Kentucky Nursing Home Compliance Guide
This compliance guide summarizes CMS survey performance for the 269 skilled nursing facilities in Kentucky. Facilities average 13.2 deficiency citations each, with 3,557 total citations recorded and 4 facilities reporting zero deficiencies, including 287 at Immediate Jeopardy severity. Understanding Kentucky's most-cited F-Tags and deficiency categories helps administrators focus survey-preparation and Plan of Correction efforts where citations are most likely.
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
More Kentucky Compliance Data
- Kentucky Nursing Home Scorecard
- Kentucky Compliance Benchmark
- Kentucky Survey Tracker
- Best Nursing Homes in Kentucky
Explore POCDesk — Free Nursing Home Compliance Tools
- SNF Scorecard — look up any facility's inspection record
- Nursing Home Compare Tool — side-by-side comparisons
- Skilled Nursing Near Me — find facilities by city & state
- Best Nursing Homes by State — ranked by inspection results
- Survey Tracker — recent CMS survey activity
- F-Tag Reference Guide — every CMS deficiency tag
- Plan of Correction (POC) Complete Guide
- Free AI POC Generator
- Plan of Correction Examples
- CMS Survey Preparation Guide
- SNF Compliance Guides
- What Is Skilled Nursing Care?
Official Sources
POCDesk analyzes official government data. Verify any facility's record or read the underlying regulations at these primary sources:
- Medicare.gov Care Compare — CMS's official nursing home comparison tool
- CMS Provider Data Catalog — the raw nursing home inspection & deficiency datasets
- CMS Nursing Home Certification & Compliance — enforcement policy and the Special Focus Facility program
- 42 CFR Part 483 (eCFR) — the federal requirements of participation behind every F-Tag
- National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center — free advocacy help for residents and families