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F760 citations in Kentucky

Significant medication errors · Pharmacy Service Deficiencies

Ensure that residents are free from significant medication errors.

Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.

F760 in Kentucky. Pick another state for the same tag.

Against expectation — 2025

Kentucky cites F760 less often than its own record predicts

Versus expected share0.65×

0.65 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.

Share of Kentucky citations0.84%

Of every deficiency written in Kentucky in 2025, this is the portion that was F760.

Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.

In the surveyor’s words

What Kentucky surveyors wrote

F760 findings written in Kentucky, one from each severity band recorded here, most serious first.

Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.

J · Immediate jeopardy, isolatedMarch 25, 2026

Based on observation, interview, record review, and review of facility policy, the facility failed to ensure residents were free of significant medication errors for 1 of 10 sampled residents reviewed for narcotic administration, Resident (R)1. On 03/12/2026, R1 was administered 5 times the intended dose of Morphine (a schedule II opioid analgesic used to treat severe pain and misuse of the medicine can cause addition, overdose, or death) on three separate instances. R1 was pronounced dead on 03/12/2026 at 5:53 PM. The facility's failure to have an effective system to ensure residents were free from significant medication errors was likely to cause serious injury, impairment, or death to a resident. …

Signature Healthcare of Elizabethtown

G · Actual harm, isolatedAugust 28, 2020

Based on interview, record review and review of the facility's policy, it was determined the facility failed to ensure residents were free of any significant medication errors, for two (2) of thirteen (13) sampled residents, (Resident #6 and Resident #8). Resident #6 went from 05/29/2020 at 12:00 PM until 06/01/2020 at 12:00 AM without his/her routine scheduled pain medication, [MEDICATION(S)]-Acetaminophen 7.5-325 milligrams (mg), ordered to be administered every six (6) hours. Resident #8, had pain related to the fracture in his/her back and would request pain medication every six (6) hours as needed to keep the pain under control. …

Highlands Nursing and Rehabilitation

D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedMay 21, 2026

Based on interviews, record review, and facility policy review, the facility failed to ensure that one of three residents (R) 49 was free from significant medication errors. The facility failed to obtain a new prescription from the provider in a timely manner resulting in the resident missing five consecutive nightly doses of a prescribed medication. The findings include: Review of the facility's policy, Pharmacy Services revised 08/14/2025, revealed, the pharmacist, in collaboration with the facility and medical director, should include within its services to develop mechanisms for communicating, addressing, and resolving issues related to pharmaceutical services. …

Helmwood Healthcare

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Recent years

YearShare of Kentucky citationsvs expected
20231.23%1.11×
20240.60%0.51×
20250.84%0.65×

Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.

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