, 2025
What inspectors found at Chemung County Health Center - Nursing Facility
Specific deficiencies cited in recent CMS health inspections, most recent first. Severity follows the CMS scope/severity scale. Source: CMS Care Compare.
- Potential for harm
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provides adequate supervision to prevent accidents.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Feb 6, 2025 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in locked compartments, separately locked, compartments for controlled drugs.
Pharmacy Service Deficiencies · Oct 3, 2024 · Full report (PDF) - Potential for harm
Provide care and assistance to perform activities of daily living for any resident who is unable.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Sep 22, 2023 - Potential for harm
Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Sep 22, 2023 - Potential for harm
Ensure that feeding tubes are not used unless there is a medical reason and the resident agrees; and provide appropriate care for a resident with a feeding tube.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · May 28, 2021
Show all 11 deficiencies
- Potential for harm
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.
Resident Rights Deficiencies · Nov 5, 2018 - Potential for harm
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 5, 2018 - Potential for harm
Provide safe and appropriate respiratory care for a resident when needed.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 5, 2018 - Potential for harm
Provide appropriate care for residents who are continent or incontinent of bowel/bladder, appropriate catheter care, and appropriate care to prevent urinary tract infections.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 5, 2018 - Potential for harm
Ensure residents do not lose the ability to perform activities of daily living unless there is a medical reason.
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies · Nov 5, 2018 - Potential for harm
Develop and implement a complete care plan that meets all the resident's needs, with timetables and actions that can be measured.
Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies · Nov 5, 2018
Read the full inspection reports on Medicare.gov Each inspection there has a “Read the full report” link with the inspectors’ written findings.
About this facility
- Address
- 103 Washington Street
Elmira, NY 14901 - CMS certification #
- 335480
- Ownership
- Government - County
- Certified beds
- 200
- Avg residents/day
- 153.8
- Provider type
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First certified
- 1976-03-01
- Setting
- Urban
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Location and nearby
Explore the area around Chemung County Health Center - Nursing Facility using Google Maps.
Other public records
- Programs Medicare-certified home health agency at this address
- Workplace safety 6 OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2018, 18 violations cited
Full public records, with dates and sources
Care and services
Medicare agencies at this address
- Medicare-certified home health agency at this address. Medicare-certified home health agency CHEMUNG CO DEPT HEALTH CHHA (Medicare CCN 337003) lists this same street address. Ownership type: GOVERNMENT OPERATED. Medicare certified since 07/01/1966. (CMS Home Health Care Agencies, as of May 27, 2026)
A shared street address is a fact about location. CMS does not say whether the agency is run by the community.
Staff pay and workplace safety
Federal records about how the employer here treats its staff.
OSHA workplace safety inspections
OSHA inspects workplaces for staff safety, such as lifting, needles, chemicals and workplace violence. It does not inspect resident care.
- Jul 11, 2019: follow-up inspection, partial (health). Case closed Jul 11, 2019. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Chemung County Nursing Facility.
- May 15, 2019: monitoring inspection, partial (health). Case closed May 15, 2019. No violations cited. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Chemung County Nursing Facility.
- Apr 18, 2019: 2 follow-up inspections, partial (safety). Case closed Apr 18, 2019. No violations cited. OSHA records 1, 2. OSHA recorded the employer as Chemung County Nursing Facility.
- Nov 13, 2018: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (health). Case closed Jul 11, 2019. 7 violations cited (4 serious, 3 other). Penalties: $0 proposed, $0 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Chemung County Nursing Facility.
Details
- Serious: Noise exposure (1910.95(d)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jul 2, 2019.
- Serious: Compressed gas cylinders (1910.101(b)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Apr 15, 2019.
- Serious: Medical services and first aid (including eyewash stations) (1910.151(c)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Jul 22, 2019.
- Serious: Bloodborne pathogens (needles, blood and body fluids) (1910.1030(h)(5)(i)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 20, 2019.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 12. Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 20, 2019.
- Other than serious: Cited rule 12. Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 20, 2019.
- Other than serious: Hazard communication (chemical labels, safety data sheets, training) (1910.1200(e)(1)(i)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by May 20, 2019.
- Nov 13, 2018: programmed (planned) inspection, complete (safety). Case closed Apr 18, 2019. 11 violations cited (11 serious). Penalties: $0 proposed, $0 now. OSHA record. OSHA recorded the employer as Chemung County Nursing Facility.
Details
- Serious: Keeping exit routes clear and marked (1910.37(b)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Apr 1, 2019.
- Serious: Abrasive wheel machinery (1910.215(a)(4)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 25, 2019.
- Serious: Abrasive wheel machinery (1910.215(b)(9)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 25, 2019.
- Serious: Mechanical power transmission guarding (1910.219(d)(1)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Apr 8, 2019.
- Serious: Electrical equipment and installation (1910.303(b)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 25, 2019.
- Serious: Electrical equipment and installation (1910.303(f)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 25, 2019.
- Serious: Electrical equipment and installation (1910.303(g)(1)(ii)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 25, 2019.
- Serious: Electrical equipment and installation (1910.303(g)(2)(ii)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Apr 8, 2019.
- Serious: Electrical wiring methods and equipment (1910.305(e)(2)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Apr 8, 2019.
- Serious: Electrical wiring methods and equipment (1910.305(j)(2)(vii)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Apr 8, 2019.
- Serious: Use of electrical equipment (1910.334(a)(3)(ii)). Penalty $0 proposed, $0 now. To be fixed by Mar 25, 2019.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, as of Oct 15, 2026, inspections since 2016. Penalties can change while a case is open or contested.
Location and nearby care
- Nearest hospital with an emergency room
- Arnot Ogden Medical Center, Elmira. 1.7 miles away, straight line. CMS overall hospital rating: 2 of 5 stars.
- Nearest Medicare nursing home
- St. Joseph's Hospital - Skilled Nursing Facility, Elmira. 0.1 miles away, straight line.
- Nearest home health agency office
- Chemung Co Dept Health Chha, Elmira. 0.0 miles away, straight line. Agencies travel to clients, so ask which ones serve this address.
- Nearest pharmacy
- Walgreens. 0.7 miles away, straight line. From OpenStreetMap, which does not list every pharmacy, so one may be closer.
- Area
- USDA classes ZIP code 14901 as metropolitan (metropolitan core).
- Dialysis within 15 miles
- Davita Ivy Dialysis, Elmira, 1.7 miles away, straight line (has a shift starting after 5 pm; CMS rating 3 of 5 stars)
Davita Corning Dialysis, Corning, 14.3 miles away, straight line (CMS rating 4 of 5 stars) - Hospice
- 3 Medicare hospices tell CMS they serve ZIP code 14901.
Carefirst / Southern Tier Hospice And Palliative, office in Painted Post, 18.9 miles away, straight line (CMS family survey rating 4 of 5 stars) - Nearest geriatric medicine practice
- Guthrie Medical Group PC, Waverly. 14.8 miles away, straight line. 1 geriatric medicine doctor listed there.
Distances are straight lines from the community, not driving distance. Hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors come from CMS provider data (CMS, hospital list updated Jul 22, 2026). Star ratings are CMS’s own.
Emergency and natural hazard risk
Public hazard maps for this location. Ask the community about its emergency plan, its generator and where residents would go in an evacuation.
- Flood zone
- FEMA has a flood map for this community (effective April 2, 1997), but it is not in FEMA's digital flood map data, so the zone at this address could not be read. FEMA's Map Service Center has the map. (FEMA flood map)
- FEMA National Risk Index
- Overall: very low. By hazard: hurricane relatively low, inland flooding relatively low, wildfire very low, tornado relatively low, heat wave relatively low, earthquake relatively low. These are FEMA’s ratings for the census tract, compared with tracts nationwide. (FEMA, December 2025)
A flood zone describes the map at this point, not the building's elevation. In an emergency, follow the local emergency management agency.
What we checked
Every public source we searched for this community. “Nothing on record” means we found no record that matched it. A record can be missed when a name or address differs.
| Source | Data as of | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Department of Labor wage and hour cases | Oct 15, 2026 | Only cases that look tied to an earlier operator (not shown) |
| OSHA workplace safety inspections since 2016 | Oct 15, 2026 | See above |
| New York State Department of Health kitchen inspections | Oct 15, 2026 | No kitchen matched |
| Hurricane evacuation zone maps | Not in a mapped zone | |
| FEMA flood map | See above | |
| USDA wildfire risk | Apr 15, 2026 | Not shown: FEMA rates wildfire risk here very low |
| FEMA National Risk Index | See above | |
| CMS hospitals, home health, dialysis, hospice and doctors; OpenStreetMap pharmacies | See above | |
| HUD Multifamily Properties - Assisted | Jul 6, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| State Veterans Homes (NASVH directory) | Sep 20, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Hospice - General Information | Aug 19, 2026 | Nothing on record |
| CMS Home Health Care Agencies | May 27, 2026 | See above |
| The community’s own website | No plain statements of services found |
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Frequently asked questions
Is Chemung County Health Center - Nursing Facility a good nursing home?
CMS gives Chemung County Health Center - Nursing Facility an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars, including 4/5 for staffing and 5/5 for health inspections. These ratings come from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and are updated monthly.
How is Chemung County Health Center - Nursing Facility staffed?
Chemung County Health Center - Nursing Facility reports 5.11 total nurse hours per resident per day, compared with the New York average of 3.65.
Has Chemung County Health Center - Nursing Facility had inspection problems?
Its most recent CMS inspection cited 2 deficiencies.
How many beds does Chemung County Health Center - Nursing Facility have?
Chemung County Health Center - Nursing Facility is certified for 200 beds.