Kentucky Nursing Home Inspection Reports & Survey Activity — 2026
Track CMS-derived survey records across the 269 skilled nursing facilities listed in Kentucky. For the 265 facilities with linked history (265 of 269), there are 3,557 cited deficiencies, averaging 13.4 per covered facility; 0 have zero citations in the loaded history, including 287 coded at Immediate Jeopardy severity. The F-Tag and category counts below are limited to the data loaded by POCDesk.
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
Sources and methodology
Source: CMS nursing-home Provider Data. POCDesk aggregates citations present in the loaded Health Deficiencies records; it does not create CMS ratings or recommendations. See the editorial standards and methodology and 42 CFR Part 483.
More Kentucky Compliance Data
- Kentucky Nursing Home Scorecard
- Kentucky Compliance Benchmark
- Kentucky State Compliance Guide
- Best Nursing Homes in Kentucky
Explore POCDesk — Free Nursing Home Compliance Tools
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- 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
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- Plan of Correction Examples
- CMS Survey Preparation Guide
- Practical SNF Answers
- 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