Kentucky Nursing Home Compliance Benchmark — 2026
Use this benchmark to see how Kentucky compares on skilled nursing facility compliance. Kentucky's 269 CMS-certified facilities average 13.2 deficiency citations each, with 3,557 total citations on record and 4 facilities reporting zero deficiencies, including 287 at Immediate Jeopardy severity. The categories and F-Tags below show where Kentucky facilities are most frequently cited, all from official CMS Health Deficiency data.
Most-Cited Deficiency Categories in Kentucky
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 739 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 686 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 475 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 396 citations
- Pharmacy Service Deficiencies — 380 citations
- Infection Control Deficiencies — 347 citations
Most-Cited F-Tags in Kentucky
- F-Tag F0880: Infection Prevention & Control — 315 citations
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 280 citations
- F-Tag F0656: Develop/Implement Comprehensive Care Plan — 277 citations
- F-Tag F0761: Label/Store Drugs and Biologicals — 235 citations
- F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 194 citations
- F-Tag F0657: Care Plan Timing and Revision — 128 citations
- F-Tag F0550: Resident Rights/Exercise of Rights — 92 citations
- F-Tag F0600: Free from Abuse and Neglect — 87 citations
- F-Tag F0695: Respiratory/Tracheostomy Care and Suctioning — 83 citations
- F-Tag F0584: Safe/Clean/Comfortable/Homelike Environment — 73 citations