Violations Costly for Louisville Nursing Homes

After visiting the Masonic Home of Louisville last year, state inspectors discovered five violations that they believed placed residents of the nursing home in "immediate jeopardy."

The problems alleged by the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services ranged from giving residents improper doses of medication to failing to ensure that medication errors were corrected.
As a result of the state's inspection, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services levied a $413,173 penalty – the highest fine for any federally-funded nursing home in Louisville last year, according to federal data.

The deficiencies found at the Masonic Home were among hundreds identified during 2013 inspections of Louisville nursing homes that receive federal aid. Besides the Masonic Home, seven other long-term care facilities were fined a total of $113,296.

In all, local nursing homes were cited for a higher-than-average number of health deficiencies compared with other Kentucky facilities last year, according to a WDRB.com analysis of the most recent annual federal data.

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Violations Costly for Louisville Nursing Homes