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Rockcastle Regional Hospital And Respiratory Care

145 Newcomb Avenue, Mount Vernon, KY, 40456

Type
Nursing home
Medicare/Medicaid certified · CCN 185157Nonprofit

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Federal Quality Data

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.

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CMS Star Ratings

Overall5 / 5
Health inspections4 / 5
Staffing3 / 5
Quality measures5 / 5

Facility & Staffing

Ownership
Non profit - Corporation
Certified beds
143 · avg 113 residents/day
Total nursing staff turnover
29.8%lower than most Kentucky nursing homesKentucky avg: 46.6% · National avg: 46.1% · per CMS Care Compare
RN turnover
20%lower than most Kentucky nursing homesKentucky avg: 42.3% · National avg: 43.3% · per CMS Care Compare
Administrators who left
0 departednear the Kentucky averageKentucky avg: 0.5 · National avg: 0.5 · per CMS Care Compare

Medicare certification

CMS Certification Number
185157
Certified beds
143 beds · avg 113 residents/day
Ownership type
Non profit - Corporation
Continuing-care community
No

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Ownership & operations

Legal business name
Rockcastle County Hospital, Inc.

CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026

Federal ownership record

Non-profitCorporation

Disclosed owners (7 on record)

  • Stephen Estes

    Adp of The Snf · since 2025

  • Karen b Saylor

    Adp of The Snf · since 2025

  • Christopher Bastin

    Corporate Officer · 50% · since 2014

  • Jeffrey Burdette

    Managing Control - Governing Body · since 2009

  • Debra Lambert

    Managing Control - Governing Body · since 2001

  • Joseph Lambert

    Managing Control - Governing Body · since 1987

+ 1 additional owner on the federal record.

Source: CMS Provider Enrollment data — SNF Enrollments + All Owners, as of May 2026.

Federal inspection record

4 health citations on file

Recent health-deficiency citations (most recent 4 of 4)

  • D0919·Mar 26, 2025

    Environmental Deficiencies

    Make sure that a working call system is available in each resident's bathroom and bathing area.

  • D0732·Mar 26, 2025

    Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies

    Post nurse staffing information every day.

  • D0583·Mar 26, 2025

    Resident Rights Deficiencies

    Keep residents' personal and medical records private and confidential.

  • D0645·Aug 30, 2018

    Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies

    PASARR screening for Mental disorders or Intellectual Disabilities

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Fire-safety citations

9 Life-Safety-Code citations on file. Most recent: Mar 26, 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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Where this information comes from

  • Certification, capacity, ownership, star ratings, staffing, fines, deficiencies: CMS Care Compare, processing date June 1, 2026.

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