Good Shepherd Health And Rehabilitation is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 1990-12-27. 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 (606) 456-8725 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

Good Shepherd Health And Rehabilitation holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 1 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (1★), Staffing (2★), 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 65.5/100, placing it #10130 of 14703 facilities nationally and #177 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 Good Shepherd Health And Rehabilitation receives a reported average of 3 hours 48 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 37 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 1 hour 1 minute; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 10 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 39 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 45.2%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 6 fine(s) totaling $43,646. 5 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 6 fine(s) totaling $43,646, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 6. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 110.25 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, Good Shepherd Health And Rehabilitation ranks 10130th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 65.5/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within KY, it ranks 177th out of 268 nursing homes. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #6,370 nationally and RN hours rank #6,240 nationally (#141 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 Phelps, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/kentucky/phelps/