Western State Nursing Facility is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1991-01-03. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (270) 889-6025 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Western State Nursing Facility holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 4 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (4★), Staffing (N/A★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 65.5/100, placing it #10122 of 14703 facilities nationally and #176 of 268 in Kentucky. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at Western State Nursing Facility receives a reported average of N/A of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — N/A; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — N/A; Nurse Aide — N/A. On weekends, total nurse staffing is N/A per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is N/A out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 10 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $12,050. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 0 fine(s) totaling $0, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 0. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 11.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Western State Nursing Facility ranks 10122nd out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 65.5/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within KY, it ranks 176th out of 268 nursing homes. In Hopkinsville, it ranks 2nd out of 3 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 3. For 2023 staffing: total nurse hours rank #155 nationally and RN hours rank #1,212 nationally (#23 in KY). Our composite quality score of 65.5/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Hopkinsville, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/kentucky/hopkinsville/