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Emerald Trace

An independent review of Emerald Trace's safety record, its Medicare rating, health-inspection citations, staffing, fines and complaints, drawn from public federal data (not user star-ratings).

3802 Turkeyfoot Road · Elsmere, KY 41018 · 54 beds
Phone: 8593420200
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Open Care Data Safety Grade

This facility rates below average, with several concerns worth pressing on.

Starts from the Medicare rating, then weighs consistent with an average facility. How we grade · See how it compares
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Recent News August 2026 federal update

As of the August 2026 federal update, there were no changes to this facility's Medicare ratings, Special Focus watch-list status, fines, or complaints since the prior release.

Medicare Five-Star Rating · as of the latest federal update

Overall
★★
2 / 5
Staffing
★★★★
4 / 5
Health Inspection
★★
2 / 5
Quality Measures
★★★
3 / 5

Top concerns What stands out in the record

  • Below-average overall Medicare rating (2 of 5 stars).

How it compares vs. 268 KY nursing homes

Overall Medicare rating
2of 5 stars
Better than 22% of KY homes
Staffing rating
4of 5 stars
Better than 69% of KY homes
Health-inspection rating
2of 5 stars
Better than 15% of KY homes
Total nurse hours / resident / day
6.33558hrs
Better than 96% of KY homes
RN hours / resident / day
0.60719hrs
Better than 40% of KY homes
RN turnover
37.5%
Better than 52% of KY homes

Percentiles rank this facility against every other Medicare-rated nursing home in Kentucky, using the latest federal data.

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Safety & Enforcement Federal inspection record

Safety indicators

Abuse indicator None on record
Substantiated complaints 0

Financial penalties

1
Fines
$9,318
Total fines
0
Payment denials
1
Total penalties

Staffing Hours per resident / day

0.60719
RN hours per resident / day
Benchmark ≥ 0.75
6.33558
Total nursing hours / day
Benchmark ≈ 4.1
5.88048
Weekend nursing hours / day
Look for parity with weekdays

Higher staffing, especially RN time, correlates with better outcomes and higher Medicare star ratings.

Recent Deficiency Citations Last 36 months · federal inspections

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Quality Measures Medicare quality data · lower is better

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