Kindred Hospital – Louisville is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1992-09-04. 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 (502) 627-1589 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Kindred Hospital – Louisville holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 2 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (2★), Staffing (2★), and Quality of Resident Care (4★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 88.2/100, placing it #820 of 14703 facilities nationally and #13 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 Kindred Hospital – Louisville receives a reported average of 6 hours 34 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 46 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 59 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 49 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 5 hours 36 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 2 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 41.9%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $64,799. No substantiated complaints have been recorded in the available data. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 1 fine(s) totaling $64,799, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 1. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 56.25 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Kindred Hospital – Louisville ranks 820th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 88.2/100), placing it in the top 10% nationwide. Within KY, it ranks 13th out of 268 nursing homes. In Louisville, it ranks 3rd out of 35 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 5. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #224 nationally and RN hours rank #338 nationally (#12 in KY). Our composite quality score of 88.2/100 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 Louisville, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/kentucky/louisville/