Cardinal Hill Skilled Rehabilitation Unit is certified as a Medicare facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2012-02-01. 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 (859) 254-4570 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Cardinal Hill Skilled Rehabilitation Unit 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 (3★), Staffing (5★), and Quality of Resident Care (3★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 79.3/100, placing it #3997 of 14703 facilities nationally and #72 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 Cardinal Hill Skilled Rehabilitation Unit receives a reported average of 5 hours 2 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 1 hour 18 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 15 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 28 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 4 hours 28 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 5 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 33.3%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

The facility has received 3 fine(s) over the 5-year period, totaling $1,950. 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 20.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Cardinal Hill Skilled Rehabilitation Unit ranks 3997th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 79.3/100), placing it in the above average nationwide. Within KY, it ranks 72nd out of 268 nursing homes. In Lexington, it ranks 4th out of 13 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 5. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #1,185 nationally and RN hours rank #871 nationally (#20 in KY). Our composite quality score of 79.3/100 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 Lexington, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/kentucky/lexington/